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.
Professor Zoë Waller
University College London, UK
Winner 2024 CBBG Lectureship Award: for her outstanding contribution to the chemical biology community and her exceptional research achievements on...
2024 CBBG Lectureship
Professor Zoë Waller
University College London, UK
For contributions to our understanding of nucleic acid i-motif structure and function in a cellular context using chemical tools and structural met...
2025 Chemistry Biology Interface mid-career prize: Jeremy Knowles Award
Pulpex x BASF x Scitech Adhesives - Coatings Collaboration
For the creation of a partnership that has delivered a new sustainable fibre packaging solution as an alternative to plastic and glass, which deliv...
2024 Innovation Through Partnership Prize
Rachel Crespo-Otero
University College London, UK
For the development and application of computational methods for understanding excited-state processes in molecular crystals within complex environ...
2026 Faraday mid-career Prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
Raphaële Clément
University of California Santa Barbara
Winner 2024: for making significant contributions to the field of materials chemistry in their early career.
2024 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship
Rebecca Goss
University of St Andrews, UK
For pioneering the use of enzymatic halogenation/cross-coupling in C‒H activation.
2022 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
Richard Brown
National Physical Laboratory, UK
For excellence in theoretical and practical aspects of chemical measurement leading to the recent redefinition of the mole, and communication of th...
2020 Analytical Science open prize: Theophilus Redwood Prize
Robert Hoye
University of Oxford, UK
For pioneering, interdisciplinary contributions to the discovery, understanding and manufacture of defect-tolerant semiconductors for energy conver...
2024 Beilby Medal and Prize
Robert Worley
CLEAPSS
For significant and sustained contributions to the development and promotion of safe practical resources for teachers worldwide, especially in the...
2021 Excellence in Secondary and Further Education Prize
RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Committee
For the development of a programme of activity to empower their community and foster inclusion across career stage and sector.
2026 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group
For the development of the Open Chemistry series of meetings and workshops and the successful transition to virtual meetings due to the Covid-19 pa...
2021 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee
For developing the Chemistry Communicators' Challenge to promote science communication across their diverse member community.
2020 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Education Community Region Scotland
For their demonstrated commitment to inclusivity and delivering collaborative impact across the Scottish education community.
2026 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Food Group Committee
For developing the food chemistry periodic table in addition to addressing global challenges through events and publications.
2020 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Formulation Science and Technology Group
For the successful transition of their conference programme to run online on during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2021 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship earlier winners
RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship winners prior to 2025
2012 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship
RSC Molecular Spectroscopy Group
For the successful transition of their programme to run online during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2022 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Porous Materials Group
For the creation and development of a cohesive porous materials community.
2021 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC South Africa North Local Section
For proactively diversifying the committee to represent their membership community.
2024 Inspirational Committee Award
RSC South India Local Section
For the creation and development of a diverse programme for their community in South India.
2022 Inspirational Committee Award
Yearly celebrations
18 November 2025
25 June 2025
12 June 2024
13 June 2023
22 November 2022
07 June 2022
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