Hickinbottom Award

The Hickinbottom Award (also referred to as the Hickinbottom Fellowship) is awarded annually by the Royal Society of Chemistry for contributions in the area of organic chemistry from an early career scientist. The prize winner receives a monetary award and will complete a lecture tour within the UK.[1] The winner is chosen by the awards committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry's organic division.

Hickinbottom Award
The 2014 award medal
Awarded forContributions to organic chemistry
Sponsored byRoyal Society of Chemistry
Date1981 (1981)
CountryUnited Kingdom (international)

Award history

The award was established by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1979 following Wilfred Hickinbottom's bequest. Hickinbottom was noted for supporting high standards in experimental chemistry.

Part of the monetary award is the Briggs scholarship, which was funded following a bequest from Lady Alice Lilian Thorpe, William Briggs' daughter.[1]

Previous recipients

The award was first granted in 1981 to Steven Ley and Jeremy Sanders.[2][3]

Subsequent recipients include: [4]

YearScientist(s)Institution
1981-1982Steven V. Ley, Jeremy K. M. Sanders
1982-1983Eric James Thomas
1983-1984Philip J. Kocienski
1984-1985Stephen G. Davies
1985-1986Richard J. K. Taylor
1986-1987Christopher J. Moody
1987-1988John A. Robinson
1988-1989David Parker
1989-1990Ian Paterson
1990-1991Timothy Charles Gallagher
1991-1992Chris Abell
1992-1993David Gani, Philip Page
1993-1994Nigel Simon Simpkins
1994-1995Richard F. W. Jackson
1996-1997Varinder Aggarwal, Susan E. Gibson
2000-2002Guy Charles Lloyd-Jones
2006-2008Jonathan Paul Clayden
2009Gregory L. Challis
2010Matthew L. Clarke
2011Hon Wai Lam
2012Rachel O'Reilly
2013Oren Scherman
2014Stephen Goldup[5]
2015John Bower[6]
2016Stephen Thomas
2017Andrew Lawrence
2018William UnsworthUniversity of York
2019Allan WatsonUniversity of St Andrews
2020Jordi BurésUniversity of Manchester
2021Vijay ChudasamaUniversity College London
2022Louis MorrillCardiff University
2023Matthew GraysonUniversity of Bath

See also

References
  1. "Hickinbottom Award". Royal Society of Chemistry.
  2. "Prizes and awards". Steven Ley.
  3. "Prizes and honours". Jeremy Sanders.
  4. "Previous winners". Royal Society of Chemistry.
  5. "Queen Mary chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award". Queen Mary University of London.
  6. "RSC Hickinbottom Award 2015 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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