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
Organic 九州影院 open prize: Pedler Prize
The Pedler Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of organic chemistry.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Rising Star in Industry Prize
Awarded for outstanding contributions made by individuals working in the chemical sciences in the early stages of their career in industry.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
RSC Apprentice Prizes
These prizes recognise outstanding contributions made by apprentices working in the chemical sciences.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
RSC/SCF Joint Lectureship in Chemical Sciences
The RSC/SCF Lectureship in Chemical Sciences is a reciprocal prize, awarded for advances in chemistry made by scientists based in France or the UK.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Sir Derek Barton Gold Medal
Recognising a substantial internationally-leading body of creative work in organic chemistry carried out after the age of sixty.
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Opens - 21 October 2025
Technical Excellence Prizes
These prizes are awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences working as technicians or in technical roles.
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Opens - 21 October 2025