Dextra Carbohydrate ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº Award
Recognising a early/mid career scientist for outstanding work in carbohydrate chemistry that has largely been conducted in the UK.
Details
Status | Closed |
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Career stage | Early career |
Awarded by the Carbohydrate Group
The group promotes the importance of carbohydrate chemistry in many diverse fields from developing new products and understanding in biomedicine and immunotherapies through to the agricultural industry.
Winners
The award was given to Dr Schumann as a recognition of his ground-breaking research into chemical glycan-based tools in quantitative biology.
2021 - G Miller
2019 - T Gloser
2017 - M C Galan
2015 - M I Gibson
2013 – W B Turnbull
2011 – D van Aalten and S M Haslam
2007 - 2010 - No award
2006 - A Nikolaev
2004 - A J Fairbanks
2002 - G S Besra
2001 - B J Davis
2000 - J H Naismith
1998 - G J Davies
1996 - R A Field
1994 - D Crich
1992 - N J Turner
1991 - T C Gallagher
1990 - no award
1988 - M J Gidley
1986 - A Dell
1984 - E F Hounsell
1982 - R H Wightman
1980 - E R Morris
1978 - M L Sinnott
1976 - J F Stoddart
1974 - J F Kennedy
1972 - L D Hall
1970 - D A Rees
About this prize
This award, which is sponsored by , was founded in 1970. It is presented to a scientist in the early/mid stage of their career for meritorious work in carbohydrate chemistry that has largely been conducted in the UK.
The Awardee will be expected to give a lecture at the Autumn RSC Carbohydrate Group conference. This lecture may deal with any area of carbohydrate chemistry including analytical, biological, organic, physical or technological aspects.
Nominations for this award, which is presented every second year, may be submitted to the Group Secretary. The deadline for nominations is usually in the early months of the award year.
Please submit these documents by email to with "Dextra Award" in the subject line.
- Your name and contact details (you must be an RSC member to submit a nomination)
- The candidate's name and contact details
- A supporting statement of no longer than one A4 side of 11 pt text
- A one-page CV for the candidate, which should include their date of birth, website URL, summary of education and career, a list of five relevant publications and total numbers of publications and patents
Administrative responsibility for this award lies with the RSC Carbohydrate Group. Decisions will be made by an independent award selection committee appointed by the RSC Carbohydrate Group Chair. The award selection committee will be drawn from past Chairs of the RSC Carbohydrate Group, past award recipients, and other scientists of international standing in the field.