The Division of Organic Chemistry congratulates the nine 2016 DOC SURF award winners and gratefully acknowledges their sponsors (Merck and Pfizer). The winners are:
| Student | School | Mentor | Sponsor |
| Harrison Besser | Harvard University | Prof. Eric Jacobsen | Pfizer |
| Hannah Burdge | Towson University | Prof. Keith Reber | Merck |
| Shivansh Chawla | Cornell University | Prof. Yimon Aye | Merck |
| Corrine Elliott | University of Kentucky | Prof. Susan Odom | Pfizer |
| Chris Fritschi | Niagara University | Prof. Luis Sanchez | Pfizer |
| Anneliese Gest | Macalester College | Prof. Leah Witus | Pfizer |
| Evan Hurlow | University of Utah | Prof. Jon Rainier | Merck |
| Tyler Pabst | Youngstown State University | Prof. Douglas Genna | Merck |
| Tekenari Tienabeso | University of Oklahoma | Prof. Indrajeet Sharma | Pfizer |
The Division of Organic Chemistry awards annually summer undergraduate research fellowships (SURF) to outstanding undergraduate organic chemistry students attending colleges and universities in the United States. These competitive fellowships are awarded on the merits of students’ research proposals, academic records, faculty recommendations and their passion for laboratory science. They provide support for undergraduates to carry out independent research at their respective colleges/universities in the summer between their junior and senior year under the guidance of a faculty mentor. In addition, the program provides financial support to enable recipients to visit an industrial campus in the fall for a dinner, award session, scientific talks, a tour of the campus and a poster session, where the results of the summer research investigations are presented.