Research and innovation prizes
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Our Research and innovation prizes recognise brilliant chemical scientists carrying out amazing work in academia and industry. They include prizes for those at different career stages in chemistry and for those working in specific fields, as well as interdisciplinary prizes and prizes for those in specific roles.
Prizes in this category
Organic 浪花直播 mid-career prize: Robert Robinson Prize
Recognising outstanding contributions to any area of organic chemistry made by a mid-career scientist.
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Closed
Organic 浪花直播 open Prize: Pedler Prize
Recognising outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of organic chemistry.
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Closed
Rising Star in Industry Prize
Recognising outstanding contributions made by individuals working in the chemical sciences in the early stages of their career in industry.
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Closed
RSC Apprentice Prizes
Recognising outstanding contributions made by apprentices working in the chemical sciences.
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Closed
RSC/SCF Joint Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
Recognising the advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and residing in France or the UK, respectively.
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Opens - 01 October 2025
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
Recognising a substantial internationally-leading body of creative work in organic chemistry carried out after the age of sixty.
Prize
Opens - 01 October 2025