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.
Luisa De Cola
University of Strasbourg
For innovative studies on how photophysically active materials and nanostructures may be fabricated for deployment within active biological systems...
2024 Centenary Prizes for Chemistry and Communication
Luke Wayne Browning, Huafu Wang, James Ward Taylor, Pete...
Paper: Digestibility and enteric release achieved with microencapsulates made from emulsion-templated plant proteins
2025 Sustainable Food Technology Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award
Lynn Kidwell
Birches Head Academy
For significant and sustained contributions to safe chemistry practical education.
2022 Excellence in Secondary and Further Education Prize
Manfred Scheer
University of Regensburg
For pioneering research on main group and organometallic chemistry.
2021 RSC/GDCh Alexander Todd-Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
Maria Lucana, Roberta Lucchi, Fabien Gosselet, Cristina D...
BrainBike peptidomimetic enables efficient transport of proteins across brain endothelium
2023 RSC Chemical Biology Outstanding Early Career Research Award
Marina Freitag
Newcastle University, UK
For outstanding work to develop, elaborate, and understand novel energy materials.
2022 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize for Chemistry
Marina Kuimova
Imperial College London, UK
For the development of unique probes and methodologies in fluorescence imaging leading to an understanding of dynamic biological processes in livin...
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Mario Moustras
For dedication to the Management Group community through the diversification of the committee and activities.
2021 Inspirational Member Award
Mark Thompson
University of Southern California, USA
For the discovery and development of inorganic molecular materials for flat panel displays and lighting, combining insights into the photophysical...
2020 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prizes
Martin Fitzner, Adrian Šošić, Alexander V. Hopp, Marcel M...
Paper: BayBE: a Bayesian Back End for experimental planning in the low-to-no-data regime
2025 Digital Discovery Outstanding Early Career Research Award
Martin Heeney
KAUST
For pioneering contributions to solution processed organic semiconductors, particularly heavy main group containing polymers, and their device appl...
2020 Materials Chemistry mid-career prize: Peter Day Prize
Martina Letizia Contente
University of Milan, Italy
For her internationally groundbreaking contributions to chemical biotechnology with a particular focus on biocatalysis for the sustainable producti...
2025 Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal
Matthew Fuchter
University of Oxford
For the development of chemistry-led approaches to interrogate function in chemistry, materials and medicine.
Matthew Gibson
The University of Manchester, UK
For transformative contributions in polymer and biomaterials science, particularly for the development of materials to stabilise biologics.
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Matthew Gundry
For exceptional leadership, curriculum development and student engagement, which has benefitted teachers and learners across the country.
2025 Excellence in Secondary and Further Education Prize
Maureen Wade
The Victory Academy (TSAT)
For creating variations of microscale practical chemistry resources and actively engaging with the wider education community
2024 Excellence in Secondary and Further Education Prize
Max Parker
Callicroft Primary Academy - The Olympus Academy Trust
For fostering a learning environment that captivates the imagination of students and embracing the challenge of incorporating real-world careers in...
2024 Early Career Prize for Excellence in Primary Education
Maxie Roessler
Imperial College London, UK
For the development of advanced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to investigate, structurally define and exploit catalysis by che...
2024 Analytical Science early career prize: Joseph Black Prize
Melanie Cooper
Michigan State University, USA
For outstanding accomplishments in designing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based chemistry curricula and catalysing the careers of many che...
2020 Education Award
Mercouri Kanatzidis
Northwestern University, USA
For pioneering contributions to the synthesis and development of novel semiconducting halide perovskites for application in solar energy conversion...
2023 Centenary Prizes for Chemistry and Communication
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