Each year a number of students receive a travel grant to present their Ph.D. research in the form of a seminar at the institution from which they received their undergraduate degree in chemistry. This award is made possible by the generous donation of the late Dr. Seemon Pines, former Vice President of Pharmaceutical Process R&D at Merck. Recent awardees and their undergraduate institutions are as follows.
| 2025 | Matthew Albritton (Denmark) - University of Florida Samantha Craighead (Burke) – Mercer University Danielle Loving (Burke) – Mercer University Rachel Schaaf (Hergenrother) – Colgate University |
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| 2024 | Shravan Dommaraju (Mitchell) - University of Missouri Jonathan Maturano (Sarlah) - Rowan University Blake Ocampo (Denmark) - University of Colorado Boulder |
| 2023 | Joe Forzano (Chan) – Colby College Matt Bock (Denmark) – St. Olaf College Brett Cain (Hergenrother) – University of Hawaii |
| 2022 | Susanna Barrett (Mitchell) – Scripps College Nicholas Angello (Burke) – College of William & Mary Amanda East (Chan) – DePaul University Rebecca Ulrich (Hergenrother) – High Point University |
| 2021 | Catharine Brady (Chan) – Fairfield University Vincent Kassel (Denmark) – Clemson University Sarah Krueger (Zimmerman) – Mount St. Mary's University Kristen Munoz (Hergenrother) – Claremont McKenna College Raundi Quevedo (White) – Swarthmore College |
| 2020 | David Dennis (Sarlah) – University of South Carolina Melissa Lucero (Chan) – University of Maryland, Baltimore Brennan Rose (Denmark) – New Mexico State University Claire Simons (Burke) – Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2019 | Rajeev Chorghade (Burke) – Carnegie Mellon University Riley Svec (Hergenrother) – University of Iowa Chad Ungarean (Sarlah) – Allegheny College Andrew Zhart (Denmark) – Aquinas College |
| 2018 | Chris Bemis (Sarlah) – Franklin & Marshall College Lauren Hagler (Zimmerman) – University of Alabama Chris Reinhardt (Chan) – SUNY at Buffalo Kevin Robb (Denmark) – Truman State University |
| 2017 | Bryon Drown (Hergenrother) – Wheaton College Tony Grillo (Burke) – University of Michigan Emma Southgate (Sarlah) – Carleton College |
| 2016 | Stephen Ammann (White) – College of William & Mary Graham Hudson (Mitchell) – Saint Louis University Michelle Richter (Hergenrother) – Union College Emily Ulrich (van der Donk) – Macalester College |
| 2015 | Brandon Burkhart (Mitchell) – Calvin College Hannah Haley (Burke) – Macalester College Andy Thomas (Denmark) – University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| 2014 | Marshall Brennan (Fout) – Northeastern University Chris Schwalen (Mitchell) – Cooper Union Matt Endo (Burke) – Seattle University |
| 2013 | Lindsey Cullen (Denmark) – University of Detroit Mercy Iulia Strambeanu (White) – Lake Forest College Betsy Parkinson (Hergenrother) – Rhodes College |
| 2012 | Noah Bindman (van der Donk) – Grinnell College Benjamin Brandsen (Silverman) – Calvin College Seiko Fujii (Burke) – Smith College Claire Knezevic (Hergenrother) – Scripps College David Kornfilt (Denmark) – Swarthmore College Joel Melby (Mitchell) – University of Evansville Shauna Paradine (White) – Albion College |
| 2011 | Ian Dailey (Burke) – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patrick Knerr (van der Donk) – University of Delaware Karen Morrison (Hergenrother) – Harvey Mudd College |
| 2010 | Joseph Bair (Hergenrother) – Brigham Young University Eric Woerly (Burke) – Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis |
| 2009 | Mary Caruso (Moore) – Elon College Douglas Davis (Moore) – University of Tennessee Giang Vo (Hartwig) – Illinois Institute of Technology Diana West (Hergenrother) – College of William & Mary John Whitteck (van der Donk) – University of Missouri |
| 2008 | Brad Carrow (Hartwig) – University of Missouri Mirth Hoyt (Hergenrother) – College of William & Mary Nathan Duncan-Gould (Denmark) – College of Charleston Leigh Anne Ihnken (van der Donk) – Lake Forest College Dan Palacious (Burke) – University of California, San Diego Darrel Kuykendall (Zimmerman) – California State University |
| 2007 | Erin Elliott (Moore) – University of Alberta Eric Gillis (Burke) – Grinnell College Jackie Murphy (Hartwig) – University of Massachusetts Matthew Levengood (van der Donk) – Elizabethtown College Amanda Nottbohm (Hergenrother) – Albion College Stephanie Potisek (Moore) – Cornell University Chris Regens (Denmark) – Lake Forest College |
| 2006 | Bill Collins (Denmark) – New Mexico Institute of Technology Charles Hickenboth (Moore) – University of Richmond Benjamin Leslie (Hergenrother) – Colgate University Greg Patton (van der Donk) – Miami University |
| 2005 | John Baird (Denmark) – Allegheny University Brandon Miles (Coates) – University of Texas at Dallas Dinty Musk (Hergenrother) – Taylor University Ephraim Parent (Katzenellenbogen) – Brigham Young University |
| 2004 | Ramil Baiazitov (Denmark) – University of Minnesota Duluth David Goode (Hergenrother) – Mercer University Jennifer Heemstra (Moore) – University of California, Irvine |
| 2003 | Kim Deaton (M. Gin) – Carthage College Shinji Fujimori (Denmark) – Lake Forest College Justin Montgomery (Denmark) – Miami University Mary Smalley (Silverman) – University of Northern Iowa Matthew Stone (Moore) – Michigan State University |