Interest group prizes
Many of our interest groups administer their own prizes that recognise significant contributions to their fields and areas of interest.
Interest groups are subject specialist networks focused on a specific area or application of the chemical sciences. They are run by a committee of volunteer RSC members who work to support, promote and connect their network.
Search interest group prizes
Alan Tetlow Memorial Award
Supporting early career researchers to develop their professional careers in water-related chemical science.
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Allan Ure Memorial Bursary
Recognising early career scientists who have made a significant contribution to the application of atomic spectrometry to environmental science.
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Applied Catalysis Award
Recognising significant contributions to applied catalysis, typically where there is potential or actual commercial application.
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Bill Newton Award
Recognising individuals for a recent outstanding contribution to any aspect of radiochemistry.
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BMCS Hall of Fame and Medal
Recognising those who have made a significant, sustained, scientific impact in the field of medicinal chemistry, agriscience or chemical biology.
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BMCS Lectureship
Recognising those who have made a significant advance in biological and medicinal chemistry through developing new products or methods.
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Bob Hay Lectureship
Recognising early career chemists working in the area of macrocyclic and/or supramolecular chemistry in its widest sense.
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Brian Kelly Award
Supporting students and early career researchers to attend the annual World Carbon Conference.
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BRSG-NMRDG Prize for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance
Recognising early career researchers for excellence in the field of magnetic resonance.
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Bruker Prize and Lecture
Recognising scientists who have made a major scientific contribution to the field of electron spin resonance spectroscopy.
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Bruker Thesis Prize
Recognising outstanding work by PhD students in the field of electron spin resonance spectroscopy.
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BTM Willis Prize
Recognising a single outstanding piece of work, or a longer term coherent body of work, in the application of neutron scattering science.
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Capps Green Zomaya Award
Recognising work in medicinal or computational medicinal chemistry.
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Closes - 31 October 2025
CBBG Lectureship
Recognising excellent contributions of mid-career scientists to both research and to the UK community in chemical biology and bioorganic chemistry.
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Closed
Dextra Carbohydrate 浪花直播 Award
Recognising a early/mid career scientist for outstanding work in carbohydrate chemistry that has largely been conducted in the UK.
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Don McKenzie Paul Thesis Prize
Recognising a thesis describes notable development of neutron instrumentation or techniques or uses neutrons to address a scientific challenge.
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Duncan Bryant Award
Recognising young analytical scientists working or studying in the pharmaceutical sector.
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Elizabeth Colbourn Memorial Lecture
Recognising exceptional scientists working at the cutting edge of formulation science and technology.
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Energy Sector PhD Thesis Award
Recognising the best PhD thesis in the field of chemistry for the energy sector.
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Faraday Medal
Recognising outstanding achievements made by a mid-career researcher from outside of the UK and Ireland.
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Closed
Felix Franks Biotechnology Medal
Recognising excellence in early career scientists in the application of chemical sciences to the study of any aspect of biotechnology.
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Opens - 17 November 2025
Fluorine 浪花直播 Award
Recognising the most outstanding contribution of a younger chemist, working in any area of fluorine chemistry.
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Closed
Food Group Early Career Medal
Recognising outstanding contributions to food chemistry by early career researchers.
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Closes - 31 October 2025
Food Group Open Medal
Recognising outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of food chemistry.
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Closed
Geoffrey Barker Medal
Recognising electrochemists working in the UK or Ireland for their contributions to any field of electrochemistry.
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Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award
Recognising early career researchers in the field of pharmaceutical analytical science.
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Haworth Memorial Lectureship
Recognising sustained, internationally significant contributions to carbohydrate chemistry.
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Closes - 31 January 2026
IBDG Emerging Investigator Award
Recognising outstanding contributions to any area of biological inorganic chemistry or inorganic biochemistry by early career scientists.
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Closes - 01 December 2025
IBDG Investigator Award
Recognising outstanding contributions to any area of biological inorganic chemistry or inorganic biochemistry.
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Closes - 01 December 2025
Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Early Career Award
Recognising excellence in the field by those in the early stages of their career.
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Closed
JEOL Prize and Lecture
Recognising PhD students and first-year postdoctoral researchers for work with electron spin resonance spectroscopy.
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Jon Weaver PhD Prize
Recognising PhD students that have displayed an outstanding ability in the field of polymer science.
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Katharine Burr Blodgett Award
Recognising researchers working in the field of colloid and interface science that have been awarded a PhD degree within the past year.
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Knox Medal
Recognising individuals for their innovative or influential work in the field of separation science.
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Lennard-Jones Lectureship
Recognising scientists who have made an outstanding contribution to the field of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.
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Closed
LS Theobald Lectureship
Recognising those who have made a significant contribution to analytical chemistry.
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Macro Group UK Early Career Researchers' Medal
Recognising early career UK-based scientists whose contributions to polymer science show outstanding promise for the future.
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Macro Group UK Medal
Recognising UK-based scientists who have made a significant and substantial contribution to polymer science and to the UK polymer science community.
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Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Recognising international scientists that have made continued, outstanding achievements in the field of polymer science.
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Closes - 31 October 2025
Malcolm Campbell Memorial Award
Recognising outstanding research in chemistry and its application to the understanding of bioactivity.
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Closed
MASC Group Thesis Award
Recognising doctoral students working in the area of macrocyclic and/or supramolecular chemistry in its widest sense.
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McBain Medal
Recognising the contribution of younger scientists in the field of colloid, interface and surface science.
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Michael J Gait Lectureship
Recognising world-renowned scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of the chemistry and/or biochemistry of nucleic acids.
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Polanyi Medal
Recognising individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of gas kinetics.
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Polymer Physics Group Prize for Best Student Publication
Recognising the best publication in a journal on a topic of relevance to polymer physics.
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Radiochemistry Group Young Researcher's Award
Recognising early career researchers in the field of radiochemistry.
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Roger Parsons Medal Award
Recognising independent early career electrochemists working in the UK or Ireland for contributions to any field of electrochemistry.
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Closed
Ruth Lynden-Bell PhD Prize
Recognising experimental or theoretical work in the general area statistical mechanics and thermodynamics by recent PhD students.
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Sheelagh Campbell Award
Recognising individuals studying for a PhD in a UK or Irish university or research institute, in the broad area of electrochemical science.
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Sir Eric Rideal Lecture
Recognising scientists for their significant and sustained contribution to the field of the colloid, interface and surface science community.
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SMTG Early Career Award
Recognising exceptional early career scientists working in the broadly defined area of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.
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The AstraZeneca Protein and Peptide Science Award
Recognising excellence in any area of protein and peptide science.
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The Becquerel Medal Award
Recognising those who have made an outstanding contribution in research and/or teaching in radiochemistry over a significant period of time.
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The Cyril Keattch Award
Recognising an outstanding early career scientist working in the field of thermal analysis or calorimetry.
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Thermo-Hilger Award
Recognising early career scientists who are judged to have made a major contribution to analytical atomic spectroscopy.
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Thomas Graham Lecture
Recognising outstanding mid-career researchers in the field of colloid, interface and surface science.
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Water For Life Award
Recognising individuals who have made an outstanding lifelong contribution in water-related chemical sciences for public health and/or sustainability.
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Water Science Award
Recognising early career researchers engaged in projects on water cycle management and the impact on the environment.
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Wheeler Bequest Award
Recognising the outstanding contributions of an individual to the history of chemistry.
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