Welch Award in Chemistry

The Welch Award in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Robert A. Welch Foundation, based in Houston, Texas, to encourage and recognize basic chemical research for the benefit of mankind. The award, which has been given since 1972, is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the field of chemistry. Several of its recipients subsequently were awarded the Nobel Prize.

The award is named in honor of Robert Alonzo Welch, who made a fortune in oil and minerals and had a strong belief in the ability of chemistry to make the world a better place. In his will, Mr. Welch stated: “I have long been impressed with the great possibilities for the betterment of Mankind that lay in the field of research in the domain of Chemistry.” The prize has a value of $500,000.

Recipients Source: Welch Foundation YearRecipient1972Karl August Folkers, The University of Texas at Austin1974Albert Eschenmoser, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology1976Neil Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley1978Edgar Bright Wilson, Harvard University1980Sune Bergström, Karolinska Institute1981Paul Doughty Bartlett, Texas Christian University1982Frank Westheimer, Harvard University1983Henry Taube, Stanford University1984Kenneth Pitzer, University of California, Berkeley1985Duilio Arigoni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology1986George C. Pimentel, University of California, Berkeley1987Harry George Drickamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1988Richard Barry Bernstein, University of California, Los Angeles1989Norman R. Davidson, California Institute of Technology1990John D. Roberts, California Institute of Technology1990William von Eggers Doering, Harvard University1991Earl R. Stadtman, National Institutes of Health1991Edwin G. Krebs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington1992Richard Smalley, Rice University1993Gilbert Stork, Columbia University1994Jack Halpern, The University of Chicago1994F. Albert Cotton, Texas A&M University1995Jeremy R. Knowles, Harvard University1995Robert H. Abeles, Brandeis University1996Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University1997Ahmed Zewail, California Institute of Technology1998Pierre Chambon, College de France1999Richard Zare, Stanford University2000A. Ian Scott, Texas A&M University2000Sir Alan R. Battersby, Cambridge University2001Roger D. Kornberg, Stanford University2002Harden M. McConnell, Stanford University2003Ronald Breslow, Columbia University2004Allen J. Bard, The University of Texas at Austin2005George M. Whitesides, Harvard University2006Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., University of California, Berkeley2007William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley2007Noel S. Hush, University of Sydney 2008Alexander Rich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2009Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology2010JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;Christopher T. Walsh, Harvard Medical School2011John S. Waugh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2012David A. Evans, Harvard University 2013Louis E. Brus, Columbia University2014Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley2015Stephen C. Harrison, Harvard Medical School2016Richard H. Holm, Harvard University;Stephen J. Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017John B. Goodenough, University of Texas at Austin2018Adriaan Bax, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases2019Armand Paul Alivisatos, University of California Berkeley;Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University2020Steven L. McKnight, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center2021Chi-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute2022Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford University2023Jacqueline Barton, California Institute of Technology2024Eric N. Jacobsen, Harvard University2025Stuart L. Schreiber, Harvard University;Peter G. Schultz, Scripps Research2026Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

See also List of chemistry awards List of prizes named after people

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