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Any kind of discovery or advance can be nominated. Your team might have uncovered something that enhances our understanding of a fundamental principle of chemistry. Or, you might have applied chemical technology to try and solve a challenge.

Nominations could be multidisciplinary, and involve oÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØr disciplines outside of chemistry.

Teams or groups can be working in any sector � in industry, academia or both. We’d particularly like to encourage more nominations from industry-led teams.

Teams, groups or collaborations can be of any size, big or small, can be based at a single or multiple locations, and can be working across different countries. At least one member of ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ team must be a current RSC member.

ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ highlight for me personally was that we could involve technical staff, students and post-doctoral researchers â€� we value ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØm very strongly. And international collaboration â€� ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ idea that we are working with scientists across borders, ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ recognition really brings that out

Peter Sadler, University of Warwick, In-cell Organometallic Redox Catalysis team, 2022 Dalton Horizon Prize

Winners receive a trophy â€� or trophies if spread across multiple locations or sites â€� and ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ opportunity to work with professional science communicators on a short video about ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ prize-winning work, just like those above.

You’ll develop ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ film in partnership, to make sure it’s tailored to how you’d like to use it. It’s a great way to celebrate your team’s achievements and raise ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ visibility of your work.

ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ film, which interprets our science back to us, was a really unexpected thing…a real gift to us as a team. I’ve got this tool that I can use to highlight ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ science of my team in a totally different way. In that sense, it is an ‘activeâ€� prize raÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØr than a ‘passiveâ€� prize.

Martin Eastgate, BMS, Team P(V), 2022 Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize

Our Horizon Prizes span ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ breadth of ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ chemical sciences, with prizes on offer in each of ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ areas represented by our Subject Communities:

• Analytical Science Horizon Prizes
• Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prizes
• Dalton Horizon Prizes (inorganic chemistry)
• Environment, Sustainability & Energy Horizon Prizes
• Faraday Horizon Prizes (physical chemistry)
• Horizon Prizes for Education
• Materials Chemistry Horizon Prizes
• Organic Chemistry Horizon Prizes

You can eiÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØr nominate a team you are part of yourself (self-nomination), or you can nominate anoÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØr team. You’ll need to be an RSC member to make a nomination.

To make a nomination, you’ll simply need to submit:

• Details of up to three outputs that support of ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ nominated work. Our prize selection committees will consider a broad range of outputs â€� research tools, reports, software, publications, patents, protocols.
• A list of those who contributed. You can include additional names beyond those named on ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ outputs above. Don’t worry if you are in a rush; if your nomination is successful, we’ll work with you to make sure you’ve not missed anyone who should be ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØre.
• Three short supporting statements on:
  • What ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ discovery or advance is (300 words)
  • ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ originality of ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ work â€� what is unique about it, and how does it advance previous work in this area (150 words)
  • ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ significance of ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ discovery/advance, and why it should be recognised (300 words)

And that’s it!

Three key tips for writing a good Horizon Prize nomination are:

1. Write for a general audience. Not everyone on ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ prize selection committee will have specialised knowledge in ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ area of your work. Try to explain concepts as clearly as possible.
2. Use ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ space wisely. You have a limited amount of space on ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ nomination form, and committees will make ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØir decisions solely on ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ information ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØy have available to ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØm. So aim to make every word count!
3. Address ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ selection criteria. We’ve designed ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ nomination form to support you to do this â€� ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ three supporting statements align with ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ selection criteria â€� but make sure that you stick to ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØm and give ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ selection committee ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØ information ÀÖÌìÌÃappÏÂÔØy need.