The Beilby Medal and Prize is awarded annually to a scientist or engineer for work that has exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science, energy efficiency or a related field. The prize is jointly administered by the

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) is a UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and applicatio ...

, the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Ro ...

and the

Society of Chemical Industry The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is a learned society set up in 1881 "to further the application of chemistry and related sciences for the public benefit". Offices The society's headquarters is in Belgrave Square, London. There are semi-in ...

, who make the award in rotation. The award is open to members of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical Industry as well as other scientists and engineers worldwide. The aim of the award is to recognise the achievements of early-career scientists, and nominees should be no older than 39 years of age. The Beilby Medal and Prize is awarded in memory of Scottish scientist Sir George Thomas Beilby FRS. Born in 1850, he joined the Oakbank Oil Company in 1869 following his studies at the

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. He later became President of all three organisations or their precursor societies, acting as President of the Society of Chemical Industry from 1898–99, The Institute of Chemistry from 1902–12 and the

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from 1916-18. Recipients of the award receive a medal, a certificate and a prize of £1,000. The first award was made in 1930.

Recipients

The Beilby Medal and Prize recipients since 1930 are: * 2018 – * 2017 – * 2016 – * 2015 – * 2014 – Javier Pérez-Ramírez * 2013 – * 2012 – * 2011 – * 2010 – * 2009 – Zhenan Bao * 2008 –

Neil McKeown Neil Bruce McKeown FRSE is a chemist who is currently Crawford Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. Education He was educated at the University of East Anglia (BSc, 1984; PhD, 1987). Honours McKeown was awarded the Beilby Me ...

* 2007 – * 2006 – * 2005 – Simon R. Biggs, Nilay Shah * 2004 – * 2003 –

Peter Bruce Sir Peter George Bruce, is a British chemist, and Wolfson Professor of Materials in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. In 2018, he was appointed as Physical Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society. Bruce is a ...

* 2002 – ''No award'' * 2001 –

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* 2000 – Zheng Xiao Guo * 1999 – John T. S. Irvine, Anthony J. Ryan * 1998 – Costos C. Pantelides * 1997 – Richard A. Williams * 1996 –

Paul J. Luckham Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

* 1995 – Lynn F. Gladden * 1994 – * 1993 – Howard A. Chase, * 1992 – R. C. Brown * 1991 – Geoffrey J. Ashwell * 1990 – R. F. Dalton * 1989 – ''No award'' * 1988 – ''No award'' * 1987 – G. E. Thompson * 1986 – Malcolm Robert Mackley * 1985 – George D. W. Smith * 1984 – A. Grint * 1983 – * 1981 – Derek John Fray, R. M. Nedderman * 1980 – James Barrie Scuffham * 1979 – Stephen F. Bush * 1978 – John Christopher Scully * 1977 – James E. Castle * 1976 –

Ian Fells Ian Fells is Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and former chairman of the "New and Renewable Energy Centre" at Blyth, Northumberland, England. Education and career Fells was educated at King Edwa ...

* 1975 – Peter Roland Swann * 1973 – Julian Szekely, G. C. Wood * 1972 – Frank Pearson Lees * 1971 – John Howard Purnell * 1970 – Albert R. C. Westwood * 1969 – Raymond Edward Smallman * 1968 – J. Mardon * 1967 – Anthony Kelly * 1966 – J. F. Davidson * 1965 – J. A. Charles * 1964 – Peter L. Pratt * 1963 –

Robert Honeycombe Sir Robert William Kerr Honeycombe, (2 May 1921 – 14 September 2007) was a Goldsmiths' Professor of Metallurgy and Professor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge. He was an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Born in Melbourne, Austra ...

, R. W. B. Nurse * 1961 – C. Edeleanu, John Nutting * 1957 – B. E. Hopkins, Edmund C. Potter * 1956 – R. W. Kear * 1955 – F. D. Richardson, F. Wormwell * 1954 – H. K. Hardy, Sir James Woodham Menter * 1952 – T. V. Arden * 1951 – Kenneth Henderson Jack, W. A. Wood * 1950 – W. A. Baker, G. Whittingham * 1949 – Frank R. N. Nabarro, C. E. Ransley, * 1948 – A. Stuart C. Lawrence * 1947 – Geoffrey Vincent Raynor, G. R. Rigby * 1940 – F. M. Lea * 1938 –

Frank Philip Bowden Frank Philip Bowden CBE FRS (2 May 1903 – 3 September 1968) was an Australian physicist. Early life He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, the son of telegraph engineer Frank Prosser Bowden. Bowden received his Bachelor of Science degree fro ...

, B. Jones * 1937 – Bernard Scott Evans, William Harold Juggins Vernon * 1934 –

William Hume-Rothery William Hume-Rothery OBE FRS (15 May 1899 – 27 September 1968) was an English metallurgist and materials scientist who studied the constitution of alloys. Early life and education Hume-Rothery was born the son of lawyer Joseph Hume-Rother ...

, E. A. Rudge * 1933 –

Constance Tipper Constance Tipper (born Constance Fligg Elam; 16 February 1894 – 14 December 1995) was an English metallurgist and crystallographer. She investigated brittle fracture and the ductile-brittle transition of metals used in the construction of ...

, Arthur Joseph Victor Underwood * 1932 – Walter James Rees, W. R. Schoeller * 1930 – ,

Ulick Richardson Evans Ulick Richardson Evans (31 March 1889 – 3 April 1980) was a British chemist who specialised in metal corrosion. Life He was born in Wimbledon, London and educated at Marlborough College (1902–1907) and King's College, Cambridge (1907–1911). ...

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