Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Dr Jon Major
University of Liverpool, UK
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy mid-career Prize: awarded for pioneering work into the development, characterisation, and optimisation...
AEEon Collective
2025 Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of alternate electrode electrolysis and applications in organic synthesis.
Dr Mattia Silvi
University of Nottingham, UK
2025 Hickinbottom Prize: awarded for the development of creative synthetic strategies through the design of novel radical acceptors.
Mia Outram
No7 Beauty Company , UK
2025 RSC Apprentice Prize: awarded for undertaking the key formulation work in developing a new high SPF skincare product, and representing apprent...
Biocatalytic Nitro Hydrogenations Team
2025 Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of an industrially-applicable hydrogenase for mild and selective hydrog...
Gas-phase Heterogeneous Catalysis for Solar Fuels Research
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Horizon Prize: awarded for defining a chemical approach to nanomaterials leading to efficient gas-phase...
Harm Reduction
2025 Analytical Science Horizon Prize: awarded for the application of portable technologies to identify synthetic drugs with positive impact on pol...
Nonheme iron-oxo oxidants
2025 Dalton Horizon Prize: awarded for the discovery and characterization of reactive ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants.
Dr Rebecca Beveridge
University of Strathclyde, UK
2025 Joseph Black Prize: awarded for the application of mass spectrometry methods to the structural characterisation of dynamic protein conformatio...
Orbitrap Astral Team
2025 Analytical Science Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of a mass analyser, enabling faster and more sensitive analysis from single cell...
Pioneers in Hybrid Glass Research
2025 Dalton Horizon Prize: awarded for the discovery and development of hybrid glasses, a new family of glasses separate to known inorganic, organi...
PISCO Team
2025 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of new photochromic dyes for use in semi-transparent solar cells with light tra...
The BoostCrop team
2025 Faraday Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of a library of biocompatible molecules that can on application harness solar UV energy and...
The Lipidomics Team
2025 Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of a comparative lipidomics platform, combining chemical synthesis, bio...
Professor Paul Walton
University of York, UK
2025 Inclusion and Diversity Prize: for exemplary and wide-ranging contributions over two decades promoting the use of evidence-based thinking in g...
The PERFORM COVID-19 Team
2025 Faraday Horizon Prize: awarded for advancing the understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on the...
UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy
2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Horizon Prize: awarded for advancing circular economy solutions for the UK chemical industry through ch...
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We are Chemistry (WaC)
2025 Inclusion and Diversity Prize awarded for the development of an impactful integrated engagement programme transforming student success through...
EPSRC NRF for EPR
2025 Technical Excellence Prize: awarded for outstanding dedication and technical expertise in running the EPSRC UK National Research Facility for...
Particle Characterisation Group
2025 Inspirational Committee Award: awarded for proactively engaging technicians through an inclusive programme at their FORGE 2024 conference.