The next edition of the Science for the Future Solvay Prize, to occur in 2022, will mark the 100-year anniversary of the first Solvay Conference for Chemistry

The prize winner will be selected by an independent jury of renowned scientists, which include two Nobel Prize laureates: 

• Sven Lidin, president of the Solvay Prize jury, professor of inorganic chemistry at Lund University;

• Steven Chu, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, former U.S. secretary of energy and professor at Stanford University;

• Ben Feringa, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2016, professor at the University of Groningen, former recipient of the 2015 Solvay Prize 

• Susumu Kitagawa, winner of the 2017 Solvay Prize, professor at Kyoto University;

• Geraldine Lee Richmond, presidential chair in science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, nominated for U.S. under secretary of energy for science;

• Dame Carol Vivien Robinson, Professor of Chemistry and first director of the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery at Oxford University.

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In 1922, the company’s founder, Ernest Solvay held the first scientific conference focused on chemistry, gathering many scientists who would later become Nobel Prize laureates, to discuss new theories in micro-physics in chemistry. The prize, which will be awarded in 2022, marks the 100-year anniversary of Ernest Solvay’s first chemistry conference. 

“Solvay has a long history of promoting fundamental science, and the Solvay Prize continues this legacy,” said Patrick Maestro, member of the Académie des Technologies in France and scientific director of Solvay. “Science based innovation drives Solvay’s strategy today, and is one of Solvay’s key differentiators among its competitors."