The award, sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, was instituted in 1993 with the intention of recognizing "significant accomplishments by individuals who have stimulated or fostered the interest of women in chemistry, promoting their professional development as chemists or chemical engineers." Recipients receive $5,000, a certificate, up to $1,500 for travel expenses, and a grant of $10,000. The deadline for nomination is 1 November every year.[1]
Awardees are listed here along with their affiliation at the time of the award.
| 2021 | Kay Brummond | University of Pittsburgh |
| 2020 | Katherine J. Franz[2] | Duke University |
| 2019 | Ruth E. Baltus[3] | Clarkson University |
| 2018 | Rebecca T. Ruck[4][5] | Merck & Co |
| 2017 | Judith M. Iriarte-Gross[6][7] | Middle Tennessee State University |
| 2016 | Carol A. Fierke[8] | University of Michigan |
| 2015 | E. Ann Nalley[9] | Cameron University |
| 2014 | Sandra C. Greer[10] | Mills College |
| 2013 | Heather C. Allen | Ohio State University |
| 2012 | Yves J. Chabal | University of Texas at Dallas |
| 2011 | Mamie W. Moy | University of Houston |
| 2010 | Mildred S. Dresselhaus | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2009 | Mary F. Singleton | |
| 2008 | Esther M. Conwell | National Science Foundation |
| 2007 | Bojan H. Jennings | |
| 2006 | Catherine H. Middlecamp | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2005 | Geraldine L. Richmond | University of Oregon |
| 2004 | Margaret-Ann Armour | University of Alberta |
| 2003 | Madeleine Jacobs | American Chemical Society |
| 2002 | Barbara A. Sawrey | University of California San Diego |
| 2001 | Christina Bodurow Erwin[11] | Eli Lilly & Co. |
| 2000 | Valerie J. Kuck | Bell Laboratories |
| 1999 | Jeanette Grasselli-Brown | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 1998 | Madeleine M. Joullié | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1997 | Mary E. Thompson | |
| 1996 | Nina Roscher | |
| 1995 | Margaret C. Cavanaugh[12] | National Science Foundation |