QCMS is pleased to announce the Call for Nominations for the Hansch, Fujita, and Leo Awards. These awards honor outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative structure–activity relationships (QSAR), chemoinformatics, and computational drug design.
Deadline for nominations: November 20th, 2025 (date of the 2025 General Assembly).
Following the deadline, the Award Committee will review all submissions and select the awardees.
Award winners will be invited to deliver an award lecture at the 25th EuroQSAR Symposium, which will take place in Perugia, Italy, from September 27 to October 1, 2026.
The Hansch Award (established in 2000)
Named after Prof. Corwin Hansch, father of QSAR and pioneer of physical chemistry applied to drug discovery.
Awarded to a young scientist under the age of 40
Recognizes significant contributions to QSAR and related disciplines
The Fujita Award (established in 2016)
Named after Prof. Toshio Fujita, whose pioneering work shaped QSAR and computational methods for biologically active compounds.
Awarded to a senior scientist
Recognizes a distinguished career of significant contributions in the field
The Leo Award (starting in 2026)
Named after Albert J. Leo, whose rigorous predictive tools have had a lasting impact on QSAR and chemoinformatics.
Recognizes a seminal contribution such as a theory, method, software tool, or protocol
The contribution must be innovative, widely adopted by the scientific community, and catalytic for further advances
Nomination Guidelines
Each nomination should include:
- Full name and affiliation of the nominee
- Award category (Hansch, Fujita, or Leo Award)
- A brief justification explaining how the nominee’s profile and achievements align with the scope of the award
- (Optional) Supporting materials such as a CV or list of selected publications
Submission:
Send nominations by email to info_at_qsar.org with the subject line: “Award Nomination – [Nominee’s Name]”.