The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is presented yearly by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the different fields of chemistry. Nobel Prize in Chemistry is one of the five Nobel Prizes started by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895. This award is governed by the Nobel Foundation and awarded by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on the proposal of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry which comprises of five representatives elected by Academy. The award is given in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death. The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was presented in 1901 to Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff, of the Netherlands. He was given this award “for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions.” The committee and institution serving as the selection board for the prize typically declare the names of the laureates in October. The award is then presented at a formal function held annually on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. The Nobel winners in chemistry are elected by a committee that comprises five members elected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In its first stage, several thousand people are asked to nominate candidates.

List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry–