Welch Award in Chemistry
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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. {{cite web| url=http://www.welch1.org/awards/welch-award-in-chemistry|title= Welch Award in Chemistry|publisher= Welch Foundation|accessdate= 10 October 2020}} The award, which has been given since 1972, is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the field of chemistry.{{Cite web|title=Zare receives prestigious Welch Award for lifetime achievement in chemistry|url=https://news.stanford.edu/news/1999/may12/welch-512.html|access-date=2020-12-01|website=news.stanford.edu}} Several of its recipients subsequently were awarded the Nobel Prize.{{Cite web|title=Cocrystal Pharma Announces Appointment of Nobel Laureate and Scientific Advisor, Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D., to Board of Directors|url=https://www.cocrystalpharma.com/news/press-releases/detail/90/cocrystal-pharma-announces-appointment-of-nobel-laureate|access-date=2020-12-01|website=www.cocrystalpharma.com|date=20 April 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Britto|first=Brittany|date=2019-10-09|title=UT professor John B. Goodenough awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/UT-professor-John-B-Goodenough-awarded-Nobel-14503473.php|access-date=2020-12-01|website=HoustonChronicle.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=(IUCr) R.E. Smalley|url=https://www.iucr.org/people/nobel-prize/smalley|access-date=2020-12-01|website=www.iucr.org}}{{Cite web|last=Shwartz|first=Mark|date=2005-11-17|title=Henry Taube, recipient of Nobel Prize in chemistry, dead at 89|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/november30/taube-113005.html|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Stanford University|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Zewail, Ahmed H.|url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11812006.html|access-date=2020-12-01|website=history.aip.org}}
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.” {{Cite web|title=Foundation Overview|url=https://www.welch1.org/about/foundation-overview|access-date=2020-12-01|website=www.welch1.org}} The prize has a value of $500,000.{{Cite web|title=Welch Award in Chemistry|url=https://www.welch1.org/awards/welch-award-in-chemistry|access-date=2020-12-01|website=www.welch1.org}}
Recipients
Source: [http://www.welch1.org/awards/welch-award-in-chemistry/past-recipients Welch Foundation]
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Recipient |
|---|
| 1972
|Karl August Folkers, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1974
|Albert Eschenmoser, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| 1976
|Neil Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1978
|Edgar Bright Wilson, Harvard University |
| 1980
|Sune Bergström, Karolinska Institute |
| 1981
|Paul Doughty Bartlett, Texas Christian University |
| 1982
|Frank Westheimer, Harvard University |
| 1983
|Henry Taube, Stanford University |
| 1984
|Kenneth Pitzer, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1985
|Duilio Arigoni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| 1986
|George C. Pimentel, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1987
|Harry George Drickamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1988
|Richard Barry Bernstein, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1989
|Norman R. Davidson, California Institute of Technology |
| 1990
|John D. Roberts, California Institute of Technology |
| 1990
|William von Eggers Doering, Harvard University |
| 1991
|Earl R. Stadtman, National Institutes of Health |
| 1991
|Edwin G. Krebs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington |
| 1992
|Richard Smalley, Rice University |
| 1993
|Gilbert Stork, Columbia University |
| 1994
|Jack Halpern, The University of Chicago |
| 1994
|F. Albert Cotton, Texas A&M University |
| 1995
|Jeremy R. Knowles, Harvard University |
| 1995
|Robert H. Abeles, Brandeis University |
| 1996
|Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University |
| 1997
|Ahmed Zewail, California Institute of Technology |
| 1998
|Pierre Chambon, College de France |
| 1999
|Richard Zare, Stanford University |
| 2000
|A. Ian Scott, Texas A&M University |
| 2000
|Sir Alan R. Battersby, Cambridge University |
| 2001
|Roger D. Kornberg, Stanford University |
| 2002
|Harden M. McConnell, Stanford University |
| 2003
|Ronald Breslow, Columbia University |
| 2004
|Allen J. Bard, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 2005
|George M. Whitesides, Harvard University |
| 2006
|Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., University of California, Berkeley |
| 2007
|William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2007
|Noel S. Hush, University of Sydney |
| 2008
|Alexander Rich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2009
|Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology |
| 2010
|JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; |
| 2011
|John S. Waugh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2012
|David A. Evans, Harvard University |
| 2013
|Louis E. Brus, Columbia University |
| 2014
|Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2015
|Stephen C. Harrison, Harvard Medical School |
| 2016
|Richard H. Holm, Harvard University; |
| 2017
|John B. Goodenough, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2018
|Adriaan Bax, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
| 2019
|Armand Paul Alivisatos, University of California Berkeley; |
| 2020
|Steven L. McKnight, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| 2021
|Chi-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute |
| 2022
|Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford University |
| 2023
|Jacqueline Barton, California Institute of Technology |
| 2024
|Eric N. Jacobsen, Harvard University |
| 2025
|Stuart L. Schreiber, Harvard University Peter G. Schultz, Scripps Research |
See also
References
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Category:American science and technology awards
Category:Awards established in 1972
https://www.chemistry.harvard.edu/news/eric-jacobsen-receives-2024-welch-award
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/jackie-barton-receives-chemistry-award-from-welch-foundation
https://cen.acs.org/people/awards/Steven-McKnight-wins-Welch-Award/98/web/2020/10
https://cen.acs.org/people/awards/Carolyn-Bertozzi-wins-2022-Welch/100/web/2022/08