Fluorine Chemistry Award

Please note, nominations for this award are currently closed

 

The Fluorine Award, which is awarded every two years, is associated with the RSC Fluorine Chemistry Group.

The Fluorine Award is a fully international award which is not restricted to members of the RSC. The Award will recognise the most meritorious contribution of a younger (under 40 years of age) chemist working in any area of fluorine chemistry as evidenced by their publications. The Award will be judged by an international panel on behalf of the RSC Fluorine Chemistry Group. 

Previous winners of the RSC Fluorine Chemistry Award:

  • 2019: Professor Abigail Doyle, Princeton, USA
  • 2017: Professor Petr Beier, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2015: Professor Xingang Zhang, Shanghai, China
  • 2013: Professor Tobias Ritter, Harvard, USA
  • 2011: Professor Melanie Sanford, Michigan, USA 
  • 2009: Professor Jinbo Hu, Shanghai, China 
  • 2007: Professor Thomas Braun, Berlin, Germany 
  • 2005: Professor Norio Shibata, Nagoya, Japan       

Nominations are invited on behalf of applicants who are Early Career Chemists, typically under 40 years of age.

The Award will consist of a £500 prize and the winner will be invited to give a lecture at the RSC Fluorine Chemistry Group Postgraduate Meeting.

How to apply

Applicants must be nominated and should not make applications on their own behalf. 

Nominators should only send a covering letter, a Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a full publication list.

For more information about the Fluorine Chemistry Award, please contact the secretary.

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