Call for Nominations for the 17th Thieme–IUPAC Prize

The Thieme Group in collaboration with IUPAC and the Editors of SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT, SYNFACTS, and Science of Synthesis announce the Thieme–IUPAC Prize for 2026. This award is presented every two years on the occasion of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry – International Conference on Organic Synthesis (IUPAC–ICOS). It includes an award of €5,000.

General Principles

• In an update to previous editions of the award, the 2026 Thieme–IUPAC Prize will be presented to a scientist who must be within the first 15 years of their independent reserach career.
• The candidate’s research must have had a major impact in synthetic organic chemistry.
• The prize will be awarded based on scientific merit for independent research dealing with synthesis in the broadest context of organic chemistry, including organometallic chemistry, medicinal and biological chemistry.

Nomination

Proposals must be accompanied by:

• a biographical sketch of the nominee
• a list of the candidate’s ten most significant publications
• a statement of how the candidate’s research has had a major impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry

The material will be confidentially forwarded to an independent selection committee.

Deadline

Nomination materials should be submitted by e-mail to marcus.white@thieme.de by December 12, 2025.

2024 Winner

Franziska Schoenebeck of RWTH Aachen University has been chosen as the Thieme–IUPAC Prize 2024 recipient and joins a select group of scientists whose research has had a major impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry.

The award ceremony will take place at the ESOC 2025 conference on June 30th, 2025.

Read the full announcement.
Read more about ESOC 2025 award sessions here.