Division of Biological Chemistry Awards
The Division of Biological Chemistry, often in collaboration industry partners, administers a number of awards, while also providing financial assistance for our members in the early stages of their career to attend both ACS National Meetings and non-ACS meetings of interest to members of our division.
Current Awards
Abeles and Jencks Award for the Chemistry of Biological Processes
The Abeles and Jencks Award for the Chemistry of Biological Processes Award was created to acknowledge and encourage outstanding contributions to the understanding of the chemistry of biological processes, with particular emphasis on structure, function, and mechanism. The Award is administered by the Division of Biological Chemistry (DBC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Deadline: August 1, 2024 | See more information
Bristol Myers Squibb Award in Enzyme Chemistry and Chemical Biology
The Bristol Myers Squibb Award in Enzyme Chemistry and Chemical Biology was created to recognize a prominent scientist whose research accomplishments in biochemistry or chemical biology are unusually significant and far-reaching. The Award is administered by the Division of Biological Chemistry (DBC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and generously sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb.
Deadline: 2024 Nominations Closed | See more information
The Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry was created to stimulate fundamental research in biological chemistry by scientists within 10 years of their last postdoctoral training. This Award is administered by the Division of Biological Chemistry (DBC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and generously sponsored by Eli Lilly.
Deadline: June 15, 2024 | See more information
Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
DBC Undergraduate Award in Biochemistry or Chemical Biology
The American Chemical Society’s Division of Biological Chemistry is happy to announce an award to celebrate Undergraduate Achievement in Biochemistry or Chemical Biology. This is the inaugural year of this award (2024), which is intended to recognize a graduating senior who displays a significant aptitude for biochemistry or chemical biology and to encourage further interest in the field.
Deadline: 2024 Nominations Closed | See more information
DBC Young Investigator Award
The DBC Young Investigator Award is intended to recognize early career trainees that are performing mentored research in biochemistry or chemical biology and have accomplished significant innovation and achievement in research as well as contributions to the scientific community or society at large. The award is administered by the Division of Biological Chemistry (DBC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Deadline: 2024 Nominations Closed | See more information
Former Awards
Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
The Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry was an award established in 1945 to stimulate fundamental research in enzyme chemistry by scientists within 12 years of their final postdoctoral training. The Division of Biological Chemistry wishes to thank Pfizer Inc. for their gracious support of this award for 75 years. An event at the Spring ACS 2022 National Meeting with celebrated this accomplishment with presentations by Paul Schimmel (1978 awardee), Tom Cech (1985), Ron Raines (1998), Ruma Banerjee (2001) and Kate Carroll (2013). Click here for a complete list of awardees.