Dream_Chemistry_Award
The Dream Chemistry Award is an international competition for young scientists organized by the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague) and the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1]
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The competition was established in 2013 by Robert Hołyst and the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the PAS in Warsaw,[2] with the next competition taking place in 2015. In 2017, IOCB Prague started co-sponsoring the event,[3] and since then the competition has been held every year alternately in Prague and Warsaw.
The competition awards visionary projects from the field of chemistry or chemistry-related disciplines that have the ambition and potential to change the world for the better.[4] The contest is for scientists who are younger than 38 years of age who have been nominated by respected experts. The winner of the contest receives a financial reward of €10,000. In addition, starting in 2019, the finalists receive a reward of €1,000.[5]
The coordinators of the competition are Pavel Jungwirth from IOCB Prague and Robert Hołyst from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the PAS. The members of the Honorary Committee include Josef Michl and Richard R. Schrock, the laureate of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.