Does someone you know deserve recognition for their work in the chemical sciences? Our awards cover a diverse spread of topics, from specialist research to advances in industry and inspirational teaching.
We are currently accepting nominations for our 2020 prizes and awards programme. View all of the prizes and awards open this year, or explore using the 2020 awards tab below.
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Volunteer recognition awards
Award for Exceptional Service
To recognise exceptional volunteering activity in service to the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Award for Exceptional Service is designed to recognise those volunteers who have made a personal impact by contributing through a variety of volunteer positions (eg voluntary roles on a range of Boards/committees over a career) or over a sustained period of time supporting the Chemists' Community Fund.
Inspirational Member and Committee Award
The Royal Society of Chemistry Inspirational Member Award and Inspirational Committee Award recognise the efforts of members and committees supporting our community through member-led activities.
General chemistry
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
RSC/SCF Joint Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The RSC/SCF Joint Lectureship award is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Analytical chemistry
Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service
The Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service recognises exceptional voluntary services over a period of years to the RSC Analytical Division.
Industrial Analytical Science Award
The Industrial Analytical Science Award recognises the work of industrial analytical scientists and is given for outstanding contribution to analytical technology or methodology in industry.
Joseph Black Award
The Joseph Black Award is for a young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science.
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science
The Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science is awarded for outstanding contributions to analytical science. For more information please see the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science page.
Ronald Belcher Award
The Ronald Belcher Award is given for work on an analytical topic, by a graduate of a British or Irish university.
Theophilus Redwood Award
The Theophilus Redwood Award is given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator.
Chemical biology
George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy
The George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy recognises outstanding accomplishments in the prevention, control and cure of cancers using chemotherapy, including gene and immunotherapy. For more information see the George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy page.
Jeremy Knowles Award
The Jeremy Knowles Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences.
Khorana Prize
The Khorana Prize recognises outstanding achievement in research at the chemistry and life science interface. For more information, see the Khorana Prize page.
Norman Heatley Award
The Norman Heatley Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences through independent work.
Rita and John Cornforth Award
The Rita and John Cornforth Award rewards scientists working in collaborative research teams between the chemistry and life sciences disciplines.
Education and schools
Education Award
The Education Award recognises a major high level contribution to education in the chemical sciences, over a sustained period of time. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Education Award page.
Higher Education Teaching Award
The Higher Education Teaching Award recognises outstanding teaching skills as well as development of innovative materials or methods in higher education, resulting in a strong impact on students.
Higher Education Technical Excellence Award
The Higher Education Technical Excellence Award (formerly the Higher Education Technician of the Year) is for individuals or teams demonstrating exceptional contributions to technical support within the Higher Education sector.
Inspiration and Industry Award
The Inspiration and Industry Award award is given in recognition of an individual's or team's impact on the local or national community in relation to the promotion of science and STEM careers.
Schools Education Award
The Schools Education Award is presented to a teacher or team who has demonstrated an exceptional ability to teach chemistry and inspire students at any pre-university level, either over a prolonged period of time or by making a large impact in a short period of time.
Environment, energy and sustainability
Green Chemistry Award
The Green Chemistry Award is for the design, development or implementation of novel chemical products or processes which have the potential to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. For more information see the Green Chemistry Award page.
John Jeyes Award
The John Jeyes Award is for contributions of chemical sciences to equitable water supply.
Sustainable Water Award
The Sustainable Water Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to equitable water supply. For more information please see the Sustainable Water Award page.
Industry
Applied Catalysis Award
The Applied Catalysis Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in novel approaches or use of catalysis in industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Applied Catalysis Award page.
Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year
The Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year award is given in recognition of outstanding contribution made by an apprentice working in the chemical sciences sector.
Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award award is given to individuals who demonstrated creativity and vision, driving chemistry innovation to commercial success for their business.
Industry-Academia Collaboration Award
The Industry-Academia Collaboration Award recognises outstanding examples of teamwork in promoting innovation through industry-academia partnerships.
Inspiration and Industry Award
The Inspiration and Industry Award award is given in recognition of an individual's or team's impact on the local or national community in relation to the promotion of science and STEM careers.
Industry Technician of the Year
The Industry Technician of the Year is given in recognition of outstanding contribution made by an individual in a technical role in industry.
Rising Star in Industry Award
The Rising Star in Industry Award recognises individuals in the early stages of their careers who have already made a significant impact in the chemical industry.
Inorganic chemistry
Chemistry of Transition Metals Award
The Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of d- and f-block elements. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award page.
Dalton Emerging Researcher Award
The Dalton Emerging Researcher Award is for inorganic research chemists within two years completion of their PhD.
Frankland Award
The Frankland Award recognises outstanding contributions to pure and applied research in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry. For more information, see the Frankland Award page.
Joseph Chatt Award
The Joseph Chatt Award is for outstanding multidisciplinary research in the areas which span inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. For more information, see the Joseph Chatt Award page.
Ludwig Mond Award
The Ludwig Mond Award is for outstanding research in any aspect of inorganic chemistry.
Main Group Chemistry Award
The Main Group Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of the s and p block elements. For more information please visit the Main Group Chemistry Award page.
Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
The Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry is awarded for outstanding contributions to inorganic chemistry. For more information please see the Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry page.
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award
The Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award is for outstanding contributions to pure or applied research in the field of organometallic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award page.
Supramolecular Chemistry Award
The Supramolecular Chemistry Award recognises studies leading to the design of functionally useful supramolecular species. Please see the Supramolecular Chemistry Award page for more information.
Materials chemistry
Barrer Award
The Barrer Award recognises excellent pure or applied work in the field of porous inorganic materials. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Barrer Award page.
Peter Day Award
The Peter Day Award is for outstanding contributions to, and advancement of, the field of materials chemistry.
Gibson-Fawcett Award
The Gibson-Fawcett Award is to recognise original and independent contributions to materials chemistry. For more information, see the Gibson-Fawcett Award page.
Stephanie L Kwolek Award
The Stephanie L Kwolek Award is to recognise exceptional contributions to the area of materials chemistry from a scientist working outside the UK. Please see the Stephanie L Kwolek Award page for more information.
Organic chemistry
Bader Award
The Bader Award is to recognise eminence in organic chemistry, which has not previously been rewarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Bioorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioorganic Chemistry Award is to recognise excellence in any area of bioorganic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bioorganic Chemistry Award page.
Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award
The Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award is for the discovery or development of any catalytic process that has applications in organic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award page.
Charles Rees Award
The Charles Rees Award is to reward excellence in the field of heterocyclic chemistry, including the synthesis, properties and applications of all types of heterocyclic compounds. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Charles Rees Award page.
Hickinbottom Award
The Hickinbottom Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an early career scientist.
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award
The Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Natural Product Chemistry Award
The Natural Product Chemistry Award is for studies of the chemistry of natural products. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Natural Product Chemistry Award page.
Pedler Award
The Pedler Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Robert Robinson Award
The Robert Robinson Award is for contributions to organic chemistry from a researcher over the age of 55. For more information, please see the Robert Robinson Award page.
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
The Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal recognises work in any area of organic chemistry. For more information please see the Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal page.
Supramolecular Chemistry Award
The Supramolecular Chemistry Award recognises studies leading to the design of functionally useful supramolecular species. Please see the Supramolecular Chemistry Award page for more information.
Physical chemistry
Bourke Award
The Bourke Award enables distinguished scientists from overseas to lecture in the UK in the field of physical chemistry or chemical physics.
Chemical Dynamics Award
The Chemical Dynamics Award is for outstanding innovative research on the dynamics of molecules, including spectroscopy, kinetics or molecular interactions in the gas, liquid or solid phase.
Faraday Lectureship Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry. For more information, see the Faraday Lectureship Prize page.
Marlow Award
The Marlow Award is in recognition of the most meritorious contributions to physical chemistry or chemical physics.
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
The Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award is for outstanding and innovative research in soft condensed matter or the application of physicochemical techniques to biological problems.
Surfaces and Interfaces Award
The Surfaces and Interfaces Award is for outstanding and innovative research on the behaviour of chemical systems at surfaces or interfaces.
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View our A-C awardsAlexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Allan Ure Memorial Bursary
The Allan Ure Memorial Bursary is awarded to a scientist, at the start of their career, who has made a significant contribution to knowledge in the area of the application of atomic spectrometry to environmental science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Allan Ure Memorial Bursary page.
Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service
The Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service recognises exceptional voluntary services over a period of years to the RSC Analytical Division.
Applied Catalysis Award
The Applied Catalysis Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in novel approaches or use of catalysis in industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Applied Catalysis Award page.
Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award
The Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award is for outstanding contributions to the development of any branch of inorganic chemistry which has an application in industry.
Award for Exceptional Service
To recognise exceptional volunteering activity in service to the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Award for Exceptional Service is designed to recognise those volunteers who have made a personal impact by contributing through a variety of volunteer positions (eg voluntary roles on a range of Boards/committees over a career) or over a sustained period of time supporting the Chemists' Community Fund.
Bader Award
The Bader Award is to recognise eminence in organic chemistry, which has not previously been rewarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Barrer Award
The Barrer Award recognises excellent pure or applied work in the field of porous inorganic materials. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Barrer Award page.
Becquerel Medal Award
The Becquerel Medal Award is awarded to a scientist who over a significant period of time has made an outstanding contribution in research and or teaching in radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Becquerel Medal Award page.
Beilby Medal and Prize
The Beilby Medal and Prize recognises work of exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science, energy efficiency or a related field.
For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Beilby Medal and Prize page.
Bill Newton Award/Lectureship
The Bill Newton Award/Lectureship is presented to an individual for a recent outstanding contribution to any aspect of radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bill Newton Award/Lectureship page.
Bioinorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioinorganic Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of bioinorganic chemistry.
Bioorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioorganic Chemistry Award is to recognise excellence in any area of bioorganic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bioorganic Chemistry Award page.
Bob Hay Lectureship
The Bob Hay Lectureship is given in memory of Professor Bob Hay, one of the pioneers of macrocyclic chemistry in the UK. This prestigious lecture is given annually by a chemist in the early stages of their career working in the area of macrocyclic and/or supramolecular chemistry in its widest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bob Hay Lectureship page.
Bourke Award
The Bourke Award enables distinguished scientists from overseas to lecture in the UK in the field of physical chemistry or chemical physics.
BRSG-NMRDG Annual Prize for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance by an Early Career Researcher
This award is presented to an early career researcher for excellence in the field of magnetic resonance. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the BRSG-NMRDG Annual Award for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance page.
Brian Kelly Award
The Brian Kelly Award is intended as a travel grant for students and early career researchers with up to ten years postdoctoral experience to attend the annual World Carbon Conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Brian Kelly Award page.
The Bruker Award
The Bruker Award is presented to a scientist who has made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bruker Award page.
BTM Willis Award
The BTM Willis Award is awarded to an individual in recognition of a single outstanding piece of work, or a longer term coherent body of work, in the application of neutron scattering science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the BTM Willis Award page.
Capps Green Zomaya Award
The Capps Green Zomaya Award recognises work in medicinal or computational medicinal chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Capps Green Zomaya Award page.
Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award
The Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award is for the discovery or development of any catalytic process that has applications in organic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Charles Rees Award
The Charles Rees Award is to reward excellence in the field of heterocyclic chemistry, including the synthesis, properties and applications of all types of heterocyclic compounds. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Charles Rees Award page.
Chemical Dynamics Award
The Chemical Dynamics Award is for outstanding innovative research on the dynamics of molecules, including spectroscopy, kinetics or molecular interactions in the gas, liquid or solid phase.
Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year
The Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year award is given in recognition of outstanding contribution made by an apprentice working in the chemical sciences sector.
Chemistry of Transition Metals Award
The Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of d- and f-block elements. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award page.
Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award award is given to individuals who demonstrated creativity and vision, driving chemistry innovation to commercial success for their business.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Creativity in Industry Prize
The Creativity in Industry Prize is an outstanding achievement award recognising the contribution of an individual to the chemical sciences industry.
Cyril Keattch Award
The Cyril Keattch Award is made biennially to an outstanding early career scientist working in the field of thermal analysis or calorimetry to enable them to present a paper based on their work at an international conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Cyril Keattch Award page.
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Dalton Emerging Researcher Award
The Dalton Emerging Researcher Award is for inorganic research chemists within two years completion of their PhD.
de Gennes Prize
The de Gennes Prize is for outstanding and exceptional work in the field of materials chemistry.
Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award
The Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award is presented to a scientist in the early/mid stage of their career for outstanding work in carbohydrate chemistry that has largely been conducted in the UK. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award page.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Duncan Bryant Award
The Duncan Bryant Award is awarded to young analytical scientists working or studying in the pharmaceutical sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Duncan Bryant Award page.
Easterfield Award
The Easterfield Award is awarded annually to a chemist in New Zealand to recognise the quality and originality of their research. It is awarded by the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, and the winner will visit the UK to give lectures and promote scientific links between New Zealand the UK. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Easterfield Award page.
Education Award
The Education Award recognises a major high level contribution to education in the chemical sciences, over a sustained period of time. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Education Award page.
Elizabeth Colbourn Memorial Lectures
The Lectureships will be awarded by the organisers of the Formulation Science and Technology Group (FSTG) conferences where the lecture will add another dimension to the conference theme. Find out more on the FSTG website.
Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award
The Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award recognises the best PhD thesis in the field of Chemistry for the Energy Sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award page.
Environment Prize
The Environment Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career Award
The Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career Award is for exceptional contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
Faraday Lectureship Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry. For more information, see the Faraday Lectureship Prize page.
Faraday Medal
The Faraday Medal is awarded to outstanding achievements made by a researcher (mid-career) from outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Faraday Medal page.
Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal
The Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal is to encourage and recognise excellence in early career scientists in the application of chemical sciences to the study of any aspect of Biotechnology.
Fluorine Chemistry Award
The Fluorine Chemistry Award is a fully international award which is not restricted to members of the RSC. The award recognises the most outstanding contribution of a younger chemist, working in any area of fluorine chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Fluorine Chemistry Award page.
Food Group Junior Medal
The Food Group Junior Medal is awarded for the most outstanding contribution to food chemistry on the basis of published papers and/or other documentary evidence over the preceding five years. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Food Group Junior Medal page.
Food Group Senior Medal
The Food Group Senior Medal recognises those who have made a substantial contribution to food chemistry over at least 15 years, whose work has led to advances in food chemistry of practical significance to the food industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Food Group Senior Medal page.
Frankland Award
The Frankland Award recognises outstanding contributions to pure and applied research in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry. For more information, see the Frankland Award page.
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Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award
The Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award is given to an early career stage researcher in the field of pharmaceutical analytical science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award page.
George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy
The George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy recognises outstanding accomplishments in the prevention, control and cure of cancers using chemotherapy, including gene and immunotherapy. For more information see the George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy page.
Gibson-Fawcett Award
The Gibson-Fawcett Award is to recognise original and independent contributions to materials chemistry. For more information, see the Gibson-Fawcett Award page.
Green Chemistry Award
The Green Chemistry Award is for the design, development or implementation of novel chemical products or processes which have the potential to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. For more information see the Green Chemistry Award page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Haworth Memorial Lectureship
The Haworth Memorial Lectureship is awarded in recognition of sustained, internationally recognised contributions to carbohydrate chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Haworth Memorial Lectureship page.
Hickinbottom Award
The Hickinbottom Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an early career scientist.
Higher Education Teaching Award
The Higher Education Teaching Award recognises outstanding teaching skills as well as development of innovative materials or methods in higher education, resulting in a strong impact on students.
Higher Education Technical Excellence Award
The Higher Education Technical Excellence Award (formerly the Higher Education Technician of the Year) is for individuals or teams demonstrating exceptional contributions to technical support within the Higher Education sector.
Homogeneous Catalysis Award
The Homogeneous Catalysis Award recognises outstanding research in homogeneous catalysis.
Inclusion & Diversity Prize
The Inclusion & Diversity Prize is awarded biennially to an individual or team to recognise their contribution and impact in improving the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of the chemical science community.
Industrial Analytical Science Award
The Industrial Analytical Science Award recognises the work of industrial analytical scientists and is given for outstanding contribution to analytical technology or methodology in industry.
Industry-Academia Collaboration Award
The Industry-Academia Collaboration Award recognises outstanding examples of teamwork in promoting innovation through industry-academia partnerships.
Industry Technician of the Year
The Industry Technician of the Year is given in recognition of outstanding contribution made by an individual in a technical role in industry.
Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award
The award is presented for outstanding contributions to any area of biological inorganic chemistry or inorganic biochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award page.
Inorganic Mechanisms Award
The Inorganic Mechanisms Award recognises studies leading to the understanding of reaction mechanisms in any branch of inorganic chemistry and by any methods.
Inspiration and Industry Award
The Inspiration and Industry Award award is given in recognition of an individual's or team's impact on the local or national community in relation to the promotion of science and STEM careers.
Inspirational Member and Committee Award
The Royal Society of Chemistry Inspirational Member Award and Inspirational Committee Award recognise the efforts of members and committees supporting our community through member-led activities.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
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JEOL Student Award
The JEOL Student Award is given to second and third year postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows in their first year of a postdoctoral appointment who have made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the JEOL Student Award page.
Jeremy Knowles Award
The Jeremy Knowles Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences.
John B Goodenough Award
The John B Goodenough Award is to recognise exceptional and sustained contributions to the area of materials chemistry.
John Jeyes Award
The John Jeyes Award is for chemistry in relation to the environment. For more information, see the John Jeyes Award page.
Jon Weaver PhD Award
The Jon Weaver PhD Award is presented to a PhD student who has displayed an outstanding ability in the field of polymer science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Jon Weaver PhD Award page.
Josef Loschmidt Award
The Josef Loschmidt Award is awarded for excellence in physical organic chemistry, including organic structures, reactivity and reaction mechanisms. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Josef Loschmidt Award page.
Joseph Black Award
The Joseph Black Award is for a young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science.
Joseph Chatt Award
The Joseph Chatt Award is for outstanding multidisciplinary research in the areas which span inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. For more information, see the Joseph Chatt Award page.
Khorana Prize
The Khorana Prize recognises outstanding achievement in research at the chemistry and life science interface. For more information, see the Khorana Prize page.
Knox Medal
The Knox Medal is awarded to honour individuals deserving special recognition of their innovation or influential work in the field of separation science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Knox Medal page.
Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award
The Lennard–Jones Lectureship and Award is awarded to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award page.
Liversidge Award
The Liversidge Award recognises outstanding contributions to physical chemistry.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
L S Theobald Lectureship
The L S Theobald Lectureship is awarded to someone who has made a significant contribution to analytical chemistry in an area relevant to the work of the Analytical Methods Committee. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the L S Theobald Lectureship page.
Ludwig Mond Award
The Ludwig Mond Award is for outstanding research in any aspect of inorganic chemistry.
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Macro Group UK Medal
The Macro Group UK Medal is awarded to a UK-based scientist who has made a significant and substantial contribution to the development of polymer science through their scientific achievements and their services to the UK polymer science community. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Medal page.
Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement
The Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement is awarded to a scientist, from any country, who is recognised internationally for their continued, outstanding achievements in the field of polymer science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement page.
Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal
The Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal is awarded to an early career UK-based scientist whose contributions to polymer science show outstanding promise for the future. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal page.
Main Group Chemistry Award
The Main Group Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of the s and p block elements. For more information please visit the Main Group Chemistry Award page.
Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award
The Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award is awarded for outstanding research in chemistry and its application to the understanding of bioactivity. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award page.
Marlow Award
The Marlow Award is in recognition of the most meritorious contributions to physical chemistry or chemical physics.
Materials for Industry – Derek Birchall Award
The Materials for Industry - Derek Birchall Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in the application of materials chemistry in industry.
McBain Medal
The McBain Medal recognises the contribution of younger talent in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the McBain Medal page.
Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award
The award is presented to a scientist in recognition of excellence in any area of protein and peptide science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award page.
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award
The Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Michael J Gait Lectureship
The Michael J Gait Lectureship, sponsored by Idera Pharmaceuticals, honours world-renowned scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of the chemistry and/or biochemistry of nucleic acids. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Michael J Gait Lectureship page.
Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award
This award is given to individuals for their significant contribution to the understanding and development of Molten Salts / Ionic Liquids Science and Technology. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award page.
Natural Product Chemistry Award
The Natural Product Chemistry Award is for studies of the chemistry of natural products. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Natural Product Chemistry Award page.
Norman Heatley Award
The Norman Heatley Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences through independent work.
Nyholm Prize for Education
The Nyholm Prize for Education recognises a major innovation or research contribution to the field of chemical science education.
Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
The Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry is awarded for outstanding contributions to inorganic chemistry. For more information please see the Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry page.
Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
The Organic Industrial Chemistry Award is for the application of organic chemistry in an industrial context by a person or team.
Organic Stereochemistry Award
The Organic Stereochemistry Award is for studies of stereochemistry related to structure, reactivity or synthesis.
Organometallic Chemistry Award
The Organometallic Chemistry Award is for any aspect of the organic chemistry of the main group and transition metals.
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Pedler Award
The Pedler Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
The Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry is awarded for sustained originality and achievement in research in any area of organic chemistry.
Peter Day Award
The Peter Day Award is for outstanding contributions to, and advancement of, the field of materials chemistry.
Physical Organic Chemistry Award
The Physical Organic Chemistry Award covers the relationship between structure and molecular behaviours in chemistry.
Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication
The award is for the best publication in a journal on a topic of relevance to polymer physics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication page.
Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher's Award
This award is presented to a young researcher in the field of radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher's Award page.
Rising Star in Industry Award
The Rising Star in Industry Award recognises individuals in the early stages of their careers who have already made a significant impact in the chemical industry.
Rita and John Cornforth Award
The Rita and John Cornforth Award rewards scientists working in collaborative research teams between the chemistry and life sciences disciplines.
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science
The Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science is awarded for outstanding contributions to analytical science. For more information please see the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science page.
Robert Robinson Award
The Robert Robinson Award is for contributions to organic chemistry from a researcher over the age of 55. For more information, please see the Robert Robinson Award page.
Ronald Belcher Award
The Ronald Belcher Award is given for work on an analytical topic, by a graduate of a British or Irish university.
Royal Society of Chemistry-Société Chimique de France Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Royal Society of Chemistry-Société Chimique de France Lectureship in Chemical Sciences is a reciprocal lectureship awarded alternately by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Société Chimique de France (SCF), for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in France or the UK, respectively, please see the Royal Society of Chemistry-Société Chimique de France Lectureship in Chemical Sciences page
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S F Boys – A Rahman Award
The S F Boys - A Rahman Award is for outstanding innovative research in the area of computational chemistry, including both quantum chemistry and molecular simulations.
Schools Education Award
The Schools Education Award is presented to a teacher or team who has demonstrated an exceptional ability to teach chemistry and inspire students at any pre-university level, either over a prolonged period of time or by making a large impact in a short period of time.
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
The Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal recognises work in any area of organic chemistry. For more information please see the Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal page.
Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship
The Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship is presented for the encouragement of research in organometallic chemistry or the coordination chemistry of transition metals.
Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture
The Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture is awarded to a scientist for their significant and sustained contribution to the field of the colloid, interface and surface science community. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture page.
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award
The Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award is for outstanding contributions to pure or applied research in the field of organometallic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award page.
Sir George Stokes Award
The Sir George Stokes Award recognises outstanding and sustained contributions to analytical science by someone working in a complementary field, which has led to developments of great importance to chemical analysis.
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
The Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award is for outstanding and innovative research in soft condensed matter or the application of physicochemical techniques to biological problems.
Spiers Memorial Award
The Spiers Memorial Award is presented in recognition of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the topic of a Faraday Discussion, and is presented each year to the discussions' introductory lecturers who are likely to provide the most stimulating and wide-ranging introduction. Please see the Spiers Memorial Award page for more information.
Stephanie L Kwolek Award
The Stephanie L Kwolek Award is to recognise exceptional contributions to the area of materials chemistry from a scientist working outside the UK. Please see the Stephanie L Kwolek Award page for more information.
Supramolecular Chemistry Award
The Supramolecular Chemistry Award recognises studies leading to the design of functionally useful supramolecular species. Please see the Supramolecular Chemistry Award page for more information.
Surfaces and Interfaces Award
The Surfaces and Interfaces Award is for outstanding and innovative research on the behaviour of chemical systems at surfaces or interfaces.
Sustainable Energy Award
The Sustainable Energy Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to sustainable energy.
Sustainable Water Award
The Sustainable Water Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to equitable water supply. For more information please see the Sustainable Water Award page.
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award
The Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award recognises the development of new methods or strategies employed in the construction of organic molecules.
Theophilus Redwood Award
The Theophilus Redwood Award is given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator.
Thermo-Hilger Award
The Thermo-Hilger Award is an award for young scientists who are judged to have made a major contribution to analytical atomic spectroscopy. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thermo-Hilger Award page
Thomas Graham Lecture
The Thomas Graham Lecture is awarded triennually to an outstanding mid-career researcher in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thomas Graham Lecture page.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Toxicology Award
The Toxicology Award is for the contributions of chemical science to occupational and environmental toxicology.
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Wheeler Bequest Award
The Wheeler Bequest Award celebrates the outstanding contributions of an individual to chemistry. The person honoured may be alive or deceased; it is a memorial lecture in the broadest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Wheeler Bequest Award page.
Awards for educators
More about awards for educatorsEducation Award
The Education Award recognises a major high level contribution to education in the chemical sciences, over a sustained period of time. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Education Award page.
Higher Education Teaching Award
The Higher Education Teaching Award recognises outstanding teaching skills as well as development of innovative materials or methods in higher education, resulting in a strong impact on students.
Inspiration and Industry Award
The Inspiration and Industry Award award is given in recognition of an individual's or team's impact on the local or national community in relation to the promotion of science and STEM careers.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Nyholm Prize for Education
The Nyholm Prize for Education recognises a major innovation or research contribution to the field of chemical science education.
Schools Education Award
The Schools Education Award is presented to a teacher or team who has demonstrated an exceptional ability to teach chemistry and inspire students at any pre-university level, either over a prolonged period of time or by making a large impact in a short period of time.
Wheeler Bequest Award
The Wheeler Bequest Award celebrates the outstanding contributions of an individual to chemistry. The person honoured may be alive or deceased; it is a memorial lecture in the broadest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Wheeler Bequest Award page.
Undergraduate and postgraduate awards
Brian Kelly Award
The Brian Kelly Award is intended as a travel grant for students and early career researchers with up to ten years postdoctoral experience to attend the annual World Carbon Conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Brian Kelly Award page.
Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award
The Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award recognises the best PhD thesis in the field of Chemistry for the Energy Sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award page.
Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award
The award is presented for outstanding contributions to any area of biological inorganic chemistry or inorganic biochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award page.
JEOL Student Award
The JEOL Student Award is given to second and third year postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows in their first year of a postdoctoral appointment who have made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the JEOL Student Award page.
Jon Weaver PhD Award
The Jon Weaver PhD Award is presented to a PhD student who has displayed an outstanding ability in the field of polymer science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Jon Weaver PhD Award page.
Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication
The award is for the best publication in a journal on a topic of relevance to polymer physics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication page.
Ronald Belcher Award
The Ronald Belcher Award is given for work on an analytical topic, by a graduate of a British or Irish university.
Early career awards
Allan Ure Memorial Bursary
The Allan Ure Memorial Bursary is awarded to a scientist, at the start of their career, who has made a significant contribution to knowledge in the area of the application of atomic spectrometry to environmental science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Allan Ure Memorial Bursary page.
Barrer Award
The Barrer Award recognises excellent pure or applied work in the field of porous inorganic materials. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Barrer Award page.
Beilby Medal and Prize
The Beilby Medal and Prize recognises work of exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science, energy efficiency or a related field.
For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Beilby Medal and Prize page.
Bill Newton Award/Lectureship
The Bill Newton Award/Lectureship is presented to an individual for a recent outstanding contribution to any aspect of radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bill Newton Award/Lectureship page.
Bob Hay Lectureship
The Bob Hay Lectureship is given in memory of Professor Bob Hay, one of the pioneers of macrocyclic chemistry in the UK. This prestigious lecture is given annually by a chemist in the early stages of their career working in the area of macrocyclic and/or supramolecular chemistry in its widest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bob Hay Lectureship page.
Brian Kelly Award
The Brian Kelly Award is intended as a travel grant for students and early career researchers with up to ten years postdoctoral experience to attend the annual World Carbon Conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Brian Kelly Award page.
BRSG-NMRDG Annual Prize for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance by an Early Career Researcher
This award is presented to an early career researcher for excellence in the field of magnetic resonance. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the BRSG-NMRDG Annual Award for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance page.
The Bruker Award
The Bruker Award is presented to a scientist who has made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bruker Award page.
BTM Willis Award
The BTM Willis Award is awarded to an individual in recognition of a single outstanding piece of work, or a longer term coherent body of work, in the application of neutron scattering science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the BTM Willis Award page.
Capps Green Zomaya Award
The Capps Green Zomaya Award recognises work in medicinal or computational medicinal chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Capps Green Zomaya Award page.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Cyril Keattch Award
The Cyril Keattch Award is made biennially to an outstanding early career scientist working in the field of thermal analysis or calorimetry to enable them to present a paper based on their work at an international conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Cyril Keattch Award page.
Dalton Emerging Researcher Award
The Dalton Emerging Researcher Award is for inorganic research chemists within two years completion of their PhD.
Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award
The Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award is presented to a scientist in the early/mid stage of their career for outstanding work in carbohydrate chemistry that has largely been conducted in the UK. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award page.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Duncan Bryant Award
The Duncan Bryant Award is awarded to young analytical scientists working or studying in the pharmaceutical sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Duncan Bryant Award page.
Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award
The Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award recognises the best PhD thesis in the field of Chemistry for the Energy Sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award page.
Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career Award
The Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career Award is for exceptional contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
Faraday Medal
The Faraday Medal is awarded to outstanding achievements made by a researcher (mid-career) from outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Faraday Medal page.
Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal
The Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal is to encourage and recognise excellence in early career scientists in the application of chemical sciences to the study of any aspect of Biotechnology.
Fluorine Chemistry Award
The Fluorine Chemistry Award is a fully international award which is not restricted to members of the RSC. The award recognises the most outstanding contribution of a younger chemist, working in any area of fluorine chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Fluorine Chemistry Award page.
Food Group Junior Medal
The Food Group Junior Medal is awarded for the most outstanding contribution to food chemistry on the basis of published papers and/or other documentary evidence over the preceding five years. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Food Group Junior Medal page.
Geoffrey Barker Medal
The Geoffrey Barker Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions in electrochemistry made by a mid-career researcher in the UK or Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Geoffrey Barker Medal page.
Gibson-Fawcett Award
The Gibson-Fawcett Award is to recognise original and independent contributions to materials chemistry. For more information, see the Gibson-Fawcett Award page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Haworth Memorial Lectureship
The Haworth Memorial Lectureship is awarded in recognition of sustained, internationally recognised contributions to carbohydrate chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Haworth Memorial Lectureship page.
Hickinbottom Award
The Hickinbottom Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an early career scientist.
Higher Education Teaching Award
The Higher Education Teaching Award recognises outstanding teaching skills as well as development of innovative materials or methods in higher education, resulting in a strong impact on students.
Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award
The award is presented for outstanding contributions to any area of biological inorganic chemistry or inorganic biochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award page.
JEOL Student Award
The JEOL Student Award is given to second and third year postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows in their first year of a postdoctoral appointment who have made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the JEOL Student Award page.
Jon Weaver PhD Award
The Jon Weaver PhD Award is presented to a PhD student who has displayed an outstanding ability in the field of polymer science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Jon Weaver PhD Award page.
Josef Loschmidt Award
The Josef Loschmidt Award is awarded for excellence in physical organic chemistry, including organic structures, reactivity and reaction mechanisms. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Josef Loschmidt Award page.
Joseph Black Award
The Joseph Black Award is for a young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science.
Knox Medal
The Knox Medal is awarded to honour individuals deserving special recognition of their innovation or influential work in the field of separation science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Knox Medal page.
Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement
The Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement is awarded to a scientist, from any country, who is recognised internationally for their continued, outstanding achievements in the field of polymer science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement page.
Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal
The Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal is awarded to an early career UK-based scientist whose contributions to polymer science show outstanding promise for the future. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal page.
Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award
The Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award is awarded for outstanding research in chemistry and its application to the understanding of bioactivity. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award page.
Marlow Award
The Marlow Award is in recognition of the most meritorious contributions to physical chemistry or chemical physics.
McBain Medal
The McBain Medal recognises the contribution of younger talent in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the McBain Medal page.
Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award
The award is presented to a scientist in recognition of excellence in any area of protein and peptide science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award page.
Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award
This award is given to individuals for their significant contribution to the understanding and development of Molten Salts / Ionic Liquids Science and Technology. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award page.
Norman Heatley Award
The Norman Heatley Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences through independent work.
Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication
The award is for the best publication in a journal on a topic of relevance to polymer physics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication page.
Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher's Award
This award is presented to a young researcher in the field of radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher's Award page.
Rising Star in Industry Award
The Rising Star in Industry Award recognises individuals in the early stages of their careers who have already made a significant impact in the chemical industry.
Ronald Belcher Award
The Ronald Belcher Award is given for work on an analytical topic, by a graduate of a British or Irish university.
Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship
The Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship is presented for the encouragement of research in organometallic chemistry or the coordination chemistry of transition metals.
Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture
The Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture is awarded to a scientist for their significant and sustained contribution to the field of the colloid, interface and surface science community. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture page.
Thermo-Hilger Award
The Thermo-Hilger Award is an award for young scientists who are judged to have made a major contribution to analytical atomic spectroscopy. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thermo-Hilger Award page
Thomas Graham Lecture
The Thomas Graham Lecture is awarded triennually to an outstanding mid-career researcher in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thomas Graham Lecture page.
Established practitioner awards
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service
The Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service recognises exceptional voluntary services over a period of years to the RSC Analytical Division.
Applied Catalysis Award
The Applied Catalysis Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in novel approaches or use of catalysis in industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Applied Catalysis Award page.
Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award
The Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award is for outstanding contributions to the development of any branch of inorganic chemistry which has an application in industry.
Bader Award
The Bader Award is to recognise eminence in organic chemistry, which has not previously been rewarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Becquerel Medal Award
The Becquerel Medal Award is awarded to a scientist who over a significant period of time has made an outstanding contribution in research and or teaching in radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Becquerel Medal Award page.
Bill Newton Award/Lectureship
The Bill Newton Award/Lectureship is presented to an individual for a recent outstanding contribution to any aspect of radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bill Newton Award/Lectureship page.
Bioinorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioinorganic Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of bioinorganic chemistry.
Bioorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioorganic Chemistry Award is to recognise excellence in any area of bioorganic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bioorganic Chemistry Award page.
Bourke Award
The Bourke Award enables distinguished scientists from overseas to lecture in the UK in the field of physical chemistry or chemical physics.
Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award
The Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award is for the discovery or development of any catalytic process that has applications in organic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Charles Rees Award
The Charles Rees Award is to reward excellence in the field of heterocyclic chemistry, including the synthesis, properties and applications of all types of heterocyclic compounds. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Charles Rees Award page.
Chemical Dynamics Award
The Chemical Dynamics Award is for outstanding innovative research on the dynamics of molecules, including spectroscopy, kinetics or molecular interactions in the gas, liquid or solid phase.
Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award award is given to individuals who demonstrated creativity and vision, driving chemistry innovation to commercial success for their business.
Creativity in Industry Prize
The Creativity in Industry Prize is an outstanding achievement award recognising the contribution of an individual to the chemical sciences industry.
de Gennes Prize
The de Gennes Prize is for outstanding and exceptional work in the field of materials chemistry.
Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award
The Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award recognises outstanding research in synthesis and technology suitable for high-throughput applications particularly in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and catalysis sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award page.
Education Award
The Education Award recognises a major high level contribution to education in the chemical sciences, over a sustained period of time. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Education Award page.
Environment Prize
The Environment Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
Faraday Lectureship Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry. For more information, see the Faraday Lectureship Prize page.
Faraday Medal
The Faraday Medal is awarded to outstanding achievements made by a researcher (mid-career) from outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Faraday Medal page.
Food Group Senior Medal
The Food Group Senior Medal recognises those who have made a substantial contribution to food chemistry over at least 15 years, whose work has led to advances in food chemistry of practical significance to the food industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Food Group Senior Medal page.
Frankland Award
The Frankland Award recognises outstanding contributions to pure and applied research in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry. For more information, see the Frankland Award page.
Geoffrey Barker Medal
The Geoffrey Barker Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions in electrochemistry made by a mid-career researcher in the UK or Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Geoffrey Barker Medal page.
George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy
The George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy recognises outstanding accomplishments in the prevention, control and cure of cancers using chemotherapy, including gene and immunotherapy. For more information see the George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy page.
Green Chemistry Award
The Green Chemistry Award is for the design, development or implementation of novel chemical products or processes which have the potential to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. For more information see the Green Chemistry Award page.
Haworth Memorial Lectureship
The Haworth Memorial Lectureship is awarded in recognition of sustained, internationally recognised contributions to carbohydrate chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Haworth Memorial Lectureship page.
Higher Education Teaching Award
The Higher Education Teaching Award recognises outstanding teaching skills as well as development of innovative materials or methods in higher education, resulting in a strong impact on students.
Homogeneous Catalysis Award
The Homogeneous Catalysis Award recognises outstanding research in homogeneous catalysis.
Industrial Analytical Science Award
The Industrial Analytical Science Award recognises the work of industrial analytical scientists and is given for outstanding contribution to analytical technology or methodology in industry.
Inorganic Mechanisms Award
The Inorganic Mechanisms Award recognises studies leading to the understanding of reaction mechanisms in any branch of inorganic chemistry and by any methods.
Inspiration and Industry Award
The Inspiration and Industry Award award is given in recognition of an individual's or team's impact on the local or national community in relation to the promotion of science and STEM careers.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
Jeremy Knowles Award
The Jeremy Knowles Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences.
John B Goodenough Award
The John B Goodenough Award is to recognise exceptional and sustained contributions to the area of materials chemistry.
John Jeyes Award
The John Jeyes Award is for chemistry in relation to the environment. For more information, see the John Jeyes Award page.
Josef Loschmidt Award
The Josef Loschmidt Award is awarded for excellence in physical organic chemistry, including organic structures, reactivity and reaction mechanisms. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Josef Loschmidt Award page.
Joseph Chatt Award
The Joseph Chatt Award is for outstanding multidisciplinary research in the areas which span inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. For more information, see the Joseph Chatt Award page.
Khorana Prize
The Khorana Prize recognises outstanding achievement in research at the chemistry and life science interface. For more information, see the Khorana Prize page.
Knox Medal
The Knox Medal is awarded to honour individuals deserving special recognition of their innovation or influential work in the field of separation science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Knox Medal page.
Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award
The Lennard–Jones Lectureship and Award is awarded to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award page.
Liversidge Award
The Liversidge Award recognises outstanding contributions to physical chemistry.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
L S Theobald Lectureship
The L S Theobald Lectureship is awarded to someone who has made a significant contribution to analytical chemistry in an area relevant to the work of the Analytical Methods Committee. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the L S Theobald Lectureship page.
Ludwig Mond Award
The Ludwig Mond Award is for outstanding research in any aspect of inorganic chemistry.
Macro Group UK Medal
The Macro Group UK Medal is awarded to a UK-based scientist who has made a significant and substantial contribution to the development of polymer science through their scientific achievements and their services to the UK polymer science community. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Medal page.
Main Group Chemistry Award
The Main Group Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of the s and p block elements. For more information please visit the Main Group Chemistry Award page.
Materials for Industry – Derek Birchall Award
The Materials for Industry - Derek Birchall Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in the application of materials chemistry in industry.
Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award
The award is presented to a scientist in recognition of excellence in any area of protein and peptide science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award page.
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award
The Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Michael J Gait Lectureship
The Michael J Gait Lectureship, sponsored by Idera Pharmaceuticals, honours world-renowned scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of the chemistry and/or biochemistry of nucleic acids. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Michael J Gait Lectureship page.
Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award
This award is given to individuals for their significant contribution to the understanding and development of Molten Salts / Ionic Liquids Science and Technology. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award page.
Natural Product Chemistry Award
The Natural Product Chemistry Award is for studies of the chemistry of natural products. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Natural Product Chemistry Award page.
Nyholm Prize for Education
The Nyholm Prize for Education recognises a major innovation or research contribution to the field of chemical science education.
Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
The Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry is awarded for outstanding contributions to inorganic chemistry. For more information please see the Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry page.
Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
The Organic Industrial Chemistry Award is for the application of organic chemistry in an industrial context by a person or team.
Organic Stereochemistry Award
The Organic Stereochemistry Award is for studies of stereochemistry related to structure, reactivity or synthesis.
Organometallic Chemistry Award
The Organometallic Chemistry Award is for any aspect of the organic chemistry of the main group and transition metals.
Pedler Award
The Pedler Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
The Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry is awarded for sustained originality and achievement in research in any area of organic chemistry.
Peter Day Award
The Peter Day Award is for outstanding contributions to, and advancement of, the field of materials chemistry.
Physical Organic Chemistry Award
The Physical Organic Chemistry Award covers the relationship between structure and molecular behaviours in chemistry.
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science
The Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science is awarded for outstanding contributions to analytical science. For more information please see the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science page.
Robert Robinson Award
The Robert Robinson Award is for contributions to organic chemistry from a researcher over the age of 55. For more information, please see the Robert Robinson Award page.
Schools Education Award
The Schools Education Award is presented to a teacher or team who has demonstrated an exceptional ability to teach chemistry and inspire students at any pre-university level, either over a prolonged period of time or by making a large impact in a short period of time.
S F Boys – A Rahman Award
The S F Boys - A Rahman Award is for outstanding innovative research in the area of computational chemistry, including both quantum chemistry and molecular simulations.
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
The Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal recognises work in any area of organic chemistry. For more information please see the Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal page.
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award
The Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award is for outstanding contributions to pure or applied research in the field of organometallic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award page.
Sir George Stokes Award
The Sir George Stokes Award recognises outstanding and sustained contributions to analytical science by someone working in a complementary field, which has led to developments of great importance to chemical analysis.
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
The Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award is for outstanding and innovative research in soft condensed matter or the application of physicochemical techniques to biological problems.
Spiers Memorial Award
The Spiers Memorial Award is presented in recognition of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the topic of a Faraday Discussion, and is presented each year to the discussions' introductory lecturers who are likely to provide the most stimulating and wide-ranging introduction. Please see the Spiers Memorial Award page for more information.
Stephanie L Kwolek Award
The Stephanie L Kwolek Award is to recognise exceptional contributions to the area of materials chemistry from a scientist working outside the UK. Please see the Stephanie L Kwolek Award page for more information.
Supramolecular Chemistry Award
The Supramolecular Chemistry Award recognises studies leading to the design of functionally useful supramolecular species. Please see the Supramolecular Chemistry Award page for more information.
Surfaces and Interfaces Award
The Surfaces and Interfaces Award is for outstanding and innovative research on the behaviour of chemical systems at surfaces or interfaces.
Sustainable Energy Award
The Sustainable Energy Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to sustainable energy.
Sustainable Water Award
The Sustainable Water Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to equitable water supply. For more information please see the Sustainable Water Award page.
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award
The Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award recognises the development of new methods or strategies employed in the construction of organic molecules.
Theophilus Redwood Award
The Theophilus Redwood Award is given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator.
Thomas Graham Lecture
The Thomas Graham Lecture is awarded triennually to an outstanding mid-career researcher in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thomas Graham Lecture page.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Toxicology Award
The Toxicology Award is for the contributions of chemical science to occupational and environmental toxicology.
Wheeler Bequest Award
The Wheeler Bequest Award celebrates the outstanding contributions of an individual to chemistry. The person honoured may be alive or deceased; it is a memorial lecture in the broadest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Wheeler Bequest Award page.
Team awards
Industry-Academia Collaboration Award
The Industry-Academia Collaboration Award recognises outstanding examples of teamwork in promoting innovation through industry-academia partnerships.
Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
The Organic Industrial Chemistry Award is for the application of organic chemistry in an industrial context by a person or team.
Rita and John Cornforth Award
The Rita and John Cornforth Award rewards scientists working in collaborative research teams between the chemistry and life sciences disciplines.
Schools Education Award
The Schools Education Award is presented to a teacher or team who has demonstrated an exceptional ability to teach chemistry and inspire students at any pre-university level, either over a prolonged period of time or by making a large impact in a short period of time.
Awards for service
Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service
The Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service recognises exceptional voluntary services over a period of years to the RSC Analytical Division.
Award for Exceptional Service
To recognise exceptional volunteering activity in service to the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Award for Exceptional Service is designed to recognise those volunteers who have made a personal impact by contributing through a variety of volunteer positions (eg voluntary roles on a range of Boards/committees over a career) or over a sustained period of time supporting the Chemists' Community Fund.
Inspirational Member and Committee Award
The Royal Society of Chemistry Inspirational Member Award and Inspirational Committee Award recognise the efforts of members and committees supporting our community through member-led activities.
Analytical chemistry
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Allan Ure Memorial Bursary
The Allan Ure Memorial Bursary is awarded to a scientist, at the start of their career, who has made a significant contribution to knowledge in the area of the application of atomic spectrometry to environmental science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Allan Ure Memorial Bursary page.
Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service
The Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service recognises exceptional voluntary services over a period of years to the RSC Analytical Division.
Becquerel Medal Award
The Becquerel Medal Award is awarded to a scientist who over a significant period of time has made an outstanding contribution in research and or teaching in radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Becquerel Medal Award page.
Bill Newton Award/Lectureship
The Bill Newton Award/Lectureship is presented to an individual for a recent outstanding contribution to any aspect of radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bill Newton Award/Lectureship page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Cyril Keattch Award
The Cyril Keattch Award is made biennially to an outstanding early career scientist working in the field of thermal analysis or calorimetry to enable them to present a paper based on their work at an international conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Cyril Keattch Award page.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Geoffrey Barker Medal
The Geoffrey Barker Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions in electrochemistry made by a mid-career researcher in the UK or Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Geoffrey Barker Medal page.
Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award
The Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award is given to an early career stage researcher in the field of pharmaceutical analytical science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Industrial Analytical Science Award
The Industrial Analytical Science Award recognises the work of industrial analytical scientists and is given for outstanding contribution to analytical technology or methodology in industry.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
Joseph Black Award
The Joseph Black Award is for a young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science.
Knox Medal
The Knox Medal is awarded to honour individuals deserving special recognition of their innovation or influential work in the field of separation science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Knox Medal page.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
L S Theobald Lectureship
The L S Theobald Lectureship is awarded to someone who has made a significant contribution to analytical chemistry in an area relevant to the work of the Analytical Methods Committee. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the L S Theobald Lectureship page.
Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher's Award
This award is presented to a young researcher in the field of radiochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher's Award page.
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science
The Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science is awarded for outstanding contributions to analytical science. For more information please see the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science page.
Ronald Belcher Award
The Ronald Belcher Award is given for work on an analytical topic, by a graduate of a British or Irish university.
Sir George Stokes Award
The Sir George Stokes Award recognises outstanding and sustained contributions to analytical science by someone working in a complementary field, which has led to developments of great importance to chemical analysis.
Theophilus Redwood Award
The Theophilus Redwood Award is given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator.
Thermo-Hilger Award
The Thermo-Hilger Award is an award for young scientists who are judged to have made a major contribution to analytical atomic spectroscopy. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thermo-Hilger Award page
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Bioscience
Bioinorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioinorganic Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of bioinorganic chemistry.
Bioorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioorganic Chemistry Award is to recognise excellence in any area of bioorganic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bioorganic Chemistry Award page.
The Bruker Award
The Bruker Award is presented to a scientist who has made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bruker Award page.
Capps Green Zomaya Award
The Capps Green Zomaya Award recognises work in medicinal or computational medicinal chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Capps Green Zomaya Award page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award
The Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award is presented to a scientist in the early/mid stage of their career for outstanding work in carbohydrate chemistry that has largely been conducted in the UK. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award page.
Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal
The Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal is to encourage and recognise excellence in early career scientists in the application of chemical sciences to the study of any aspect of Biotechnology.
George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy
The George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy recognises outstanding accomplishments in the prevention, control and cure of cancers using chemotherapy, including gene and immunotherapy. For more information see the George and Christine Sosnovsky Award in Cancer Therapy page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Haworth Memorial Lectureship
The Haworth Memorial Lectureship is awarded in recognition of sustained, internationally recognised contributions to carbohydrate chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Haworth Memorial Lectureship page.
Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award
The award is presented for outstanding contributions to any area of biological inorganic chemistry or inorganic biochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award page.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
JEOL Student Award
The JEOL Student Award is given to second and third year postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows in their first year of a postdoctoral appointment who have made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the JEOL Student Award page.
Jeremy Knowles Award
The Jeremy Knowles Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences.
Joseph Chatt Award
The Joseph Chatt Award is for outstanding multidisciplinary research in the areas which span inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. For more information, see the Joseph Chatt Award page.
Khorana Prize
The Khorana Prize recognises outstanding achievement in research at the chemistry and life science interface. For more information, see the Khorana Prize page.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award
The Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award is awarded for outstanding research in chemistry and its application to the understanding of bioactivity. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award page.
Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award
The award is presented to a scientist in recognition of excellence in any area of protein and peptide science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award page.
Michael J Gait Lectureship
The Michael J Gait Lectureship, sponsored by Idera Pharmaceuticals, honours world-renowned scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of the chemistry and/or biochemistry of nucleic acids. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Michael J Gait Lectureship page.
Norman Heatley Award
The Norman Heatley Award is to recognise and promote the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary research between chemistry and the life sciences through independent work.
Rita and John Cornforth Award
The Rita and John Cornforth Award rewards scientists working in collaborative research teams between the chemistry and life sciences disciplines.
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
The Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award is for outstanding and innovative research in soft condensed matter or the application of physicochemical techniques to biological problems.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Education and schools
Education Award
The Education Award recognises a major high level contribution to education in the chemical sciences, over a sustained period of time. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Education Award page.
Higher Education Teaching Award
The Higher Education Teaching Award recognises outstanding teaching skills as well as development of innovative materials or methods in higher education, resulting in a strong impact on students.
Higher Education Technical Excellence Award
The Higher Education Technical Excellence Award (formerly the Higher Education Technician of the Year) is for individuals or teams demonstrating exceptional contributions to technical support within the Higher Education sector.
Inspiration and Industry Award
The Inspiration and Industry Award award is given in recognition of an individual's or team's impact on the local or national community in relation to the promotion of science and STEM careers.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Nyholm Prize for Education
The Nyholm Prize for Education recognises a major innovation or research contribution to the field of chemical science education.
Schools Education Award
The Schools Education Award is presented to a teacher or team who has demonstrated an exceptional ability to teach chemistry and inspire students at any pre-university level, either over a prolonged period of time or by making a large impact in a short period of time.
Wheeler Bequest Award
The Wheeler Bequest Award celebrates the outstanding contributions of an individual to chemistry. The person honoured may be alive or deceased; it is a memorial lecture in the broadest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Wheeler Bequest Award page.
Environment, energy and sustainability
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Allan Ure Memorial Bursary
The Allan Ure Memorial Bursary is awarded to a scientist, at the start of their career, who has made a significant contribution to knowledge in the area of the application of atomic spectrometry to environmental science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Allan Ure Memorial Bursary page.
Beilby Medal and Prize
The Beilby Medal and Prize recognises work of exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science, energy efficiency or a related field.
For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Beilby Medal and Prize page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award
The Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award recognises outstanding research in synthesis and technology suitable for high-throughput applications particularly in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and catalysis sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award page.
Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award
The Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award recognises the best PhD thesis in the field of Chemistry for the Energy Sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award page.
Environment Prize
The Environment Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career Award
The Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career Award is for exceptional contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
Food Group Junior Medal
The Food Group Junior Medal is awarded for the most outstanding contribution to food chemistry on the basis of published papers and/or other documentary evidence over the preceding five years. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Food Group Junior Medal page.
Food Group Senior Medal
The Food Group Senior Medal recognises those who have made a substantial contribution to food chemistry over at least 15 years, whose work has led to advances in food chemistry of practical significance to the food industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Food Group Senior Medal page.
Green Chemistry Award
The Green Chemistry Award is for the design, development or implementation of novel chemical products or processes which have the potential to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. For more information see the Green Chemistry Award page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
John Jeyes Award
The John Jeyes Award is for chemistry in relation to the environment. For more information, see the John Jeyes Award page.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Sustainable Energy Award
The Sustainable Energy Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to sustainable energy.
Sustainable Water Award
The Sustainable Water Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to equitable water supply. For more information please see the Sustainable Water Award page.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Toxicology Award
The Toxicology Award is for the contributions of chemical science to occupational and environmental toxicology.
Industry
Applied Catalysis Award
The Applied Catalysis Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in novel approaches or use of catalysis in industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Applied Catalysis Award page.
Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year
The Chemical Sciences Apprentice of the Year award is given in recognition of outstanding contribution made by an apprentice working in the chemical sciences sector.
Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year Award award is given to individuals who demonstrated creativity and vision, driving chemistry innovation to commercial success for their business.
Creativity in Industry Prize
The Creativity in Industry Prize is an outstanding achievement award recognising the contribution of an individual to the chemical sciences industry.
Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award
The Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award recognises outstanding research in synthesis and technology suitable for high-throughput applications particularly in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and catalysis sector. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Discovery Chemistry & New Technologies Award page.
Elizabeth Colbourn Memorial Lectures
The Lectureships will be awarded by the organisers of the Formulation Science and Technology Group (FSTG) conferences where the lecture will add another dimension to the conference theme. Find out more on the FSTG website.
Industry-Academia Collaboration Award
The Industry-Academia Collaboration Award recognises outstanding examples of teamwork in promoting innovation through industry-academia partnerships.
Industry Technician of the Year
The Industry Technician of the Year is given in recognition of outstanding contribution made by an individual in a technical role in industry.
Industrial Analytical Science Award
The Industrial Analytical Science Award recognises the work of industrial analytical scientists and is given for outstanding contribution to analytical technology or methodology in industry.
Inspiration and Industry Award
The Inspiration and Industry Award award is given in recognition of an individual's or team's impact on the local or national community in relation to the promotion of science and STEM careers.
Materials for Industry – Derek Birchall Award
The Materials for Industry - Derek Birchall Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in the application of materials chemistry in industry.
Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
The Organic Industrial Chemistry Award is for the application of organic chemistry in an industrial context by a person or team.
Rising Star in Industry Award
The Rising Star in Industry Award recognises individuals in the early stages of their careers who have already made a significant impact in the chemical industry.
Inorganic chemistry
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award
The Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award is for outstanding contributions to the development of any branch of inorganic chemistry which has an application in industry.
Barrer Award
The Barrer Award recognises excellent pure or applied work in the field of porous inorganic materials. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Barrer Award page.
Bioinorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioinorganic Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of bioinorganic chemistry.
Bob Hay Lectureship
The Bob Hay Lectureship is given in memory of Professor Bob Hay, one of the pioneers of macrocyclic chemistry in the UK. This prestigious lecture is given annually by a chemist in the early stages of their career working in the area of macrocyclic and/or supramolecular chemistry in its widest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bob Hay Lectureship page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Chemistry of Transition Metals Award
The Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of d- and f-block elements. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award page.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Dalton Emerging Researcher Award
The Dalton Emerging Researcher Award is for inorganic research chemists within two years completion of their PhD.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Fluorine Chemistry Award
The Fluorine Chemistry Award is a fully international award which is not restricted to members of the RSC. The award recognises the most outstanding contribution of a younger chemist, working in any area of fluorine chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Fluorine Chemistry Award page.
Frankland Award
The Frankland Award recognises outstanding contributions to pure and applied research in organometallic chemistry or coordination chemistry. For more information, see the Frankland Award page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Homogeneous Catalysis Award
The Homogeneous Catalysis Award recognises outstanding research in homogeneous catalysis.
Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award
The award is presented for outstanding contributions to any area of biological inorganic chemistry or inorganic biochemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group Young Investigators Award page.
Inorganic Mechanisms Award
The Inorganic Mechanisms Award recognises studies leading to the understanding of reaction mechanisms in any branch of inorganic chemistry and by any methods.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
Joseph Chatt Award
The Joseph Chatt Award is for outstanding multidisciplinary research in the areas which span inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. For more information, see the Joseph Chatt Award page.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Ludwig Mond Award
The Ludwig Mond Award is for outstanding research in any aspect of inorganic chemistry.
Main Group Chemistry Award
The Main Group Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of the s and p block elements. For more information please visit the Main Group Chemistry Award page.
Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award
This award is given to individuals for their significant contribution to the understanding and development of Molten Salts / Ionic Liquids Science and Technology. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Molten Salts Discussion Group Invited Speaker Award page.
Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
The Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry is awarded for outstanding contributions to inorganic chemistry. For more information please see the Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry page.
Organometallic Chemistry Award
The Organometallic Chemistry Award is for any aspect of the organic chemistry of the main group and transition metals.
Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship
The Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship is presented for the encouragement of research in organometallic chemistry or the coordination chemistry of transition metals.
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award
The Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award is for outstanding contributions to pure or applied research in the field of organometallic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award page.
Supramolecular Chemistry Award
The Supramolecular Chemistry Award recognises studies leading to the design of functionally useful supramolecular species. Please see the Supramolecular Chemistry Award page for more information.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Materials chemistry
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Barrer Award
The Barrer Award recognises excellent pure or applied work in the field of porous inorganic materials. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Barrer Award page.
Beilby Medal and Prize
The Beilby Medal and Prize recognises work of exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science, energy efficiency or a related field.
For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Beilby Medal and Prize page.
Brian Kelly Award
The Brian Kelly Award is intended as a travel grant for students and early career researchers with up to ten years postdoctoral experience to attend the annual World Carbon Conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Brian Kelly Award page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
de Gennes Prize
The de Gennes Prize is for outstanding and exceptional work in the field of materials chemistry.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Gibson-Fawcett Award
The Gibson-Fawcett Award is to recognise original and independent contributions to materials chemistry. For more information, see the Gibson-Fawcett Award page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
John B Goodenough Award
The John B Goodenough Award is to recognise exceptional and sustained contributions to the area of materials chemistry.
Jon Weaver PhD Award
The Jon Weaver PhD Award is presented to a PhD student who has displayed an outstanding ability in the field of polymer science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Jon Weaver PhD Award page.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Macro Group UK Medal
The Macro Group UK Medal is awarded to a UK-based scientist who has made a significant and substantial contribution to the development of polymer science through their scientific achievements and their services to the UK polymer science community. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Medal page.
Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement
The Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement is awarded to a scientist, from any country, who is recognised internationally for their continued, outstanding achievements in the field of polymer science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement page.
Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal
The Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal is awarded to an early career UK-based scientist whose contributions to polymer science show outstanding promise for the future. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Macro Group UK Young Researchers' Medal page.
Materials for Industry – Derek Birchall Award
The Materials for Industry - Derek Birchall Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in the application of materials chemistry in industry.
McBain Medal
The McBain Medal recognises the contribution of younger talent in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the McBain Medal page.
Peter Day Award
The Peter Day Award is for outstanding contributions to, and advancement of, the field of materials chemistry.
Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication
The award is for the best publication in a journal on a topic of relevance to polymer physics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Polymer Physics Group Award for Best Student Publication page.
Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture
The Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture is awarded to a scientist for their significant and sustained contribution to the field of the colloid, interface and surface science community. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture page.
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
The Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award is for outstanding and innovative research in soft condensed matter or the application of physicochemical techniques to biological problems.
Stephanie L Kwolek Award
The Stephanie L Kwolek Award is to recognise exceptional contributions to the area of materials chemistry from a scientist working outside the UK. Please see the Stephanie L Kwolek Award page for more information.
Sustainable Energy Award
The Sustainable Energy Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to sustainable energy.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Thomas Graham Lecture
The Thomas Graham Lecture is awarded triennually to an outstanding mid-career researcher in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thomas Graham Lecture page.
Organic chemistry
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Bader Award
The Bader Award is to recognise eminence in organic chemistry, which has not previously been rewarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Bioorganic Chemistry Award
The Bioorganic Chemistry Award is to recognise excellence in any area of bioorganic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bioorganic Chemistry Award page.
Bob Hay Lectureship
The Bob Hay Lectureship is given in memory of Professor Bob Hay, one of the pioneers of macrocyclic chemistry in the UK. This prestigious lecture is given annually by a chemist in the early stages of their career working in the area of macrocyclic and/or supramolecular chemistry in its widest sense. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bob Hay Lectureship page.
Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award
The Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award is for the discovery or development of any catalytic process that has applications in organic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Charles Rees Award
The Charles Rees Award is to reward excellence in the field of heterocyclic chemistry, including the synthesis, properties and applications of all types of heterocyclic compounds. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Charles Rees Award page.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award
The Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award is presented to a scientist in the early/mid stage of their career for outstanding work in carbohydrate chemistry that has largely been conducted in the UK. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Dextra Carbohydrate Chemistry Award page.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award
The Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award is given to an early career stage researcher in the field of pharmaceutical analytical science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Haworth Memorial Lectureship
The Haworth Memorial Lectureship is awarded in recognition of sustained, internationally recognised contributions to carbohydrate chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Haworth Memorial Lectureship page.
Hickinbottom Award
The Hickinbottom Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an early career scientist.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
Josef Loschmidt Award
The Josef Loschmidt Award is awarded for excellence in physical organic chemistry, including organic structures, reactivity and reaction mechanisms. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Josef Loschmidt Award page.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award
The Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Natural Product Chemistry Award
The Natural Product Chemistry Award is for studies of the chemistry of natural products. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Natural Product Chemistry Award page.
Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
The Organic Industrial Chemistry Award is for the application of organic chemistry in an industrial context by a person or team.
Organic Stereochemistry Award
The Organic Stereochemistry Award is for studies of stereochemistry related to structure, reactivity or synthesis.
Organometallic Chemistry Award
The Organometallic Chemistry Award is for any aspect of the organic chemistry of the main group and transition metals.
Pedler Award
The Pedler Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.
Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
The Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry is awarded for sustained originality and achievement in research in any area of organic chemistry.
Physical Organic Chemistry Award
The Physical Organic Chemistry Award covers the relationship between structure and molecular behaviours in chemistry.
Robert Robinson Award
The Robert Robinson Award is for contributions to organic chemistry from a researcher over the age of 55. For more information, please see the Robert Robinson Award page.
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
The Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal recognises work in any area of organic chemistry. For more information please see the Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal page.
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award
The Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award is for outstanding contributions to pure or applied research in the field of organometallic chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award page.
Supramolecular Chemistry Award
The Supramolecular Chemistry Award recognises studies leading to the design of functionally useful supramolecular species. Please see the Supramolecular Chemistry Award page for more information.
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award
The Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award recognises the development of new methods or strategies employed in the construction of organic molecules.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Physical chemistry
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Applied Catalysis Award
The Applied Catalysis Award rewards an individual for creativity and excellence in novel approaches or use of catalysis in industry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Applied Catalysis Award page.
Bourke Award
The Bourke Award enables distinguished scientists from overseas to lecture in the UK in the field of physical chemistry or chemical physics.
Brian Kelly Award
The Brian Kelly Award is intended as a travel grant for students and early career researchers with up to ten years postdoctoral experience to attend the annual World Carbon Conference. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Brian Kelly Award page.
BRSG-NMRDG Annual Prize for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance by an Early Career Researcher
This award is presented to an early career researcher for excellence in the field of magnetic resonance. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the BRSG-NMRDG Annual Award for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance page.
The Bruker Award
The Bruker Award is presented to a scientist who has made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Bruker Award page.
BTM Willis Award
The BTM Willis Award is awarded to an individual in recognition of a single outstanding piece of work, or a longer term coherent body of work, in the application of neutron scattering science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the BTM Willis Award page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Chemical Dynamics Award
The Chemical Dynamics Award is for outstanding innovative research on the dynamics of molecules, including spectroscopy, kinetics or molecular interactions in the gas, liquid or solid phase.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Faraday Lectureship Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry. For more information, see the Faraday Lectureship Prize page.
Faraday Medal
The Faraday Medal is awarded to outstanding achievements made by a researcher (mid-career) from outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Faraday Medal page.
Geoffrey Barker Medal
The Geoffrey Barker Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions in electrochemistry made by a mid-career researcher in the UK or Republic of Ireland. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Geoffrey Barker Medal page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
JEOL Student Award
The JEOL Student Award is given to second and third year postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows in their first year of a postdoctoral appointment who have made major contributions in the application of electron spin resonance in biological systems or in chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the JEOL Student Award page.
Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award
The Lennard–Jones Lectureship and Award is awarded to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award page.
Liversidge Award
The Liversidge Award recognises outstanding contributions to physical chemistry.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
Marlow Award
The Marlow Award is in recognition of the most meritorious contributions to physical chemistry or chemical physics.
McBain Medal
The McBain Medal recognises the contribution of younger talent in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the McBain Medal page.
S F Boys – A Rahman Award
The S F Boys - A Rahman Award is for outstanding innovative research in the area of computational chemistry, including both quantum chemistry and molecular simulations.
Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture
The Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture is awarded to a scientist for their significant and sustained contribution to the field of the colloid, interface and surface science community. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Sir Eric Rideal Award and Lecture page.
Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
The Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award is for outstanding and innovative research in soft condensed matter or the application of physicochemical techniques to biological problems.
Spiers Memorial Award
The Spiers Memorial Award is presented in recognition of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the topic of a Faraday Discussion, and is presented each year to the discussions' introductory lecturers who are likely to provide the most stimulating and wide-ranging introduction. Please see the Spiers Memorial Award page for more information.
Surfaces and Interfaces Award
The Surfaces and Interfaces Award is for outstanding and innovative research on the behaviour of chemical systems at surfaces or interfaces.
Thermo-Hilger Award
The Thermo-Hilger Award is an award for young scientists who are judged to have made a major contribution to analytical atomic spectroscopy. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thermo-Hilger Award page
Thomas Graham Lecture
The Thomas Graham Lecture is awarded triennually to an outstanding mid-career researcher in the field of colloid, interface and surface science. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Thomas Graham Lecture page.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
Theoretical chemistry
Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The Alexander Todd – Hans Krebbs Lectureship is a reciprocal lectureship with the GDCh awarded for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in Germany.
Capps Green Zomaya Award
The Capps Green Zomaya Award recognises work in medicinal or computational medicinal chemistry. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Capps Green Zomaya Award page.
Centenary Prizes
The Centenary Prizes are awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the British Isles.
Corday-Morgan Prizes
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
Diamond Early Career Medal
The Diamond Early Career Medal is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher working in chemistry and materials science, who has used synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source in their research. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Diamond Early Career Medal page.
Faraday Lectureship Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry. For more information, see the Faraday Lectureship Prize page.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations.
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award
The Lennard–Jones Lectureship and Award is awarded to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. For more information on nominations, past winners, or selection criteria, see the Lennard-Jones Lectureship and Award page.
Longstaff Prize
First awarded in 1881, the Longstaff Prize is given to one of our members who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements, together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. For more information, please visit the Lord Lewis Prize page.
S F Boys – A Rahman Award
The S F Boys - A Rahman Award is for outstanding innovative research in the area of computational chemistry, including both quantum chemistry and molecular simulations.
Tilden Prizes
Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.
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