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

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.

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]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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.