Longstaff Prize

The Longstaff Prize is given to an RSC member who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.

Rules & Criteria

• Run triennially
• Candidates should be members of the RSC 
• Candidates are NOT permitted to nominate themselves
• One page CV for the candidate, which should include the details listed in the Information for Nominators of Prizes, which can be viewed through the link on this page
• A two page supporting statement addressing the selection criteria, which can be viewed through the link on this page
• Nominations open on 1 September 2012  
• Nominations close on 15 January 2013
• Prize winners are chosen by the RSC Awards Sub-Committee
• Prize winner receives £5000, a medal and a certificate      

About the Prize

This prize was instituted to commemorate Dr George Dixon Longstaff (1799-1892), an founding fellow and benefactor of the RSC.

Dr Longstaff was born in Durham and worked as a chemist in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, receiving his MD at Edinburgh University.

He led a varied career as an academic and industrial chemist, including a spell in America as the consulting chemist for the Place Gold Mines Company.

As well as being a founding fellow of the Chemical Society of London (later to become the RSC), he was also Vice-President twice (1853-1856 and 1876-1877).