Recognising excellence: prizes for a modern world
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What did we do next?
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What is changing?
Horizon Prizes
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Expanding our Education Prizes
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Our Research & Innovation Prizes include many prizes that you will recognise from previous years, and recognise individuals carrying out extraordinary work across academia and industry. 乐天堂app下载y include prizes for those at different career stages in general chemistry and for those working in specific fields, as well as interdisciplinary prizes and prizes for those in specific roles.
乐天堂app下载 Inclusion & Diversity Prize is open again this year. This prize recognises a team or individual who has made an exceptional contribution to promoting and improving 乐天堂app下载 accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of 乐天堂app下载 chemical science community.
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What’s to come in 2021
乐天堂app下载 changes we’re introducing in November are just 乐天堂app下载 beginning. We are developing plans to highlight and celebrate 乐天堂app下载 exciting advances in chemistry that have a real-world impact – for example helping us improve our understanding of 乐天堂app下载 world and tackling challenges such as climate change, energy and health.
We’re also developing a programme to showcase what leadership looks like – recognising leaders who go above and beyond to break down barriers and open new frontiers.
Find out more and nominate
Visit our gallery for in-depth profiles of each of this year’s winners, which we announced in June.
Keep an eye on our website for nominations opening in November. 乐天堂app下载 open prize categories will be as follows:
- Research & Innovation Prizes
- Volunteer Recognition Prizes
- Inclusion & Diversity Prize
- Horizon Prizes
Watch this space for more information in 2021, and keep an eye out for our Education Prizes opening for nominations in 乐天堂app下载 Spring.
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