Polymer Physics Prize

To recognize outstanding accomplishment and excellence of contributions in polymer physics research. The prize consists of $10,000 and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It is presented annually.

Establishment & Support

This prize was established in 1960 and is currently supported by the General Electric Company.

Rules & Eligibility

Nominations are open to all scientists of all nations regardless of membership in the Society or the geographical location in which the work was carried out. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but a prize may be shared when all the recipients have contributed to the same accomplishments. Nominations are active for three years.

Nomination & Selection Process

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  2009 Selection Committee: Michael Rubinstein, David Reichman, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Russell Composto, Paula Hammond

2009 Polymer Physics Prize Recipient:
Steve Granick
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Past Recipients:

2008:	Kenneth S. Schweizer
2007:	Glenn Fredrickson
2006:	Ludwik Leibler
2005:	Thomas Paul Russell
2004:	Timothy Lodge
2003:	Andrew J. Lovinger
2002:	Tom Witten
2001:	Masao Doi
2000:	Lewis John Fetters
1999:	Charles C. Han
1998:	Murugappan Muthukumar
1997:	Frank Steven Bates
1996:	Alan Neville Gent
1995:	Jacob Klein
1994:	Hyuk Yu
1993:	Benjamin Chu
1992:	Philip A. Pincus
1991:	Edwin L. Thomas
1990:	William W. Graessley
1989:	Eugene Helfand
1988:	Richard H. Boyd
1987:	Hiromichi Kawai and Takeji Hashimoto
1986:	Andre J. Kovacs
1985:	Edward J. Kramer and Roger P. Kambour
1984:	William J. MacKnight and Frank E. Karasz
1983:	Motowo Takayanagi and Hiroyuki Tadokoro
1982:	Sir Samuel Edwards & Pierre-Gilles deGennes
1981:	Robert Simha
1980:	Marshall Fixman
1979:	E. W. Fischer
1978:	Henri Benoit
1977:	S. Krim
1976:	Richard S. Stein
1975:	Walter H. Stockmayer
1974:	Frank A. Bovey
1973:	H. Douglas Keith and Frank J. Padden, Jr.
1972:	Anton Peterlin
1971:	John D. Hoffman and John I. Lauritzen
1970:	William P. Slichter
1969:	Charles W. Bunn
1968:	Arthur V. Tobolsky
1967:	Julian H. Gibbs and Edmund A. DiMarzio
1966:	John D. Ferry
1965:	Peter J. W. Debye
1964:	Andrew Keller
1963:	Bruno H. Zimm
1962:	Paul J. Flory