In 2001 the Paul Walden medals were awarded to:
- Professor Emīlija Gudriniece (Riga Technical University, Latvia)
- Professor Edmunds Lukevics (Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia)
- Professor Ojārs Neilands (Riga Technical University, Latvia)
The poster prizes from the public joint stock company Grindeks received:
- PhD student Olga Tšubrik (Tartu, Estonia)
- master student Edita Valaityte (Kaunas, Lithuania)
- bachelor student Natalia Usachova (Riga, Latvia) and Laura Sīle (Riga, Latvia)
- high school students Reinis Danne (Riga, Latvia) and Ilona Vēdzele (Riga, Latvia)