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
Materials Chemistry open prize: John B Goodenough Prize
Recognising outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in any area of materials chemistry.
Opens - 01 October 2025
Organic Chemistry mid-career prize: Robert Robinson Prize
Recognising outstanding contributions to any area of organic chemistry made by a mid-career scientist.
Closed
Â鶹AV Apprentice Prizes
Recognising outstanding contributions made by apprentices working in the chemical sciences.
Closed
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
Recognising a substantial internationally-leading body of creative work in organic chemistry carried out after the age of sixty.
Opens - 01 October 2025
Technical Excellence Prize
These prizes are awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences working as technicians or in technical roles.
Closed
Tilden Prize for Chemistry
Recognising outstanding contributions to chemistry research made by established career scientists.
Closed