The Dream Chemistry Award is an international competition for young scientists organized by the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague) and the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1]

The competition was established in 2013 by Robert Hołyst and the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the PAS in Warsaw,[2] with the next competition taking place in 2015. In 2017, IOCB Prague started co-sponsoring the event,[3] and since then the competition has been held every year alternately in Prague and Warsaw.

The competition awards visionary projects from the field of chemistry or chemistry-related disciplines that have the ambition and potential to change the world for the better.[4] The contest is for scientists who are younger than 38 years of age who have been nominated by respected experts. The winner of the contest receives a financial reward of €10,000. In addition, starting in 2019, the finalists receive a reward of €1,000.[5]

The coordinators of the competition are Pavel Jungwirth from IOCB Prague and Robert Hołyst from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the PAS. The members of the Honorary Committee include Josef Michl and Richard R. Schrock, the laureate of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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  • Ivana Drienovska (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Project: New-to-Nature Reactivities in Biocatalysis: A Closer Look at Enzymatic Fluorination
  • Pawel Dydio (Universite de Strasbourg, ISIS, France), Project: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Chemistry of the Future
  • Christopher Hendon (University of Oregon, USA), Project: A Chemical Fix for Bad Beverages
  • Yunyan Qiu (Northwestern University, USA), Project: Achieving the Holy Grail of Polymer Synthesis Using Catalytic Artificial Molecular Machines

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2017

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2015

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References

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  2. ^ "Dream Chemistry Award is waiting for scientists-visionaries". Nanowerk. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ "Czech Academy of Sciences / Akademie věd České republiky". www.avcr.cz. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  4. ^ a b Clayton, Jane (2017-11-17). "Fortune favours the bold in chemistry". Flinders In Touch. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  5. ^ Tormet-González, Gabriela (2019-03-13). "Nominations are open for 2019 Dream Chemistry Award". iycn. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  6. ^ "Dream Chemistry Award 2019 goes to Yujia Qing of University of Oxford". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  7. ^ "Dr. Eric Daniel Glowacki wins the Dream Chemistry Award 2018". Science in Poland. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  8. ^ "The Dream Chemistry Award goes to Dr. Jessica R. Kramer from the University of Utah". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  9. ^ "Jessica Kramer Receives International Award". The College of Engineering at the University of Utah. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  10. ^ "Romanian chemist from MIT - the new winner of the 2015 Dream Chemistry Award". Science in Poland. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  11. ^ "Science X Network :: Phys.org, Medical Xpress, Tech Xplore". sciencex.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
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