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. 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.
Previous recipients The award was first granted in 1981 to Steven Ley and Jeremy Sanders.
Subsequent recipients include: Year Scientist(s) Institution1981-1982 Steven V. Ley, Jeremy K. M. Sanders 1982-1983 1983-1984 Philip J. Kocienski 1984-1985 Stephen G. Davies 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 David Parker 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 Chris Abell 1992-1993 , 1993-1994 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 2010 2011 2012 Rachel O'Reilly 2013 2014 2015 John Bower 2016 Stephen Thomas 2017 Andrew Lawrence 2018 William Unsworth University of York2019 Allan Watson University of St Andrews2020 Jordi Burés University of Manchester2021 Vijay Chudasama University College London2022 Louis Morrill Cardiff University2023 Matthew Grayson University of Bath2024 Liam Ball University of Nottingham2025 Mattia Silvi University of Nottingham2026 Roly Armstrong Newcastle University
See also
List of chemistry awards
References