AstraZeneca Award in Chemistry

RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE IN CHEMISTRY ACROSS CANADA

About the Award

The AstraZeneca Award in Chemistry was inaugurated in 2003 and is awarded yearly to recognize recent outstanding contributions by Canadian academic researchers who have demonstrated distinct potential in organic chemistry by publishing innovative and influential work. Preference will be given to candidates with 6 years or less of independent experience. The recipient is chosen by a committee, consisting of a senior academic advisor and members of the AstraZeneca R&D Montréal Medicinal Chemistry Department. The award, sponsored by AstraZeneca Canada Inc., is granted for two years with a value of $50,000 per year.

This is an unrestricted grant aimed at fostering continued growth and development within the awardee’s research programs and is part of AstraZeneca’s commitment to support excellence in chemistry across Canada. For more information about the award, please contact us.

A symposium will take place every two years at the AstraZeneca R&D Montréal facilities to honour recent recipients of the award, and will feature presentations from awardees and senior scientific advisors. The symposium is open to members of local universities and will also feature tours of the R&D Montréal facilities.

Award Recipients


2011
Professor André Beauchemin
University of Ottawa
Awarded for his outstanding contributions to the field of synthetic organic chemistry

2010	2009
Professor Vy Maria Dong	Professor Nicolas Moitessier
University of Toronto	McGill University
Awarded for her outstanding contributions to the field of synthetic organic chemistry	Awarded for his outstanding contributions to the field of computational and organic chemistry

2008	2007
Professor Jennifer Love	Professor Keith Fagnou
University of British Columbia	University of Ottawa
Awarded for her outstanding contributions to the field of organometallic chemistry	Awarded for his outstanding contributions to the field of arylation reactions

2006	2005
Professor Alison Thompson	Professor Eric Fillion
Dalhousie University	University of Waterloo
Awarded for her outstanding contributions to the field of functionalized pyrrole synthesis and the study of helical dipyrromethene complexes.	Awarded for his outstanding contributions to the field of synthetic organic chemistry


2004	2003
Professor Peter Wilson	Professor Dennis Hall
Simon Fraser University	University of Alberta
Awarded for his outstanding contributions to the field of synthetic organic chemistry	Awarded for his outstanding contributions to the field of organoboron chemistry and solid-phase organic synthesis