Awards – MIT Department of Chemistry

Five MIT faculty elected 2021 AAAS Fellows

Dincă, Feng, Hunter, Shoemaker, and Wang are recognized for their efforts to advance science.

Annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to research in the discovery of chemical reactions.

Gilliard is one of 20 scientists and engineers at the forefront of their fields to be awarded $875K for their world-changing research.

Awards support high-risk, high-reward biomedical and behavioral research.

Recipients of this prize hold high promise or have achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research.

This award is given annually to recognize and encourage fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out by young researchers in North America.

This award is given biennially in recognition of broad scoping impact in the areas of chemical synthesis, method development, and beyond.

The awardees will be honored at an in-person ceremony to be held at the end of August.

Given annually, this award honors outstanding service within the Chemistry Department.

The Blavatnik National Awards Jury has selected Professor Mircea Dincă as the 2021 Laureate in Chemistry.

The Gordon Y. Billard Award is given annually in recognition of special service of outstanding merit performed for the Institute.

IMPI Student Award winners are selected annually from a pool of high caliber nominees.

Blavatnik Scholars are recognized for their contributions to the advancement of the human condition through scientific progress.