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The ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) is a division of the American Chemical Society dedicated to advancing the field of medicinal chemistry. The division provides a professional community for medicinal chemists, organizing scientific meetings, symposia, and webinars, offering awards and fellowships, and publishing the Medicinal Chemistry Reviews. MEDI supports both academic and industry professionals involved in drug discovery and development.
Funding Opportunities
Gertrude Elion Medicinal Chemistry Award
The Gertrude Elion Medicinal Chemistry Award, sponsored by the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry, honors Gertrude Elion's pioneering role in advancing drug discovery and development to recognize the outstanding achievements of present-day medicinal chemists, and to inspire others to achieve excellence. The award is open to a living scientist, in the U.S. or abroad, whose research has had a substantial impact on the field of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery. Normally, the Award is intended for established scientists whereupon a substantial body of creative work is available. Gertrude Elion (1918–1999) pioneered the rational drug design approach to discover several effective drugs for treating leukemia, gout, malaria, herpes, and many other illnesses. She received the 1988 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering important principles of drug treatment. The award includes an engraved plaque, a $6,000 honorarium, and travel expenses incidental to receiving the award at the Fall National Meeting on even-numbered years. Awardees will be invited to the MEDI Award Symposium for a lecture, where they will be given the recognition plaque.
Chemical Computing Group Research Excellence Student Travel Award
The Chemical Computing Group Research Excellence Student Travel Award stipends have been created to stimulate graduate student participation in ACS MEDI Division activities at ACS National Meetings. These awards are available for graduate students who present work within the MEDI program, either in oral or poster format, that includes a computational chemistry component. Winners receive $1,150 to offset their travel expenses and are honored during a ceremony at a Poster Session at the meeting. Up to 5 awardees will be chosen on the basis of the quality and significance of the research to be presented. Awardees must be graduate students in good academic standing, attending a recognized University within the Americas (North, South and Central). Awards are given only to those individuals making presentations, not co-authors. There is a limit of one CCG award application per research lab (PI) per calendar year, and previous winners are not eligible.
Robert M. Scarborough Award for Graduate/PostGraduate Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry
The Robert M. Scarborough Graduate/Postgraduate Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry recognizes two current graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers who have had primary, leading roles in significant scientific discoveries that enhance the field of medicinal chemistry. This award is in memory of Robert M. Scarborough, an accomplished medicinal chemist and inventor of drugs such as Natrecor® and Integrilin®, and is sponsored by Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a cardiovascular company founded by Dr. Scarborough. The awardees will present their research at the Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society as part of Division of Medicinal Chemistry programming, where they will receive a commemorative plaque, up to $2,000 in travel expenses, and a $4,000 honorarium. Candidates must be current graduate students or postdoctoral researchers at an academic institution, private or government research foundation and must have demonstrated a key role in and contribution to a research project with direct medicinal chemistry applications and relevance. Nominees are expected to have demonstrated creativity and insight in medicinal chemistry and/or biology and possess pragmatic, empirical problem solving skills.
The Robert M. Scarborough Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry
The Robert M. Scarborough Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry, given in even-numbered years, is intended to recognize individuals who have had primary, leading roles in the discovery of novel therapeutic agents or who have otherwise made significant scientific discoveries that enhance the field of medicinal chemistry. This award is in memory of Robert M. Scarborough, an accomplished medicinal chemist and inventor of drugs such as Natrecor® and Integrilin®. The award is sponsored by Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a cardiovascular company founded by Dr. Scarborough. The awardee will present an award address at the Fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society as a part of Division of Medicinal Chemistry programming, and receive a commemorative plaque, a honorarium of $8,000 at the symposium, and travel expenses incidental to receiving the award at the Fall National Meeting on even-numbered years. Nominees can be employed in industry, academia, government or a private research foundation and must have documented success in the discovery of pharmaceutical entities and/or a substantial body of significant research contributions in medicinal chemistry. Candidates should have a significant record of productivity as measured by the number and quality of scientific publications and issued patents. Nominees are expected to have demonstrated creativity and insight in medicinal chemistry and/or biology and employ pragmatic, empirical problem solving skills.
Philip S. Portoghese Journal of Medicinal Chemistry/ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters - Division of Medicinal Chemistry Joint Lectureship (Early Career)
The Philip S. Portoghese Lectureship honors early-career investigators who have made significant contributions to medicinal chemistry research. Named in honor of Phil Portoghese, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry from 1972 to 2011, this award recognizes individuals who have displayed impact or promise of impact to the field of medicinal chemistry. Two awards are given annually to early-career investigators who have completed their terminal degree within the past 10 years and have published at least one article in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. The lectureship was established to enhance the visibility of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters within the medicinal chemistry community and strengthen ties between the Journals and the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry. Recipients are honored at the annual fall ACS meeting.
Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award
The Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award is given biennially in even years, with presentation and award symposium held at the National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium. This award recognizes scientists or teams of scientists whose research has had a significant effect on medicinal chemistry. The award emphasizes medicinal chemistry contributions, recent work, and scientists whose accomplishments have not already been adequately recognized through other honors. Although other types of accomplishments such as new research tools or biological discoveries are not excluded, the primary focus is on medicinal chemistry research. The award is funded by a generous contribution from the Thomas J. Perun Endowment Fund and is open to any scientist here or abroad. The award consists of $6,000, a plaque, and travel expenses incidental to receiving the award. The recipient is asked to present an Award Address at the National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium. Research teams are eligible to share the award. Nominations are accepted during odd-numbered years, with the call opening May 1st and closing October 1st.
Edward E. Smissman Award
The Edward E. Smissman Award was established in honor of Professor Edward E. Smissman of the University of Kansas, on the occasion of his untimely death in 1974. The award is presented in odd years by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry at the Fall National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. It is given to a living scientist whose research, teaching or service has had a substantial impact on the intellectual and theoretical development of the field of Medicinal Chemistry. The award is funded by a generous contribution from the Bruce E. and Cynthia A. Maryanoff Endowment Fund. Normally, the Award is intended for scientists relatively late in their active scientific careers whereupon a substantial body of creative work is available and sufficient time has passed to place their work in perspective. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the intellectual and theoretical development of medicinal chemistry through research, teaching, and/or service.
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