Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award

Nominations:

Please note that we have made some modifications to the submission criteria. Nominations for the prize should consist of a one-page document from the nominator in support of the nominee explaining why the innovative nature of their research deserves recognition and an up-to-date CV from the nominee. The nominee must be 40 years of age or younger at the time the nomination period opens (December 1, 2024). Please note career interruptions, such as parental leave, will be taken into consideration when determining applicant eligibility - please detail circumstances for extension of the age limitations in the nomination letter. Award recipients will submit a Review, Highlight, or Perspective article based on the topic of their award lecture, which will be published in an ongoing Virtual Issue of the Journal of Polymer Science.

Please send nominations to [email protected] before January 31, 2025.

About this award:

The Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award recognizes significant research innovation and achievement in a polymer scientist under 40. The award consists of a symposium in association with the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division of the ACS and a dinner in recognition of the recipient at the ACS Fall meeting, a $5,000 prize, and travel expenses of up to $1,000 to the ACS Fall meeting for the award year. Awards are given to young scientists exploring exciting new fields in the chemistry and physics of polymer systems.

 

Past Winners:

  • 2023: Emily Pentzer, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University
  • 2022: Frank A. Leibfarth, Assisstant Professor of Chemistry at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 2021: Garret M. Miyake, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Colorado State University
  • 2020: Brett P. Fors, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University
  • 2019: Patricia Dankers, Full Professor of Biomedical Materials at Eindhoven University of Technology
  • 2018: Rachel O’Reilly, Head of the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham
  • 2017: Luis Campos, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University
  • 2016: Cyrille Boyer, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales
  • 2015: Rachel Segalman, Professor in both Chemical Engineering and Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 2014: Brent Sumerlin, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida
  • 2013: Ryan Hayward, Associate Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • 2012: Christopher Bielawski, Professor of Chemistry at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology