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.

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.

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.

Interdisciplinary Prizes

The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.

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.

Tilden Prizes

Founded in 1939, the Tilden Prizes are awarded for advances in chemistry.

Award for Service

Our Award for Service recognises outstanding non-academic service to the work of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Members of Council, Division Presidents, Section Chairs and other Interest Groups are invited annually to make nominations; however, any member may also make a nomination to be considered by the Award for Service Panel.

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.

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.

Joseph Black Award

The Joseph Black Award is for a young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sustainable Energy Award

The Sustainable Energy Award is for the contributions of chemical sciences to sustainable energy.

Toxicology Award

The Toxicology Award is for the contributions of chemical science to occupational and environmental toxicology.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bioinorganic Chemistry Award

The Bioinorganic Chemistry Award recognises outstanding research in any aspect of bioinorganic chemistry.

Homogeneous Catalysis Award

The Homogeneous Catalysis Award recognises outstanding research in homogeneous catalysis.

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.

Ludwig Mond Award

The Ludwig Mond Award is for outstanding research in any aspect of inorganic chemistry.

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.

de Gennes Prize

The de Gennes Prize is for outstanding and exceptional work in the field of materials chemistry.

John B Goodenough Award

The John B Goodenough Award is to recognise exceptional and sustained contributions to the area of materials chemistry.

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.

Peter Day Award

The Peter Day Award is for outstanding contributions to, and advancement of, the field of materials chemistry.  The award alternates between those specialising in the broad areas of soft matter and continuous lattice solids.

Bader Award

The Bader Award is to recognise eminence in organic chemistry, which has not previously been rewarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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.

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.

Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award

The Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award recognises the development of new methods or strategies employed in the construction of organic molecules.

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.

Liversidge Award

The Liversidge Award recognises outstanding contributions to physical chemistry.

Marlow Award

The Marlow Award is in recognition of the most meritorious contributions to physical chemistry or chemical physics.

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.

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.

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.

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 Service

Our Award for Service recognises outstanding non-academic service to the work of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Members of Council, Division Presidents, Section Chairs and other Interest Groups are invited annually to make nominations; however, any member may also make a nomination to be considered by the Award for Service Panel.

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 the 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  The award alternates between those specialising in the broad areas of soft matter and continuous lattice solids.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  The award alternates between those specialising in the broad areas of soft matter and continuous lattice solids.

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.

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.

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 Service

Our Award for Service recognises outstanding non-academic service to the work of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Members of Council, Division Presidents, Section Chairs and other Interest Groups are invited annually to make nominations; however, any member may also make a nomination to be considered by the Award for Service Panel.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 the 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.

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.  The award alternates between those specialising in the broad areas of soft matter and continuous lattice solids.

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.

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.

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.

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.