ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences

The Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences (now known as the ACS Award for Encouraging Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences) is an American Chemical Society (ACS) award sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, it was instituted in 1993 with the intention of recognizing "significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and engineering." It is awarded by the American Chemical Society as part of their national awards program. Recipients receive $5,000, a certificate, up to $1,500 for travel expenses, and a grant of $10,000 to their designee of choice. The first recipient was Henry C. McBay.

Recipients 2026Angel MartíRice University2025Karen LozanoRice University2024Scott T. WillsDow2023Ann C. Kimble-HillIndiana University2022Kimberly M. JacksonSpelman College2021Elaine S. YamaguchiRetired chemist, Chevron2020Lawrence K. Duffy   University of Alaska Fairbanks  2019Edward C. Alexander   San Diego Mesa College  2018Jani C. Ingram   Northern Arizona University   2017Saundra Y. McGuire Louisiana State University   2016Luis A. ColónUniversity of Buffalo   2015Catherine H. Middlecamp University of Wisconsin - Madison   2014Rigoberto Hernandez Georgia Institute of Technology  2013George H. Fisher   Barry University    2012Todd Pagano    Rochester Institute of Technology  2011Wilfredo ColónRensselaer Polytechnic Institute   2010Robert L. Lichter   Merrimack Consultants    2009Shirley McBay    Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network2008Susan V. Olesik   Ohio State University   2007Robyn E. Hannigan   2006Susan R. Fahrenholtz   2005Jeannette E. Brown   Merck, NJIT, Retired2004Zaida Morales-MartínezFlorida International University2003Isiah M. WarnerLouisiana State University2002James P. Shoffner   2001Carlos G. Gutierrez   2000Slayton A. Evans, Jr.University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill1999Ajay K. Bose   1998Zafra LermanColumbia College1997Billy Joe Evans1996Samuel P. Massie1995Henry C. McBayAtlanta University System

See also

List of chemistry awards

References