The Supramolecular Chemistry Working Group of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) awards up to two prizes in memory of Professor Carsten Schmuck (1968-2019) for outstanding doctorates in the field of supramolecular chemistry completed at research institutions in Germany. Each award comes with an award certificate and prize money of 500 euros donated by the Schmuck family. The SupraChem PhD Award is usually presented every two years as part of the SupraChem conference series. The awarding of the prize is decided by a prize committee appointed by the Board of the Working Group.

The prize has not yet been announced.

The PhD Award 2026 of the GDCh-AG Supramolecular Chemistry was presented for the first time on 9 March 2026 on the occasion of the SupraChem 2026 Conference in Dortmund to Dr. Elie Benchimol and Dr. M. A. Niyas.

Dr. Elie Benchimol received the prize in recognition of his dissertation entitled "Multi-cage systems and dynamic transformations." The awardee presented a doctoral thesis that comprises groundbreaking work on non-trivial palladium cage assemblies and their dynamic self-sorting and response to guests.

Dr. M. A. Niyas received the award in recognition of his dissertation entitled "π-Stacked Supramolecular Complexes of Nanographene Multiimides." The awardee presented a doctoral thesis that comprises groundbreaking work on discrete supramolecular assemblies and host-guest complexes based on elaborate imide-functionalized π-systems.