Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
2026 winners announcement Yearly celebrations
Celebrating our 2026 Prize winners
Thank you to everybody who took the time to make a nomination this year, and to all of our volunteers on our judging panels. 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.
Research & Innovation Prize winners
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Horizon Prize winners
Celebrating groups, teams and collaborations making discoveries and innovations that push the boundaries of science.
Inclusion and Diversity Prize winner
Recognising individuals or teams that have improved the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of the chemical science community.
Volunteer Recognition Prize winners
Celebrating our members who support and inspire others within the community.
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Filter in a variety of ways including year to find our latest winners along with those from previous years.
Bismuth cure for COVID-19
For pioneering research on the medicinal chemistry of bismuth applied to the treatment of COVID-19, and identification of target sites in SARS-CoV-...
2023 Dalton Horizon Prizes
Functional Framework Materials: Design and Characterisati...
For seminal contributions to in situ and operando characterisation of porous materials and catalysts for the binding, capture and separation of fue...
2024 Dalton Horizon Prizes
High-Performance Nanozyme Designer
For the development of rational design strategies for high performance nanozymes and exploration of their biomedical applications.
2023 Dalton Horizon Prizes
In-cell Organometallic Redox Catalysis
For pioneering work on catalysis of redox reactions in cancer cells by synthetic organometallic complexes.
2022 Dalton Horizon Prizes
Inorganic Amorphous Nanomaterials
For innovative methods for controllable synthesis of materials combining high strength and high toughness.
2024 Dalton Horizon Prizes
Nonheme iron-oxo oxidants
For the discovery and characterization of reactive ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants.
2025 Dalton Horizon Prizes
Pioneers in Hybrid Glass Research
For the discovery and development of hybrid glasses, a new family of glasses separate to known inorganic, organic and metallic families.
2025 Dalton Horizon Prizes
Team SMOM
For the development of solid-state molecular organometallic chemistry as a new way of controlling, analysing, and using highly reactive transition...
2026 Dalton Horizon Prizes
Yearly celebrations
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