The Outstanding Graduate Student Award is to recognize an outstanding Ph.D. candidate in chemistry. This award is based upon academic performance, research performance, teaching performance, and departmental leadership and citizenship activities. Normally a student receiving this award should have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except research and dissertation.

• 2023: Yiqin Hu
• 2022: Sanjit Das
• 2021: Michael Ihde
• 2020: Kyle Edwards/Ashley McNeill
• 2019: Molly Lockart, Louis Reisman
• 2017: Sopheavy Siek
• 2016: Garima Kumar
• 2015: Michele Stover
• 2014: Caleb Hill, Parker McCrary
• 2013: Mingyang Chen
• 2012: Yu-Hsiang Wang
• 2011: Daniel Grant
• 2010: Luigi Iconaru
• 2009: Weihao Xu
• 2008: Marcin Smiglak
• 2007: Keith Gutowski, Andrei Honciuc
• 2006: Qiaoli Liang, Daniela Tapu
• 2005: Michael Curry, Richard Swatloski
• 2004: Buffie Clodfelder, Kye-Young Kim
• 2003: Yunlong Gao