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