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 are scheduled in this area
March 2026
Wednesday 11 March 2026
University of NottinghamDr Fanran Meng
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Early Career Prize
Tuesday 17 March 2026
University of NottinghamDr Benjamin Schumann
2024 Chemistry Biology Interface early career Prize: Norman Heatley Award
Wednesday 25 March 2026
University of NottinghamDr Jon Major
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
June 2026
Wednesday 17 June 2026
University of LincolnProfessor Dave Adams
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
February 2026
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Newcastle UniversityDr Nathan Davison
2025 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
March 2026
Wednesday 11 March 2026
University of BradfordDr Pietro Sormanni
2025 Chemistry Biology Interface early career Prize: Norman Heatley Award
Wednesday 18 March 2026
University of BradfordDr Benjamin Schumann
2024 Chemistry Biology Interface early career Prize: Norman Heatley Award
April 2026
Wednesday 8 April 2026
University of BradfordDr Julie Hyde
2024 Excellence in Higher Education Prize
Wednesday 15 April 2026
University of LeedsDr Fanran Meng
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Early Career Prize
May 2026
Wednesday 6 May 2026
University of BradfordDr Zoë Waller
2025 Chemistry Biology Interface mid-career Prize: Jeremy Knowles Award
October 2026
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Durham UniversityProfessor Anita Maguire
2025 Bader Prize
March 2026
Wednesday 11 March 2026
University of SheffieldDr Rebecca Beveridge
2025 Analytical Science early career Prize: Joseph Black Prize
Wednesday 18 March 2026
University of SheffieldProfessor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian
2025 Chemistry Biology Interface open Prize: Khorana Prize
Wednesday 25 March 2026
University of SheffieldProfessor Thomas Penfold
2025 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Thursday 26 March 2026
University of ManchesterProfessor Sébastien Perrier
2024 Interdisciplinary Prize
Currently no events are scheduled in this area
March 2026
Wednesday 11 March 2026
University College CorkProfessor Judith Driscoll
2024 Interdisciplinary Prize
November 2026
Thursday 5 November 2026
Trinity College DublinProfessor Mauro Pasta
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
March 2026
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Heriot-WattDr Fanran Meng
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Early Career Prize
April 2026
Wednesday 8 April 2026
University of EdinburghProfessor Anita Maguire
2025 Bader Prize
May 2026
Wednesday 6 May 2026
University of AberdeenProfessor Kim Jelfs
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
October 2026
Wednesday 28 October 2026
University of AberdeenProfessor Mauro Pasta
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
May 2026
Tuesday 19 May 2026
University of OxfordDr Jon Major
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Imperial College LondonDr Nathan Davison
2025 Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
October 2026
Wednesday 21 October 2026
University of SussexProfessor Perdita Barran
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Wednesday 21 October 2026
University of SouthamptonProfessor Mauro Pasta
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
May 2026
Wednesday 20 May 2026
University of BristolProfessor Dave Adams
2025 Tilden Prize for Chemistry
April 2026
Wednesday 28 April 2026
Cardiff UniversityDr Fanran Meng
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Early Career Prize
September 2026
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Swansea UniversityProfessor Kim Jelfs
2025 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
November 2026
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Swansea UniversityDr Jon Major
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career 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