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Our 2020 Prize winners
Professor Edward Tate→
Corday-Morgan Prize
Imperial College London and 乐天堂app下载 Francis Crick Institute
Read more +Professor Richard Catlow→
Faraday Lectureship Prize
University College London and Cardiff University
Read more +Professor Iain McCulloch→
Interdisciplinary Prize
Imperial College London and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Read more +Professor Vernon Gibson→
Lord Lewis Prize
University of Manchester, University of Oxford and Imperial College London
Read more +Professor Martin Schröder→
Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
University of Manchester
Read more +Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh→
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science
University of New South Wales
Read more +Our 2020 Award winners
Dr Mike Foulkes→
Anne Bennett Memorial Award for Distinguished Service
University of Plymouth
Read more +Dr James Barker→
Award for Exceptional Service
Kingston University and RSC Registration Committee
Read more +Professor David Evans→
Award for Exceptional Service
John Innes Centre, Norwich and RSC Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group
Read more +Professor William Griffith→
Award for Exceptional Service
Imperial College London and RSC Historical Group
Read more +Professor John Hepworth→
Award for Exceptional Service
University of Central Lancashire and RSC Lancaster and District Local Section
Read more +Dr Jackie Morton→
Award for Exceptional Service
HSE Science and Research Centre, RSC Sheffield and District Local Section and RSC Atomic Spectroscopy Group
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Imperial College London and Surface Measurement Systems Limited
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Higher Education Technical Excellence Award
Lancaster University
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Industry-Academia Collaboration Award
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Inspirational Committee Award
RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section Committee
Read more +Professor John Dean→
Inspirational Member Award
Northumbria University and RSC Analytical Division North East Region
Read more +Dr Amanda Hardy→
Inspirational Member Award
Royal Society of Biology and RSC Chilterns and Middlesex Local Section
Read more +Dr Steve Lancaster→
Inspirational Member Award
Domino Printing Sciences and RSC Pan Africa Chemistry Network
Read more +Professor Sjoerd Harder→
Main Group Chemistry Award
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Read more +Professor Wilfred van der Donk→
Pedler Award
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 乐天堂app下载 Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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RSC/SCF Joint Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
University of Strasbourg & CNRS
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Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award
Rutgers, 乐天堂app下载 State University of New Jersey
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Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award
University of Sheffield
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Read more +Inclusion and diversity in our prizes and awards
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Prizes and awards
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