Prize lectures
Find a prize lecture near you
As part of their prize, many of the RSC’s Prize winners deliver lectures across the UK and Ireland. These lectures provide an opportunity for winners to share their outstanding work, and in turn, for members of the community to hear about and discuss that work, meet with winners and develop new connections.
This page provides information on lectures with confirmed dates.
Find a lecture near you
The list below is divided by region, so you can see which speakers are visiting near you and when. For more information on a particular lecture, we recommend that you get in touch directly with hosts.
Currently no events scheduled in this region
October 2025
Wednesday 8 October 2025
University of LeicesterProfessor Marina Kuimova
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
November 2025
Wednesday 5 November 2025
University of BirminghamProfessor Jason Hallett
2024 Environment, Sustainability and Energy open Prize: Environment Prize
December 2025
Wednesday 3 December 2025
University of LeicesterProfessor Michael Ingleson
2024 Dalton mid-career Prize: Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize
October 2025
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Newcastle University Professor W Bruce Turnbull
2024 Bader Prize
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Durham UniversityProfessor Liam Ball
2024 Organic Chemistry early career Prize: Hickinbottom Prize
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Newcastle UniversityDr Andrew Jupp
2024 Dalton early career Prize: Sir Edward Frankland Prize
July 2025
Friday 11 July 2025
Lancaster University
Professor Xiaogang Liu
2024 Centenary Prizes for Chemistry and Communication
Currently no events scheduled in this region
September 2025
Wednesday 10 September 2025
University College CorkProfessor Euan Brechin
2024 Dalton open Prize: Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
November 2025
Tuesday 4 November 2025
University College DublinDr Andrew Jupp
2024 Dalton early career Prize: Sir Edward Frankland Prize
November 2025
Friday 14 November 2025
University of EdinburghProfessor Stefanie Dehnen
2024 RSC/GDCh Alexander Todd-Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
July 2025
Wednesday 16 July 2025
University of SouthamptonDr Sarah Lovelock
2024 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for Chemistry
October 2025
Wednesday 1 October 2025
University Of SurreyDr Felice Torrisi
2024 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for Chemistry
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Queen Mary University of LondonDr Felice Torrisi
2024 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for Chemistry
Wednesday 15 October 2025
University College LondonDr Sarah Lovelock
2024 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for Chemistry
November 2025
Monday 10 November 2025
Queen Mary University of LondonProfessor Stefanie Dehnen
2024 RSC/GDCh Alexander Todd-Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
Wednesday 12 November 2025
University of SussexProfessor Stefanie Dehnen
2024 RSC/GDCh Alexander Todd-Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
Wednesday 19 November 2025
University College LondonProfessor Angela Russell
2024 Chemistry Biology Interface mid-career Prize: Jeremy Knowles Award
October 2025
Wednesday 22 October 2025
University of BathProfessor Michael Ingleson
2024 Dalton mid-career Prize: Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize
December 2025
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Cardiff UniversityProfessor W Bruce Turnbull
2024 Bader Prize
What our prize winners say
"The lecture tour provided an excellent opportunity to showcase the work of my research group. All hosts made me feel very welcome. They had advertised my talk widely. The presentations were very well-attended and on every occasion, I received relevant questions from the audience. I hope that the work presented might have inspired some students to opt for research in analytical chemistry, who knows, maybe as a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University!"
Professor Frank Vanhaecke, Ghent University, 2023 Analytical Science open prize: Theophilus Redwood Prize
"I wanted to thank the RSC again for this prize and the fantastic opportunity to speak to chemists around the country about the work we do. As a process chemist, I find people often don’t understand the role – which we can only remedy by going out and speaking about it. I had a fantastic time engaging with scientists I might not necessarily have met otherwise, and a great opportunity to engage directly with students. This has given ideas for future collaborations as well as enhancing my network."
Dr Katherine Wheelhouse FRSC, GSK, 2022 Organic Chemistry mid-career Prize
"Thank you for funding the lectures. It has been a huge privilege to visit departments across the UK and tell them about my work and to hear about what they do. Winning the prize has been the highlight of my career and helped in so many ways such as increasing visibility, impact of my work and opening new opportunities (conference invitations, promotion, etc.)."
Dr Alison Hill, University of Exeter, 2022 Excellence in Higher Education Prize