Our Awards
The CSC awards recognize professionals and students who have made outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences.
Press release: Award winners will be recognized at the x2026 Conference.
Our list of awards and latest winners includes:
Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry
Matthew J. Harrington
McGill University
2025 Award Winner
Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship Award
Martin Schmeing, MCIC
McGill University
2025 Award Winner
Canadian Journal of Chemistry Best Paper Award
Amer El-Samman and Stijn De Baerdemacker, MCIC
University of New Brunswick
2025 Award Winner
Canadian Light Source T. K. Sham Award in Materials Chemistry
Arthur Mar, MCIC
University of Alberta
2025 Award Winner
Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Isabelle Marcotte, MCIC
Université du Québec à Montréal
2025 Award Winner
Gilead Early Career Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Nicholas J. Roberts, MCIC
University of Victoria
2024 Award Winner
Strem Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry
Christopher Caputo, MCIC
York University
2026 Award Winner
Submit a Nomination
The deadline for most 2026 CIC Awards, CSC Awards, CSChE Awards nominations has been moved to Jul. 1, 2025 in preparation for the x2026 conference occurring May 24 – 28, 2026.
Please note that changes may be required to the specified selection committees (in consultation with the specific division(s)) due to conflicts of interest, committee gender balance, or other issues that may arise.
Fellowships
We also award CIC Fellowships and CIC Honorary Fellowships every year.