The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions to chemistry research made by mid-career scientists.
- Run annually
- Up to three prizes are available
- Winners receive £5000, a medal and a certificate
- Winners will undertake UK lecture tours
- Winners are selected by the RSC Prize Committee
- Nominees should be a mid-career scientist, typically with no more than 20 years of full-time equivalent professional experience (see below for full details)
2024 Winners
2024 Corday-Morgan Prize Winner
Professor Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge
For the design, development and application of targeted therapeutics including small molecule-based RNA degradation and conditional activation of chemotherapeutics.
2024 Corday-Morgan Prize Winner
Professor Matthew Gibson, The University of Manchester
For transformative contributions in polymer and biomaterials science, particularly for the development of materials to stabilise biologics.
2024 Corday-Morgan Prize Winner
Professor Marina Kuimova, Imperial College London
For the development of unique probes and methodologies in fluorescence imaging leading to an understanding of dynamic biological processes in living systems, pertinent to health and disease.
Key Information
Deadlines
- Nominations open 15 October.
- Nominations close 14 January, 17:00 GMT.
Eligibility
Individuals named in any of the following roles during the nomination and judging period are not eligible to nominate, or be nominated:
- RSC Prize Committee members
- RSC Subject Community Presidents
- RSC Prize Committee members
- Trustees of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Royal Society of Chemistry staff
Nominators:
- Only RSC members can nominate for this prize.
- Nominees may NOT nominate themselves.
Nominees:
- The prize is open to nominees working in the UK and Ireland only.
- Nominees should be a mid-career scientist (for further details, see information below and in the ‘Guidelines for Nominators’ section).
- Nominees can only be considered for one of our Research & Innovation Prizes in any given year. In a case where a nominee is nominated for more than one prize independently, RSC staff will ask the nominee which prize they would like to be considered for.
- We will not consider nominations of deceased individuals.
Career stage guidance
- After fully taking account of any time away from research, career breaks or interruptions, nominees will typically have no more than 20 years of full-time equivalent professional experience at the closing date for nominations.
- We define this as experience gained as part of a career working in scientific research, excluding time spent in full-time education. For example, experience studying as a postgraduate (PhD) student is not included, but this does include experience working as e.g. a post-doctoral researcher, or working in research in industry.
- Nominators will be asked to provide details of the nominee's professional experience, in relation to the above criteria (see ‘Guidelines for Nominators’). The Prize Committee will consider this information in relation to the eligibility criteria, and they have the discretion to consider any nomination for a different prize under their remit.
- We particularly encourage nominations of disabled people, those who work part-time, or whose career has spanned a break for any reason – for example, a period of parental or adoption leave, caring responsibilities, long-term illness, family commitments, or other circumstances. We understand that these can impact a nominee’s career in different ways, and encourage nominators to use the space provided on the nomination form to explain the nature and impact of the nominees’ individual circumstances (see 'Guidelines for Nominators' for further details).
- Please do not hesitate to contact the team at awards@rsc.org should you have any questions about the above.
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