Tilden Prizes

The Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.

Rules & Criteria

• Run annually
• Up to three prizes are available
• Open to everyone without restrictions 
• Candidates may nominate themselves 
• Candidates should be in mid-career, i.e. aged 55 or under.  The age specified is intended to guide nominators and selection panelists; appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken career breaks or followed different study paths.
• Candidates should be working in the UK
• Name and contact details of two referees required who will be contacted by the RSC - these may not include the candidate's post-doc or PhD supervisor
• Nominations open on 1st September 2008
• Nominations close on 31st January 2009
• Prize winners are chosen by the RSC Awards Sub-Committee
• Winners receive £5000, a medal and certificate.

About the prize

The Tilden Prize was founded in 1939 to commemorate Sir William Augustus Tilden, President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 1903 to 1905.

Sir William was a professor at the Royal College of Science for over thirty years; from 1894 until his death in 1926.