WCC 2026 Merck Research Award

Application Deadline, November 15
The WCC Merck Research Award recognizes eight individuals who will present their research at a
Women Chemists Committee/Merck half-day symposium during the ACS Fall 2026 Meeting in Chicago
and be recognized at the Women Chemists Committee Luncheon. Applicants in their third and fourth
year of graduate school with a research focus in one or more of the following – Organic, Medicinal,
Analytical, Chemical Biology, Computational or Structural Chemistry, and related disciplines are eligible.
This award is open to U.S. citizens (studying anywhere) and non-U.S. citizens attending a graduate
program in the U.S. or Canada. The deadline for applications is November 15, 2025. Apply today! Further
information can be reviewed here. If you have questions, send an email to WCC@acs.org.