The prof. Adam Bielański Prize is awarded biennially by the PAU Council for excellence in chemistry. It is funded by the Jagiellonian University, AGH University of Science and Technology, and the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Nominations are notified by Faculty III of PAU, the rectors of the Jagiellonian University and AGH University of Science and Technology, and the director of the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences.  The prof. Adam Bielański Prize was awarded for the first time in 2018.