Sigma Xi put up march madness style brackets [1] for the science prizes and the winners weren&#x27;t even in the bracket for chem and medicine. If you look at the increasing time from work to the award of the prizes [2], and then the fact that chem bloggers handicapping the race aren&#x27;t even familiar with the winners&#x27; work [3, comments] it becomes clear that science has just outgrown the 3 award areas. They should consider splitting the award into more sub-categories in most years.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sigmaxi.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;keyed-in&#x2F;post&#x2F;keyed-in&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;29&#x2F;october-madness-announcement-of-champions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sigmaxi.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;keyed-in&#x2F;post&#x2F;keyed-in&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scitation.aip.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;aip&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;physicstoday&#x2F;news&#x2F;10.1063&#x2F;PT.5.2012" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scitation.aip.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;aip&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;physicstoday&#x2F;n...</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.chembark.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;07&#x2F;predictions-for-the-2015-nobel-prize-in-chemistry&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.chembark.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;07&#x2F;predictions-for-the-2015...</a>