ASP Research Achievement Award

Research Achievement Award

The American Society of Pharmacognosy selects a recipient for the ASP Research Award annually. Candidates must be members of the Society who have made outstanding contributions to research on natural products. The award consists of an honorarium of $5000 and travel expenses to present the award lecture at an annual meeting of the Society.

Previous winners of the ASP Research Award are:

1985 - Koji Nakanishi
1988 - Heinz G. Floss
1989 - Kenneth L. Rinehart
1990 - Monroe E. Wall
1991 - S. William Pelletier
1992 - Henry Rapoport
1993 - A. Ian Scott
1994 - Paul J. Scheuer
1995 - George Robert Pettit
1996 - Meinhart H. Zenk
1997 - John W. Daly
1998 - Sidney M. Hecht
1999 - David G.I. Kingston
2000 - C. Richard Hutchinson
2001 - Tom Mabry
2002 - Richard E. Moore
2003 - D. John Faulkner
2004 - Jon Clardy
2005 - Norman Farnsworth
2006 - William Fenical
2007 - Les Mitscher

Nominations for the 2008 award are due by December 15, 2007 to the Chairman of the Norman R. Farnsworth ASP Research Achievement Award Committee and should consist of a nominating letter, a curriculum vitae of the candidate, and letters from three individuals who are familiar with the candidate's scientific accomplishments. Nomination documents should be submitted in triplicate to:

Dr. Sheo B. Singh
Merck Co Inc
RY80Y-350
PO Box 2000
Rahway NJ 07065-0900

email: sheo_singh@merck.com

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