News & events

Inclusion & Diversity Prize now open annually

24 September 2021 Efforts to make science a more inclusive place to learn and work are to be given annual recognition by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

LISTEN NOW: The first series of our new podcast focuses on plastics

3 September 2021 BAFTA-winning broadcaster Liz Bonnin and RSC President Tom Welton star on Episode 1 of 'Brought to You by Chemistry'.

New journal launches: Energy Advances

Our new Gold Open Access journal Energy Advances focuses on energy science, and in particular the interdisciplinarity required for exciting breakthroughs in the field.

“I want to foster a sense of community for Black chemists"

13 August 2021As #BlackChemistsWeek2021 draws to a close we speak to Naomi Howard who, alongside studying for her PhD, is developing the Black Opportunities and Network Development (Bond) Chemistry Project.

Professor Martina Stenzel takes up role as Editorial Board Chair for Materials Horizons

12 August 2021 Professor Martina Stenzel, of the University of New South Wales, has taken over from Professor Seth Marder as Editorial Board Chair of Materials Horizons.

Call for better plastics recycling infrastructure to help baffled customers

9 August 2021 We carried out a survey into citizen attitudes to plastics, sustainability and recycling in the UK.

Profile: CEO Helen Pain

Royal Society of Chemistry CEO Dr Helen Pain talks to us about leading the organisation, learning from others and making a lasting difference for our community.

Coronavirus and beyond: The view from the chemical sciences in India

We caught up with Ajit Sharma, who leads our team in India, about how the pandemic has affected the chemical science community and what the future holds.

Opinion: It’s time to stop excluding disabled scientists

Science and society are not built to welcome disabled people – and that’s a fault that we have to start fixing, says our disability and accessibility specialist Emrys Travis

Spotlight: Our funding for researchers

Of the many ways we support our community, our grants and funding streams are always among the most popular. And throughout the COVID-19 pandemic they have been needed more than ever to help researchers deal with the uncertainty and unprecedented challenges to their research career. In response to this, we set up a new scheme called the Research Enablement grants and modified our existing Research Fund to help researchers deal with these challenges.