# Welch Award in Chemistry

The Welch Award in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Robert A. Welch Foundation, based in Houston, Texas, to encourage and recognize basic chemical research for the benefit of mankind. The award, which has been given since 1972, is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the field of chemistry. Several of its recipients subsequently were awarded the Nobel Prize.
The award is named in honor of Robert Alonzo Welch, who made a fortune in oil and minerals and had a strong belief in the ability of chemistry to make the world a better place. In his will, Mr. Welch stated: “I have long been impressed with the great possibilities for the betterment of Mankind that lay in the field of research in the domain of Chemistry.” The prize has a value of $500,000.

## Recipients

Source: Welch Foundation
| Year | Recipient |
| 1972 | Karl August Folkers, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1974 | Albert Eschenmoser, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| 1976 | Neil Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1978 | Edgar Bright Wilson, Harvard University |
| 1980 | Sune Bergström, Karolinska Institute |
| 1981 | Paul Doughty Bartlett, Texas Christian University |
| 1982 | Frank Westheimer, Harvard University |
| 1983 | Henry Taube, Stanford University |
| 1984 | Kenneth Pitzer, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1985 | Duilio Arigoni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| 1986 | George C. Pimentel, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1987 | Harry George Drickamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1988 | Richard Barry Bernstein, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1989 | Norman R. Davidson, California Institute of Technology |
| 1990 | John D. Roberts, California Institute of Technology |
| 1990 | William von Eggers Doering, Harvard University |
| 1991 | Earl R. Stadtman, National Institutes of Health |
| 1991 | Edwin G. Krebs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington |
| 1992 | Richard Smalley, Rice University |
| 1993 | Gilbert Stork, Columbia University |
| 1994 | Jack Halpern, The University of Chicago |
| 1994 | F. Albert Cotton, Texas A&M University |
| 1995 | Jeremy R. Knowles, Harvard University |
| 1995 | Robert H. Abeles, Brandeis University |
| 1996 | Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University |
| 1997 | Ahmed Zewail, California Institute of Technology |
| 1998 | Pierre Chambon, College de France |
| 1999 | Richard Zare, Stanford University |
| 2000 | A. Ian Scott, Texas A&M University |
| 2000 | Sir Alan R. Battersby, Cambridge University |
| 2001 | Roger D. Kornberg, Stanford University |
| 2002 | Harden M. McConnell, Stanford University |
| 2003 | Ronald Breslow, Columbia University |
| 2004 | Allen J. Bard, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 2005 | George M. Whitesides, Harvard University |
| 2006 | Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., University of California, Berkeley |
| 2007 | William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2007 | Noel S. Hush, University of Sydney |
| 2008 | Alexander Rich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2009 | Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology |
| 2010 | JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christopher T. Walsh, Harvard Medical School |
| 2011 | John S. Waugh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2012 | David A. Evans, Harvard University |
| 2013 | Louis E. Brus, Columbia University |
| 2014 | Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2015 | Stephen C. Harrison, Harvard Medical School |
| 2016 | Richard H. Holm, Harvard University; Stephen J. Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2017 | John B. Goodenough, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2018 | Adriaan Bax, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
| 2019 | Armand Paul Alivisatos, University of California Berkeley; Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University |
| 2020 | Steven L. McKnight, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| 2021 | Chi-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute |
| 2022 | Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford University |
| 2023 | Jacqueline Barton, California Institute of Technology |
| 2024 | Eric N. Jacobsen, Harvard University |