R. Bruce Merrifield Award
The Merrifield Award recognizes outstanding contributions to peptide science.
R. Bruce Merrifield Award Recipients
2020s
2025,
Philip E. Dawson
Department of Chemistry at Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA

2023,
Sam Gellman
University of Wisconsin - Madison

2021,
Padmanabhan Balaram
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
2010s

2019,
Lila Gierasch
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

2017,
Charles Deber
University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children

2017,
Robert Hodges
University of Colorado at Denver

2015,
Horst Kessler
TU München Institute for Advanced Study
2013,
James P. Tam
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2011,
Richard DiMarchi
Indiana University
2000s

2009,
Stephen B.H. Kent
University of Chicago
2007,
Isabella Karle
Naval Research Laboratory
2005,
William F. DeGrado
University of Pennsylvania
2005,
Richard A. Houghten
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
2001,
Garland R. Marshall
Washington University Medical School, St. Louis
1990s
1999,
Daniel H. Rich
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1997,
Shumpei Sakakibara
Peptide Institute, Inc.
1995,
John M. Stewart
University of Colorado at Denver
1993,
Victor J. Hruby
University of Arizona
1991,
Daniel F. Veber
Merck, Sharp & Dohme
1980s
1989,
Murray Goodman
University of California at San Diego
1988,
William F. DeGrado
DuPont Central Research
1987,
Cho Hao Li
University of California at San Francisco
1985,
Robert Schwyzer
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
1983,
Ralph F. Hirschmann
Merck, Sharp & Dohme
1981,
Klaus Hofmann
University of Pittsburgh - School of Medicine
1970s
1979,
Bruce Merrifield
The Rockefeller University
1977,
Miklos Bodanszky
Case Western Reserve University
Award Information
Established: 1977
Recipients: 27
Frequency: Annual
Nominations
Nomination Process
Nominations for the R. Bruce Merrifield Award are accepted annually. Please contact the American Peptide Society for detailed nomination guidelines and deadlines.
Contact: aps@americanpeptidesociety.org