Prize winners

Polarisation Photocatalysis

For the development of polarisation photocatalysis using spontaneous electric fields in polar materials to mitigate charge carrier recombination, p...

Monash Ammonia Team

For the development of a highly selective electrochemical process for sustainable production of ammonia from nitrogen and renewable energy at close...

Electron Bifurcation

For discovering the essential structural and redox potential landscapes that are required to generate high-efficiency electron bifurcation reaction...

Microporous Membranes Team

For the development of ion-conducting polymers of intrinsic microporosity and applications as next-generation membranes in redox flow batteries for...

The Molecular Ratcheteers

For breakthroughs in catalysed non-equilibrium systems, particularly molecular ratchet mechanisms, that have provided fundamental insights into the...

Laboratory Scientist Degree Apprenticeship Team

For delivering outstanding outcomes for apprentices through an innovative curriculum and high-quality teaching and assessment.

Plymouth Science CIC

For creating innovative teaching resources that enable children to work scientifically and demonstrate their skills and creativity through a hands-...

Cumbernauld Academy STEM Club

For the development of creative STEM activities for learners of all ages and abilities, and the development of staff to support learners in a varie...

University of Surrey Chemical Pilot Plant Education and T...

For the development of an integrated training facility for chemists and chemical engineers in large-scale chemical processes, through a combination...

The Rare Earth Elements Project

For convening collaborators from chemistry, history, and fine art to engage and educate diverse audiences about the separation of critical metals a...

Stride, Inc.

For the development of Atomic Rescue, a chemistry game in Minecraft, that has taught basic chemistry to over 10,000 students.

Professor Steven Bell

Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

For pioneering work in developing Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for quantitative chemical analysis.

Professor Bruce Turnbull

University of Leeds, England

For the development and application of bioorthogonal approaches in engineering functional protein and carbohydrate based systems.

Robert Hoye

University of Oxford, UK

For pioneering, interdisciplinary contributions to the discovery, understanding and manufacture of defect-tolerant semiconductors for energy conver...

Luisa De Cola

University of Strasbourg, France

For innovative studies on how photophysically active materials and nanostructures may be fabricated for deployment within active biological systems...

Nicholas Kotov

University of Michigan, USA

For innovative studies and applications of complex self-assembling nanosystems, and for excellence in communication.

Xiaogang Liu

National University of Singapore, Singapore

For outstanding contributions to the understanding and optical manipulation of photon conversion in nanocrystals and their applications in X-ray an...

Dr Benjamin Schumann

Imperial College London and the Francis Crick Institute

For the creative use of chemistry-centred tools to provide valuable insights into glycan biology.

Professor Angela Russell

University of Oxford, UK

For innovation in medicinal chemistry leading to the identification of first in class utrophin modulators for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dy...

Professor Peter Seeberger

Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces

For the development of automated glycan assembly as a basis for molecular glycobiology and synthetic carbohydrate vaccines.