- Organizer
- Welch Foundation
- Why it counts
- Awarded annually by the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Houston, Texas) to encourage and recognize basic chemical research for the benefit of humankind; given since 1972 (annually since 1980), currently $500,000 and a gold medallion
- Held
- annual, recipient announced by the Welch Foundation in summer (about August), presented in Houston in October; year = award year