At AstraZeneca, we recognize that advances in medicine rely on innovations in chemistry.
To reward outstanding contributions to the art of organic chemistry, we are introducing a global awards program where we will present two AZ Young Investigator Awards in each region (North America, Europe and Asia) annually and one global AZ Distinguished Career Award every other year (starting 2012).
This program builds on the legacy of our different existing national or regional awards programs, where some of them have been in place for over 25 years.
The AZ Young Investigator Awards are awarded to talented young academic researchers who have demonstrated distinct achievements in synthetic, computational, mechanistic or bioorganic chemistry. Each of the awardees is presented with a $50,000 unrestricted research grant intended to help foster continued growth and development of their research programs.
The awardees are selected by a team of AstraZeneca senior scientists and external colleagues from academia. Past winners include many scientists who have gone on to become leaders in the organic chemistry community.
View the 2011 winners on AstraZeneca's international site.
