Dennis Hall, University of Alberta, $25,000
“Borate-Based Catalytic Directing Groups for Alkene and C–H Functionalization Reactions Using Readily Available Alcohol Substrates”

Oana Luca, University of Colorado – Boulder, $25,000
“Catalyst and Electrolyte-Free Direct Electrochemical Cross Coupling”

Jeff Byers, Boston College, $25,000
“Development of an Iron-Based Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reactions”

Zach Amara, National Des Arvts Et Métiers, $25,000
“Smart Synthesis with Magnetically Recoverable Visible Light Photocatalysts”

Leo Choe Peng, Universiti Sains Malaysia, $16,000
“Diafiltration of Monoclonal Antibody using pH Responsive Membrane with Positive Charge.

Andrew Zydney, Penn State, $50,000
“Countercurrent Staged Diafiltration for Monoclonal Antibody Formulation.”

Amanda Evans, California State University, Fullerton, $50,000
“Enz-Flow/Continuous Bioprocessing: Towards a green continuous flow synthesis of levomilnacipran”

A. John Blacker, Ph.D., University of Leeds, $50,000
“Process Development of Continuous Flow Oxidative Biotransformations”

Graham Dobereiner, Ph.D., Temple University, $50,000
“Tandem catalytic process in flow: synthesis of amides via mild photochemical carbonylation using CO₂ as a carbonyl source”

Amanda C. Evans, Ph.D., California State University, $50,000
“Enz-Flow/Continuous Bioprocessing: Towards a green continuous flow synthesis of levomilnacipran”

Matthias Beller, Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, $50,000
“Hydrogenation of Amides promoted by Ru- and Fe-Pincer Complexes—Ligand-Metal Cooperative Catalysis for the Mild and Selective Synthesis of Amines”

Neal Mankad, University of Illinois at Chicago, $100,000
“Bimetallic Approach to Iron-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions”

Paul Chirik, Princeton University, $100,000
“Modern Alchemy: New Paradigms for Enabling Base Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling in the Pharmaceutical Industry”

Daniel Weix, University of Rochester, $50,000
“Direct Synthesis of Alkylated Arenes and Heteroarenes from the Cross-Coupling of Heteroaromatic Halides in Non-Amide Solvents”

Janet Scott, University of Bath, $100,000
“Intelligent Selection of Greener Solvents”

Neil Garg, UCLA, $60,000
“Development of Green Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions”