The Lord Lewis Prize is awarded by 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 ...

for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. The recipient receives a medal, a certificate and a prize of £5,000. The Lord Lewis Prize is awarded every two years to mark the substantial contributions that Professor Lord Lewis made to chemistry and science policy. The inaugural Lord Lewis Prize was awarded to

Lord May of Oxford Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford, HonFAIB (8 January 1936 – 28 April 2020) was an Australian scientist who was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, President of the Royal Society, and a professor at the University of Sydne ...

, former president of the

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and chief scientific advisor to the UK Government, in 2008.

Recipients

Source
Royal Society of Chemistry
* 2008 – Lord Robert May * 2010 – Sir

John Cadogan Sir John Ivan George Cadogan (8 October 1930 – 9 February 2020) was a British organic chemist. Early life Cadogan was born in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He was educated at Swansea Grammar School, where he achieved St ...

* 2012 – Sir David King * 2014 – Sir John Holman * 2016 – Sir Martyn Poliakoff * 2018 – Luis Oro University of Zaragoza, CSIC * 2020 –

Vernon C. Gibson Vernon Charles Gibson (born 15 November 1958) is a British scientist who served as Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence between 2012 and 2016. He is visiting professor at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, H ...

* 2022 – Alastair Charles Lewis

References

{{authority control Awards of the Royal Society of Chemistry Awards established in 2008

Recipients

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