Arthur C. Cope Award

The Arthur C. Cope Award is a prize awarded for achievement in the field of organic chemistry research. It is sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Fund, and has been awarded annually since 1973 by the American Chemical Society. It consists of $25,000, a medallion, and $150,000 in funding for research in organic chemistry.

Recipients include:


 * 2024 - William L. Jorgensen
 * 2023 - Scott Denmark
 * 2022 – Véronique Gouverneur
 * 2021 – John Hartwig
 * 2020 – Dennis A. Dougherty
 * 2019 – Dieter Seebach
 * 2018 – Steven V. Ley
 * 2017 – Carolyn R. Bertozzi
 * 2016 – Eric N. Jacobsen
 * 2015 – Paul A. Wender
 * 2014 – Stuart Schreiber
 * 2013 – Stephen L. Buchwald
 * 2012 – Chi-Huey Wong
 * 2011 – Nicholas Turro
 * 2010 – Kendall N. Houk
 * 2009 – Manfred T. Reetz
 * 2008 – J. Fraser Stoddart
 * 2007 – Jean Fréchet
 * 2006 – Peter G. Schultz
 * 2005 – K.C. Nicolaou
 * 2004 – Barry M. Trost
 * 2003 – Larry E. Overman
 * 2002 – Robert H. Grubbs
 * 2001 – George A. Olah
 * 2000 – David A. Evans
 * 1999 – Ralph F. Hirschmann
 * 1998 – Samuel J. Danishefsky
 * 1997 – Ryōji Noyori
 * 1996 – Robert G. Bergman
 * 1995 – George M. Whitesides
 * 1994 – John D. Roberts
 * 1993 – Peter B. Dervan
 * 1992 – K. Barry Sharpless
 * 1991 – Gerhard L. Closs
 * 1990 – Koji Nakanishi
 * 1989 – William S. Johnson, Norman Allinger
 * 1988 – Kenneth B. Wiberg
 * 1987 – Ronald Breslow
 * 1986 – Duilio Arigoni
 * 1984 – Albert J. Eschenmoser
 * 1982 – Frank H. Westheimer
 * 1980 – Gilbert J. Stork
 * 1978 – Orville L. Chapman
 * 1976 – Elias J. Corey
 * 1974 – Donald J. Cram
 * 1973 – Roald Hoffmann and Robert B. Woodward

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards
The Arthur C. Cope Fund also sponsors an additional ten awards each year called the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards  to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry. The Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards were established in 1984 by the ACS Board of Directors, on recommendation of the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry, under the terms of the will of Arthur C. Cope.