The Outstanding Graduate Student Dissertation Research Award is to recognize outstanding research performance by a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry. Recipients of this award are nominated for the college and university-level dissertation research awards.
- 2021: Ashley McNeill
- 2020: Louis Reisman
- 2019: Nelly Kaneza
- 2018: Shengjie Zhang
- 2017: Archana Panikar
- 2016: Zhichao Shen
- 2015: Caleb Hill
- 2014: Mingyang Chen
- 2013: Preethi Vennam
- 2012: Virgil Jackson
- 2011: Jason Runyon
- 2010: Daniel Grant
- 2008: Marcin Smiglak
- 2007: Keith Gutowski
- 2003: Ann Visser