Awards and Promotions

Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals & Biosciences Awards

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Awards, Prizes and Promotions

Thieme actively promotes scientific engagement and excellence in chemical research with a comprehensive awards program. The prizes and awards strongly focus on young researchers, aiming to recognize early achievements and supporting their independent careers.

Current ​Awardees

Song Lin is the Thieme–IUPAC Prize Winner 2026

Stuttgart, April 2026 – Thieme and the editors of SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT, SYNFACTS, and Science of Synthesis together with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) award Song Lin (Cornell University, USA) with the 2026 Thieme–IUPAC Prize in recognition of his pioneering work in electrochemical methods that are advancing organic synthesis and enabling more sustainable chemical processes.

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Our Chemistry, Pharma, and Biosciences Awards

SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT & SynOpen Best Paper Awards

Thieme and the Editors of SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT, and SynOpen present the respective “Best Paper Awards”. These annual awards honor the authors of the best original research papers in each of the journals, considering their immediate impact on the field of chemical synthesis. The winners of the Best Paper Awards receive prize money.

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Thieme-IUPAC Prize

The Thieme-IUPAC Prize is 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, designed molecules, and materials. It is presented every two years.

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Dr. Margaret Faul Women in Chemistry and Women in the Chemical Industry Awards

Every two years, Thieme and the editors of the reference work Science of Synthesis (SOS) present the Dr. Margaret Faul Women in Chemistry and Women in the Chemical Industry Awards to young female chemists in recognition of outstanding achievements. Since 2025, two separate prizes have been awarded to women working in academic and industrial research.

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Poster Prizes

Thieme sponsors numerous international conferences in the fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, sustainable chemistry, and AI. To support MSc, PhD and postdoctoral students we award poster prizes to the best posters at specific conferences in form of journal subscriptions or books. The poster prize winners are selected by independent poster prize juries. They will be announced at conferences and on Thieme's social media channels.

Thieme Chemistry Journals Awards

The Thieme Chemistry Journals Awards are presented since 1999 every year to up-and-coming researchers. The awardees are selected exclusively by the editorial board members of SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT, and SYNFACTS who constantly watch out for promising, young individuals working in chemical synthesis and catalysis or closely related areas of organic chemistry.

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Thieme Bioscience and Pharma Journals Awards

Each year, Thieme awards prizes to the most innovative original research papers published in the journals Planta Medica, Pharmacopsychiatry, and Drug Research. The awards are presented at international conferences.