Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
2026 winners announcement Yearly celebrations
Celebrating our 2026 Prize winners
Thank you to everybody who took the time to make a nomination this year, and to all of our volunteers on our judging panels. Explore our prize winners to find profiles, see photo galleries, get insights into their work, and read a question and answer session with the prize winner.
Research & Innovation Prize winners
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Horizon Prize winners
Celebrating groups, teams and collaborations making discoveries and innovations that push the boundaries of science.
Inclusion and Diversity Prize winner
Recognising individuals or teams that have improved the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of the chemical science community.
Volunteer Recognition Prize winners
Celebrating our members who support and inspire others within the community.
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Filter in a variety of ways including year to find our latest winners along with those from previous years.
Dr Susannah Coote
Lancaster University and RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group
For dedication to supporting the early career heterocyclic chemistry community through the development of a programme of online activities in respo...
2022 Inspirational Member Award
Dr Tatiana Besset
Université Rouen Normandie, France
For her use of metal catalysed C-H activation and the development of new strategies for the synthesis of fluorinated building blocks.
2023 Fluorine Chemistry Award
Dr Terry Page
For outstanding service to the 新月直播app下载 through our member communities.
2021 Award for Exceptional Service
Dr Thomas Bennett
University of Cambridge, UK
For contributions to the non-crystalline metal-organic framework domain, including synthesis and characterization of the first liquid and glass MOF...
2020 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for Chemistry
Dr Wesleigh Dawsmith
Jewish Community Secondary School
For going above and beyond to support the delivery of high-quality practical work, and championing ways to make practical work inclusive to all stu...
2022 Early Career Prize for Excellence in Secondary and Further Education
Dr Yuval Elani
Imperial College London, UK
For innovative contributions in synthetic cell engineering and biohybrid systems.
2024 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for Chemistry
Dr Yuval Elani
Imperial College London, UK
For his development of a series of technologies that allow synthetic cells to be constructed from scratch using biomolecular building blocks.
E-TAC water splitting
For the development of an innovative membraneless water splitting technology for low-cost production of green hydrogen at scale.
2022 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prizes
Education Community Scotland Committee
For supporting and representing teachers to policymakers, influencing how chemistry is taught in Scotland with notable impact on the curriculum.
2023 Inspirational Committee Award
Edward Pyzer-Knapp
Xyme, UK
For uniting chemistry, physics and artificial intelligence into a powerful new approach for molecular discovery and innovation.
2026 Interdisciplinary Prizes
Electrical Transport Spectroscopy
For the development of electron transport microscopy to experimentally determine the platinum-surface hydronium pKa and its role in pH-dependent hy...
2024 Faraday Horizon Prizes
Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis Team
For the development of efficient electrocatalysts to support conversion of nitrogen towards a more sustainable and economical method of producing u...
2023 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prizes
Electron Bifurcation
For discovering the essential structural and redox potential landscapes that are required to generate high-efficiency electron bifurcation reaction...
2023 Faraday Horizon Prizes
Eli Zysman-Colman
University of St Andrews, UK
For the pioneering development of mechanophotocatalysts, and the use of organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence compounds, to drive sustai...
2026 Tilden Prizes for Chemistry
Elizabeth Burnside
AstraZeneca, UK
For investigating the application of sustainable methodologies for greener, safer manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
2026 RSC Apprentice Prizes
Elizabeth Cairnduff
For outstanding service to the 新月直播app下载 through our member communities and governance groups.
2026 Award for Exceptional Service
Elizabeth Driscoll
University of Birmingham and RSC Solid State Chemistry Group
For dedication to supporting the community through the Interest Group and Local Section activities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2021 Inspirational Member Award
Emily Rose
Pfizer, USA
For outstanding contributions towards the development of synthetic routes and processes for emerging medicines via autonomous high-throughput exper...
2023 RSC Apprentice Prizes
Emma Kendrick
University of Birmingham, UK
For discoveries and innovation in materials, manufacturing and recycling of lithium- and sodium-ion batteries.
2021 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize
Enzyme Discovery
For the discovery and engineering of novel enzymes, creating more sustainable pathways to biologically and industrially important molecules.
2023 Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prizes
Yearly celebrations
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