Fluorine ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº Award
Recognising the most outstanding contribution of a younger chemist, working in any area of fluorine chemistry.
Details
Status | Closed |
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Career stage | Early career |
Awarded by the Fluorine ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº Group
The group promotes fluorine chemistry of all types through the organisation of meetings and the dissemination of information. Fluorine chemistry pervades all aspects of chemical research and as well as being significant in many chemistry-using industries.

Tatiana Besset, Université Rouen Normandie
For her use of metal catalysed C-H activation and the development of new strategies for the synthesis of fluorinated building blocks.
Previous winners
- 2021: Dr Pavel Mykhailiuk, Enamine Ltd, Ukraine
- 2019: Professor Abigail Doyle, Princeton, USA
- 2017: Professor Petr Beier, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2015: Professor Xingang Zhang, Shanghai, China
- 2013: Professor Tobias Ritter, Harvard, USA
- 2011: Professor Melanie Sanford, Michigan, USA
- 2009: Professor Jinbo Hu, Shanghai, China
- 2007: Professor Thomas Braun, Berlin, Germany
- 2005: Professor Norio Shibata, Nagoya, Japan
About this prize
The Fluorine ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº Award is a fully international award which is not restricted to members of the RSC. The Award will recognise the most meritorious contribution of a younger (under 40 years of age) chemist working in any area of fluorine chemistry as evidenced by their publications. The Award will be judged by an international panel on behalf of the RSC Fluorine ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº Group.
The Award will consist of a £500 prize and the winner will be invited to give a lecture at the RSC Fluorine ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº Group Postgraduate Meeting in 2025.
Nominations are invited on behalf of applicants who must be under the age of 40. Extensions due to career breaks as defined by will be accepted.
Nominators should only send a covering letter, a candidate statement regarding career breaks (if applicable), a CV, and a full publication list by email
Applicants must be nominated and should not make applications on their own behalf.
No additional support letters are admissible.