Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
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Elizabeth Driscoll
University of Birmingham and RSC Solid State Chemistry Group
For dedication to supporting the community through the Interest Group and Local Section activities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Emily Rose
Pfizer, USA
For outstanding contributions towards the development of synthetic routes and processes for emerging medicines via autonomous high-throughput exper...
Emma Kendrick
University of Birmingham, UK
For discoveries and innovation in materials, manufacturing and recycling of lithium- and sodium-ion batteries.
Enzyme Discovery
For the discovery and engineering of novel enzymes, creating more sustainable pathways to biologically and industrially important molecules.
EPSRC NRF for EPR
2025 Technical Excellence Prize: awarded for outstanding dedication and technical expertise in running the EPSRC UK National Research Facility for...
Eric Appel
Stanford University, USA
For significant contributions to the field of biomaterials in their early career.
Erin Maciejewski
GSK
For notable contributions to the process development of two novel HIV drugs whilst delivering inclusion and diversity programmes and leadership dev...
Erwin Reisner
University of Cambridge, UK
For pioneering work on solar chemistry, developing devices that capture sunlight and produce sustainable fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide, b...
Exploring Everyday Chemistry
For the development and significant impact of an innovative free online course designed to aid the transition to study chemistry and related degree...
Federico Bella and Grace Han
For outstanding work in the early stages of their careers.
Functional Framework Materials: Design and Characterisati...
For seminal contributions to in situ and operando characterisation of porous materials and catalysts for the binding, capture and separation of fue...
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...
George Burton
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
For the development of outstanding glass-blowing expertise supporting research and teaching nationally and internationally, over nearly four decades.
Georgia Wignall
AstraZeneca, UK
2025 RSC Apprentice Prize: awarded for outstanding contributions to the oligonucleotide platform, enabling more efficient process development, and...
Gideon Davies and Paul Walton
For the team's ground-breaking synergistic studies of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase enzymes and insights into the copper histidine brace activ...
Gonçalo Bernardes
University of Cambridge, UK
For the design, development and application of targeted therapeutics including small molecule-based RNA degradation and conditional activation of c...
Graeme Day
University of Southampton, UK
For pioneering the development of computational methods for guiding the discovery of functional molecular crystals.
Green Circular Solvent Team
2025 Innovation Through Partnership Prize: awarded for a partnership that has demonstrated a diverse range of applications of the bio-derived, non-...
Greenhead College Chemistry Department
For enhancing and enriching the chemistry learning of a huge and diverse group of students by offering a high quality and broad chemistry education...
Grégoire Bastide, Anna Remund, Dina Oosthuizen, Nina Derr...
Paper: Handheld device quantifies breath acetone for real-life metabolic health monitoring
Yearly celebrations
Each year we recognise individuals and teams from a wide range of career stages, sectors and backgrounds – highlighting the breadth of talent and the variety of ways people contribute to progress in our field.