Research and innovation prizes
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Our Research and innovation prizes recognise brilliant chemical scientists carrying out amazing work in academia and industry. They include prizes for those at different career stages in chemistry and for those working in specific fields, as well as interdisciplinary prizes and prizes for those in specific roles.
Prizes in this category
Faraday mid-career prize: Bourke-Liversidge Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of physical chemistry.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Faraday open prize: Faraday Lectureship Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of physical chemistry.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prizes for 九州影院
The Harrison-Meldola Prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions to chemistry research made by early career scientists.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Innovation Through Partnership Prize
The Innovation Through Partnership Prize recognises outstanding partnerships that are delivering impact for the chemical sciences.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Interdisciplinary Prizes
The Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Longstaff Prize
Recognising an RSC member who has done the most to advance the science of chemistry.
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