Awards and Promotions

Chemistry Awards

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Thieme and Thieme Chemistry actively promote scientific engagement and excellence in 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 Awards

SYNTHESIS/SYNLETT/SynOpen/Organic Materials Best Paper Awards

Thieme and the Editors of SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT, SynOpen and Organic Materials present the respective “Best Paper Awards”. These annual awards will 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 three awards receive prize money and a framed certificate.

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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 present the Dr. Margaret Faul Women in Chemistry and Women in the Chemical Industry Awards to a young female chemist in recognition of outstanding achievements by women in organic chemistry. Since 2025, two separate prizes have been awarded to women working in academic and industrial research.

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Poster Prizes

Every year, Thieme Chemistry is engaged as a sponsor at many international conferences. In order to support the generation of MSc, PhD and postdoctoral students various poster prizes are awarded by us to the best posters at specific conferences in form of journal subscriptions or books. The selection of the poster prize winners is carried out by independent poster prize juries.

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award

The Thieme Chemistry Journals Award is 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. 

Planta Medica Award

Each year, Thieme also awards a prize to the most innovative original paper published in the journal "Planta Medica". The award, worth 1,500 euros, is presented at the annual conference of the Society for Medicinal Plants and Natural Products Research.