We have announced the winners of our 2023 Excellence in Education Prizes and Horizon Prizes for Education! View our winners' gallery and join in the celebrations.
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Horizon Prizes, Inclusion & Diversity Prize, Research & Innovation Prizes and Volunteer Recognition Prizes.
Read more about our changes for 2024, which include:
- New Technical Excellence Prizes for individuals or teams working as technicians or in technical roles.
- An expansion of our Apprentice Prizes
- New Innovation Through Partnership Prize, to highlight and celebrate examples where people have come together to drive impactful initiatives with positive outcomes for the community
- A refresh of our Rising Star in Industry Prize
- An update to our Inclusion and Diversity Prize, with new selection criteria and nomination form
Read more about our prize categories below, and explore our Interest Group Prizes which are open at various times throughout the year.
Visit our Guidance for Nominators and Frequently Asked Questions pages for some quick tips.
The ways in which we recognise excellence are evolving – Find out more.
Horizon Prizes
Celebrating discoveries and innovations that push the boundaries of science.
Our Horizon Prizes highlight exciting, contemporary chemical science at the cutting edge of research and innovation. These prizes are for groups, teams and collaborations of any form or size who are opening up new directions and possibilities in their field, through ground-breaking scientific developments.
See 2023 winners
Nominations for 2024 Horizon Prizes now open
Volunteer Recognition Prizes
Celebrating our members who support and inspire others within the community.
Our members volunteer their time in numerous ways – from serving on our boards and committees to public engagement initiatives. Volunteer Recognition Prizes include team and individual prizes, and celebrate the many ways in which chemical scientists at all stages of their career form communities and support and inspire others.
See 2023 winners
Nominations for 2024 Volunteer Recognition Prizes now open
Inclusion & Diversity Prize
Celebrating impactful initiatives improving access and progression for all in the chemical sciences.
Our Inclusion and Diversity Prize – now open on an annual basis – recognises a team or individual whose innovative approaches/initiatives have delivered impact in improving the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of the chemical science community.
See our 2023 winner
Nominations for the 2024 Inclusion & Diversity Prize now open
Research & Innovation Prizes
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Our Research & Innovation Prizes recognise brilliant chemical scientists carrying out amazing work in academia and industry. They include prizes for those at different career stages in chemistry and for those working in specific fields, as well as interdisciplinary prizes and prizes for those in specific roles.
See 2023 winners
Nominations for the 2024 Research & Innovation Prizes now open
Excellence in Education Prizes
Celebrating inspirational, innovative, and dedicated people working at all levels of education.
Our Excellence in Education Prizes celebrate educators in primary, secondary, further education and higher education – including teachers, technicians and more. These prizes recognise a wide range of skills – from curriculum design to effective teaching, and from personal development to working culture. This category includes specific prizes for teams and for those in the early stages of their career.
See 2023 winners
Horizon Prizes for Education
Celebrating ground-breaking innovations and initiatives that mark a step-change in science education.
Our Horizon Prizes for Education highlight recent initiatives that are set to make a real impact within the field of education. These could include teaching programmes or techniques, research breakthroughs, innovative technologies and more.
See 2023 winners
RSC Prizes: guidance for nominators
If you are thinking of nominating an individual or team for one of our prizes – perhaps for the first time – what should you consider?
Read guidance from members of our Prize Committee, and watch a short video.
Prize lecture tours
As part of their prize, many of the RSC’s Prize winners deliver lectures across the UK and Ireland. This page provides information on lectures with confirmed dates. Find a lecture near you.
Interest Group Prizes
Many of our Interest Groups administer their own prizes that recognise significant contributions to their fields and areas of interest. Click through to see a full list, or explore our Interest Groups.
Prize archive
We have recognised excellence in the chemical sciences for more than 150 years and we are proud of this legacy and history. Our prize archive holds a digital library of our previously administered prizes, their history, and previous winners.
Prizes
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Re-thinking recognition: Science prizes for the modern world
This report is the result of an independent review of our recognition programmes. Our aim in commissioning this review was to ensure that our recognition portfolio continues to deliver the maximum impact for chemical scientists, chemistry and society.
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