Explore both current and past journal lectureships and awards from ACS Publications' Physical Chemistry portfolio.
ACS Publications' journal lectureships and awards recognize a mix of early career and established investigators who have made significant contributions to research in their fields.
We invite you to explore both current and past awards in Physical Chemistry.
ACS Photonics Early Career Award
Nomination Status: Closed
This award honors the contributions of an early-career individual who is doing outstanding research in the research areas covered by ACS Photonics.
This award is presented in partnership with ACS Photonics and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division Lectureship Awards
Nomination Status: Closed
The Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division Lectureship Awards honor the contributions of investigators who have made a major impact on the field of physical chemistry in the research areas associated with each section of the journal—The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science
Nomination Status: Closed
This annual award honors an individual or a collaborative team for recent and significant contributions to the field, which appeared as a publication in ACS Catalysis within the last three calendar years (2023, 2024 or 2025). In 2026, one lectureship award will be given in each of the three areas of catalysis covered by ACS Catalysis: biocatalysis or enzymology; heterogeneous catalysis; homogeneous catalysis.
