The first recipient of the award was announced at the 23rd General Meeting of TWAS in Tianjin, China (18-21 September 2012).

Potential candidates:

Young chemists (under the age of 40), national of a developing country, who have been living and working in a Scientifically and Technologically (ST)-lagging country for a minimum of two years immediately prior to their nomination. All fields of Chemistry are eligible.

For a list of the 66 ST-lagging countries, please visit: The 66 S&T-lagging countries

Selection:

A pre-screening of the candidates will be done at TWAS, The material on the top candidates will be provided to Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman who will select the winner.

Previous winners of the TWAS - Atta-ur-Rahman Prize in Chemistry

2016 – Bijay Singh, Nepal

2015 – Mirabbos Hojamberdiev, Uzbekistan

2014 – Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan Hassanien, Egypt

2013 – Mohammad Abdul Hasnat, Bangladesh

2012 – Shamsun Nahar Khan, Bangladesh