every year to up-and-coming researchers worldwide selected directly by the editorial board members of SYN-THESIS, SYNLETT, and SYNFACTS.Since 1999 -when the award (a one-year complementary subscription to SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT, and SYNFACTS and a certificate) was given for the first time -its aim has been to send a sign of recognition and career encourage ment to the new generations of organic chemists.If you have any doubt about the value of this award, please have a look at that first pool of 1999 Awardees, and you will recognise the names of some of the most important and innovative organic chemists of the 21 st century.A couple of examples?What about David W. C.