Research and innovation prizes
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Our Research and 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.
Prizes in this category
Dalton early career Prize: Sir Edward Frankland Prize
Recognising outstanding contributions to any area of inorganic chemistry by an early career scientist.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize
Awarded for outstanding contributions to any area of inorganic chemistry made by a researcher in the very early stages of their career.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Dalton mid-career prize: Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize
The Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to any area of inorganic chemistry made by a mid-career scientist.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Dalton open prize: Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
The Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of inorganic chemistry.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Environment, Sustainability & Energy Early Career Prize
This prize is awarded for outstanding contributions made by an early career scientist in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Environment, Sustainability & Energy mid-career Prize
This prize is awarded for outstanding contributions made by a mid-career scientist in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize
The Environment Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of environment, sustainability and energy.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Faraday early career prize: Marlow Prize
The Marlow Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions made by an early career scientist in any area of physical chemistry.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
Faraday mid-career prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of physical chemistry.
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Closes - 13 January 2027
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