The winners of the 1st Nordic Retrosynthesis Challenge were Robin Peterson and Erik Sundén from Uppsala University, with their synthesis plan ”Tralling for Terpenes.” They received their prize during a ceremony at the 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society (SCS2025), held in Västerås from June 16–18. The award consists of a glass statue designed by Daniel Strand from Lund University.

During the meeting, a second prize was also announced—an honorary award given to the team that was the most popular among the audience during the finals of the Retrosynthesis Challenge, which were broadcast live via Zoom on May 28. The audience honorary prize went to the team behind the synthesis plan ”Masters in Cleavage,” from Lund University: Aoibheann O’Connor, Jian Liu, Eric Anguera Aixalà, Wilma Olsson, Simon Edin, Mattias Tan, Leonard Schilling, and Robin Ekberg.

Read more about the Nordic Retrosynthesis Challenge here