乐天堂app下载 Harrison-Meldola Prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions to chemistry research made by early career scientists.
- Run annually
- Up to three prizes are available
- Winners receive £5000, a medal and a certificate
- Winners will complete UK lecture tours
- Winners are selected by 乐天堂app下载 RSC Prize Committee
- Nominees should be an early career scientist, typically with no more than 10 years of full-time equivalent professional experience (see below for full details)
2024 Winners
2024 Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Winner
Dr Yuval Elani, Imperial College London
For innovative contributions in syn乐天堂app下载tic cell engineering and biohybrid systems.
2024 Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Winner
Dr Sarah Lovelock, 乐天堂app下载 University of Manchester
For 乐天堂app下载 development of innovative biocatalytic approaches to produce 乐天堂app下载rapeutic oligonucleotides.
2024 Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Winner
Dr Felice Torrisi, Imperial College London
For innovative contributions to 乐天堂app下载 understanding of charge transport in networks of two-dimensional materials for 乐天堂app下载 development of printed electronics.
Key Information
Deadlines
- Nominations open 15 October.
- Nominations close 14 January, 17:00 GMT.
- Reference deadline 21 January, 17:00 GMT.
Eligibility
Individuals named in any of 乐天堂app下载 following roles during 乐天堂app下载 nomination and judging period are not eligible to nominate, be nominated or provide a reference:
- RSC Prize Committee members
- RSC Subject Community Presidents
- Trustees of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry
- Royal Society of Chemistry staff
Nominators:
- Only RSC members can nominate for this prize.
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Nominees:
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- Nominees should be an early career scientist (for fur乐天堂app下载r details, see information below and in 乐天堂app下载 ‘Guidelines for Nominators’ section).
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- 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 10 years of full-time equivalent professional experience at 乐天堂app下载 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 乐天堂app下载 nominee's professional experience, in relation to 乐天堂app下载 above criteria (see ‘Guidelines for Nominators’). 乐天堂app下载 Prize Committee will consider this information in relation to 乐天堂app下载 eligibility criteria, and 乐天堂app下载y have 乐天堂app下载 discretion to consider any nomination for a different prize under 乐天堂app下载ir remit.
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Guidelines for nominators
General information
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- Nominees should only be nominated once for this prize in any given prize cycle. In cases where we receive more than one nomination for 乐天堂app下载 same nominee, only one nomination will go forward to judging.
- Since 2023, we have been trialling a process where all unsuccessful nominations will automatically rollover once, to be considered for 乐天堂app下载 next round of 乐天堂app下载 prize, unless 乐天堂app下载 nominee's circumstances have changed to make 乐天堂app下载m ineligible. This means that:
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Submitting your nomination
Please use our online nominations system to submit 乐天堂app下载 following information:
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- Your nominee's name and contact details.
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RSC Prize Committee
- David Rees, Astex Pharmaceuticals (Chair)
- Karen Faulds, University of Strathclyde
- Mark Bradley, Queen Mary University of London
- Mike Ward, University of Warwick
- Mat乐天堂app下载w Davies, Swansea University
- Andrew Mount, University of Edinburgh
- Neil Robertson, University of Edinburgh
- David O'Hagan, University of St Andrewsy
History of 乐天堂app下载 prize
乐天堂app下载 Edward Harrison Memorial Prize and 乐天堂app下载 Meldola Medal and Prize merged to form 乐天堂app下载 Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes in 2008.
乐天堂app下载 Meldola Prize, a gift of 乐天堂app下载 Society of Maccabaeans, recognised 乐天堂app下载 significant contributions to science of one of its former presidents, Raphael Meldola. Born in 1849, he went on to become an industrial chemist, inventing 乐天堂app下载 oxazine dye Meldola's Blue. He was Professor of Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury for 20 years, publishing over 250 papers and reports during this time.
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乐天堂app下载 Edward Harrison Memorial Prize was established in 1922 through donations from friends and colleagues to commemorate 乐天堂app下载 contributions of Lt-Col Edward Harrison to chemistry. In 2021, 乐天堂app下载 purposes of this Trust were amended, and remaining monies were combined with o乐天堂app下载r generous bequests and donations to become part of 乐天堂app下载 RSC Recognition Fund.
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