Prize winners

Stuart Naismith

Gartcosh Primary School, UK

For developing an entrepreneurial approach to STEM subjects, using a variety of media, to encourage students to engage with learning.

Professor Sujit Datta

California Institute of Technology, USA

Susan Rudlin

University of Reading and RSC Thames Valley Local Section

For dedication to the success and inclusivity of the education and outreach activities in the Thames Valley Local Section.

Sustainable methanol

For the discovery, fundamental understanding, and technical development of a novel catalytic technology for the recycling of carbon dioxide to prod...

Team Ice

For the development, application and translation of chemical tools for cryobiology.

Team Nanobodies

For the development of tools for the fight against Covid-19.

Team P(V)

For the discovery of a sustainable and scalable platform of P(V) reagents for the synthesis of stereodefined and variable phosphate chimeric oligon...

Technical Support Team in the Department of Chemistry at...

For the team's pivotal role in operating the laboratory courses, supporting research and developing a highly successful and creative outreach progr...

The BoostCrop team

2025 Faraday Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of a library of biocompatible molecules that can on application harness solar UV energy and...

The Chiral Materials Team

For the discovery of chiral organic materials that allow high control of photon and electron spin.

The DISTINCTIVE Consortium

For the delivery of research that addressed challenges associated with the continuing safe storage and disposal of radioactive legacy nuclear waste.

The Hertfordshire and Essex High School Chemistry Department

For inspiring student progress through inspirational teaching methods and fostering a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork

The Lab_14 Collaboration

For the development of a 1st year undergraduate remote laboratory experience, which provides students with a ‘chemistry kit for the 21st century’ a...

The Lipidomics Team

2025 Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of a comparative lipidomics platform, combining chemical synthesis, bio...

The Molecular Flow Sensor Team

For the development of a molecular flow sensor for non-invasive breath analysis to provide measurements of respiratory disease and cardiac output.   

The Molecular Ratcheteers

For breakthroughs in catalysed non-equilibrium systems, particularly molecular ratchet mechanisms, that have provided fundamental insights into the...

The Northumbria-Sunderland-Freeman-bioMérieux collaboration

For the design and development of chromogenic reagents for the rapid detection and identification of pathogenic bacteria.

The PERFORM COVID-19 Team

2025 Faraday Horizon Prize: awarded for advancing the understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on the...

The Rare Earth Elements Project

For convening collaborators from chemistry, history, and fine art to engage and educate diverse audiences about the separation of critical metals a...

The ReLiB Project

For transformative research and influence leading to the establishment of a technology pipeline for low cost, high throughput, and low environmenta...