Research and innovation prizes
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Celebrating our 2026 Prize winners
Explore our prize winners to find profiles, see photo galleries, get insights into their work, and read a question and answer session with the prize winner.
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
Analytical Science early career prize: Joseph Black Prize
The Joseph Black Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to any area of analytical chemistry made by an early career scientist.
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Analytical Science mid-career Prize
The Analytical Science mid-career Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to any area of analytical chemistry made by a mid-career scientist.
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Analytical Science open prize: Theophilus Redwood Prize
The Theophilus Redwood Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences in the area of analytical chemistry.
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Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry
The Bader Prize recognises eminence in organic chemistry, which has not previously been rewarded by the ·¬ºÅ¿âapp.
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Centenary Prizes for Chemistry and Communication
Awarded to outstanding chemists, who are also exceptional communicators, from overseas to give lectures in the UK and Ireland.
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Chemistry Biology Interface early career prize: Norman Heatley Award
The Norman Heatley Award is for outstanding contributions made by an early career scientist working at the chemistry and life science interface.
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Chemistry Biology Interface mid-career prize: Jeremy Knowles Award
The Jeremy Knowles Award is for outstanding contributions made by a mid-career scientist working at the chemistry and life science interface.
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Chemistry Biology Interface open Prize: Khorana Prize
The Khorana Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions through work at the chemistry and life science interface.
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Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prizes for Chemistry
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions to chemistry research made by mid-career scientists.
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