Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
2025 Education Prize winners Yearly celebrations
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Neslihan Tas
Hacettepe University, Turkey
For her research into the Maillard reaction and the novel approaches to understanding the chemistry of this complex reaction.
2023 Food Group Early Career Medal
Niall Begley
Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Knock
For his enthusiasm and use of innovative, engaging teaching methods in chemistry and encouraging the development of his colleagues
2024 Early Career Prize for Excellence in Secondary and Further Education
Nicholas Kotov
University of Michigan, USA
For innovative studies and applications of complex self-assembling nanosystems, and for excellence in communication.
2024 Centenary Prizes for Chemistry and Communication
Nicky Waller
Centre for Industry Education Collaboration, University of York
For sustained contributions to the professional development of primary teachers in the teaching of science.
2021 Excellence in Primary Education Prize
Nonheme iron-oxo oxidants
For the discovery and characterization of reactive ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants.
2025 Dalton Horizon Prizes
NoseToDiagnose
For a novel approach to early Parkinson’s disease diagnosis and stratification using a simple non-invasive skin swab.
2021 Analytical Science Horizon Prizes
NPL Air Quality Networks Team
For outstanding application of knowledge and teamwork to produce 20 years of robust, high-quality air pollutant data for three of the UK’s air qual...
2024 Technical Excellence Prizes
NSF Center for Molecularly Optimized Networks
For demonstrating the potential and impact of embedded mechanochemical reactivity on the mechanical limits of cross-linked polymer networks.
2024 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prizes
Orbitrap Astral Team
For the development of a mass analyser, enabling faster and more sensitive analysis from single cells to large clinical cohorts.
2025 Analytical Science Horizon Prizes
Paolo Melchiorre
University of Bologna
For the development of asymmetric photocatalytic methodologies based on excited state intermediates.
2021 Organic Chemistry open prize: Pedler Prize
Paolo Samor矛
University of Strasbourg
For pioneering work on the use of supramolecular and nano-chemistry to manufacture multifunctional nanomaterials and devices.
2020 RSC/SCF Joint Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
Particle Characterisation Group
For proactively engaging technicians through an inclusive programme at their FORGE 2024 conference.
2025 Inspirational Committee Award
Paul Dyson
EPFL
For major advances in the catalytic transformations of renewable substrates leading to industrial processes and products.
2020 Green Chemistry Award
Paul Jones
Bitrez Ltd.
For the creation of UK businesses that are globally recognised for innovating speciality polymers employing green chemistry principles.
2021 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year
Paul Wender
Stanford University, USA
For extraordinary contributions encompassing groundbreaking advancements in synthesis, photochemistry, organometallic chemistry, medicinal chemistr...
2024 Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
Pericyclases
For the discovery of a new class of enzymes, the pericyclases, that catalyse reactions in biosynthesis of complex natural products, and for identif...
2021 Organic Chemistry Horizon Prizes
PERIODically: the podcast that covers all things periods...
For sparking discussion around the challenges menstrual periods create for people working in higher education, acting as advocates to help remove s...
2024 Horizon Prizes for Education
Pilgrim School Science Department
For planning and facilitating a move from theoretical to hands-on practical science, for a broad age range of students with special educational med...
2021 Team Prize for Excellence in Secondary and Further Education
Pioneers in Hybrid Glass Research
For the discovery and development of hybrid glasses, a new family of glasses separate to known inorganic, organic and metallic families.
2025 Dalton Horizon Prizes
PISCO Team
For the development of new photochromic dyes for use in semi-transparent solar cells with light transmittance that adapts to illumination conditions.
2025 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prizes
Yearly celebrations
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23 November 2021
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