The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are annual prizes awarded by

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 chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Royal Instit ...

to chemists in Britain who are 34 years of age or below. The prize is given to scientist who demonstrate the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations. There are 3 prizes given every year, each winning £5000 and a medal. Candidates are not permitted to nominate themselves. They were begun in 2008 when two previous awards, the

Meldola Medal and Prize The Meldola Medal and Prize was awarded annually from 1921 to 1979 by the Chemical Society and from 1980 to 2008 by the Royal Society of Chemistry to a British chemist who was under 32 years of age for promising original investigations in chemist ...

and the

Edward Harrison Memorial Prize The Edward Harrison Memorial Prize was awarded from 1926 to 1979 by the Chemical Society and from 1980 to 2007 by its successor the Royal Society of Chemistry to a British chemist who was under 32 years of age, and working the fields of theoretic ...

, were joined together. They commemorate

Raphael Meldola Raphael Meldola FRS (19 July 1849 – 16 November 1915) was a British chemist and entomologist. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry in the University of London, 1912–15. Life Born in Islington, London, he was descended from Raphael Me ...

and Edward Harrison.

Winners of the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes

Source
Royal Society of Chemistry

2022

* Volker Deringer,

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* Marina Freitag, Newcastle University * Paul McGonigal, Durham University

2021

*Nicholas Chilton,

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...

*Fernanda Duarte,

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

*Ceri Hammond,

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

2020

*Thomas Bennett,

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

* Anthony Green,

* Sihai Yang,

2019

* Rebecca Melen, Cardiff University * Robert Phipps,

*Mathew Powner,

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

2018

* Kim Jelfs,

* Daniele Leonori,

* David Mills,

2017

* Matthew Baker, University of Strathclyde * Mark Crimmin, Imperial College London * Elaine O'Reilly, The University of Nottingham

2016

* Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge * Susan Perkin, University of Oxford * Sarah Staniland, The University of Sheffield

2015

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, University of Warwick * David Scanlon, University College London * Robert Paton, University of Oxford

2014

* David Glowacki, University of Bristol * , University of Cambridge * Matthew Fuchter, Imperial College London

2013

* Andrew Baldwin, University of Oxford * John Bower, University of Bristol * Aron Walsh, University of Bath

2012

* Michael Ingleson, University of Manchester * Tuomas Knowles, University of Cambridge * Marina Kuimova, Imperial College London

2011

* Craig Banks, Manchester Metropolitan University * Tomislav Friscic, University of Cambridge *

Philipp Kukura Philipp Kukura FRSC (born 26 March 1978) is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He is best known for pioneering contributions to femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS), interferom ...

, University of Oxford

2010

* Scott Dalgarno, Heriot-Watt University * Andrew Goodwin, University of Oxford * Nathan S Lawrence, Schlumberger Cambridge Research

2009

* Eva Hevia, University of Strathclyde * Petra Cameron, University of Bath * , University of Cambridge

Previous winners of the Meldola Medal and Prize

The Meldola Medal and Prize commemorated

, President of the

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and the

Institute of Chemistry The Royal Institute of Chemistry was a British scientific organisation. Founded in 1877 as the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland (ICGBI), its role was to focus on qualifications and the professional status of chemists, and its aim ...

. The last winners of the prize in 2007 were Hon Lam from the

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, and Rachel O'Reilly of the

Previous winners of the Edward Harrison Memorial Prize

The Edward Harrison Memorial Prize commemorated the work of Edward Harrison who was credited with producing the first serviceable gas mask. The last winner of the prize was Katherine Holt of