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Poster Prizes

The ACA Poster Prizes celebrate outstanding poster presentations by students and early-career researchers at the ACA Annual Meeting. Made possible through the support of the ACA and its donors, these cash prizes recognize scientific excellence as well as clear, engaging communication within the crystallographic community.

 

ACA Pauling Poster Prize Information

Established by the American Crystallographic Association and supported through member contributions, the Pauling Poster Prizes honor the legacy of Linus Pauling, a pioneer of American structural research and a longtime, dedicated member of the ACA. These awards recognize excellence in poster presentations by undergraduate and graduate students at the ACA Annual Meeting.  Each year, up to seven (7) outstanding student posters are selected for recognition.
 

Herman R. Branson Pauling Poster Prize

Honors the legacy of Herman Russell Branson, one of the first African American physicists to focus his research on crystallography. This prize recognizes exceptional student poster presentations that reflect excellence and innovation in crystallographic research.
 

Muttaiya Sundaralingam Pauling Poster Prize

Recognizes groundbreaking crystallographic research in the stereochemistry of nucleotides and nucleic acids, honoring the influential contributions of Muttaiya Sundaralingam and his colleagues.
 

Louis Delbaere Pauling Poster Prize

 

Established in honor of Louis Delbaere, former ACA President and a leader in Canadian crystallography. This prize is awarded to the highest-ranked graduate or undergraduate poster from a Canadian laboratory.

 

Sponsored Poster Prizes

Sponsored Poster Prizes recognize outstanding poster presentations by students and early-career researchers at the ACA Annual Meeting. These prizes are made possible through the generous support of ACA industry partners and donors and honor scientific excellence alongside the clear, creative communication of crystallographic research. Award components vary by prize and may include cash awards or honorary recognition.

The IUCr Pauling Poster Prize: sponsored by the International Union of Crystallography, to be given to a poster selected by the committee. The award is an IUCr Journals open-access voucher, a free three-year student membership of the IUCr Associates Programme and a certificate (no cash prize).
Journal on Structural Dynamics Poster Prize: A $250 prize is awarded in recognition of outstanding research in time-dependent as well as time-independent structural determination and is open to students (graduate and undergraduate) and post-docs. The ACA Journal on Structural Dynamics sponsors this prize.
RCSB Protein Data Bank Poster Prize: This prize recognizes a student, graduate, or undergraduate, poster presentation involving macromolecular crystallography. The award will be an ACA membership for the following year. An announcement will appear on the RCSB PDB website and newsletter. For more information, go to the RCSB Protein Data Bank website.
CrystEngComm Poster Prize: CrystEngComm (published by the Royal Society of Chemistry) is pleased to sponsor a prize to be awarded to the best student, graduate or undergraduate, poster presentation in the area of crystal engineering /supramolecular chemistry. The winner will receive an RSC book voucher and an announcement will be posted on the CrystEngComm website.
Oxford Cryosystems Low Temperature Poster Prize: This prize is open to all participants and is awarded to the best poster describing work in low temperature crystallography. The winner will receive a cash prize donated by Oxford Cryosystems, Inc.
Taylor & Francis Biomolecular Crystallography Poster Prize: This prize is open to all participants and is awarded to the best poster describing a successful application of a non-routine or computationally challenging structure solution and refinement technique in biomolecular crystallography. The winner will receive Bernhard Rupp's book Biomolecular Crystallography donated by the Taylor & Francis Group.
MiTeGen-Society of Physics Students Undergraduate Poster Prize: This prize was established to encourage young undergraduate researchers in the field of crystallography and recognizes the best undergraduate poster presentation. The winner will receive a $250 cash prize sponsored by the Society of Physics Students and MiTegen, as well as a gift certificate for MiTeGen products. All undergraduate student posters will be automatically be eligible.
Journal of Chemical Crystallography Poster Prize: The best student, graduate or undergraduate, poster presentation in the area of chemical crystallography or small molecule structure determination and analysis is sponsored by Springer's Journal of Chemical Crystallography. The winner will receive a book voucher for their personal choice of books from Springer's extensive portfolio of titles.
Crystal Growth & Design (published by the American Chemical Society) is pleased to sponsor two prizes to be awarded to innovative poster presentation in each of the areas of crystal engineering and pharmaceutical materials. The winners will each receive a $250 cash prize sponsored by Crystal Growth & Design.