Hickinbottom Award Explained

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.

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
1982-1983
1983-1984
1984-1985
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993	,
1993-1994
1994-1995
1996-1997
2000-2002
2006-2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	[5]
2015	John Bower[6]
2016
2017
2018	William Unsworth	University of York
2019		University of St Andrews
2020		University of Manchester
2021		University College London
2022		Cardiff University
2023		University of Bath

See also

• List of chemistry awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hickinbottom Award. Royal Society of Chemistry.
2. Web site: Prizes and awards. Steven Ley.
3. Web site: Prizes and honours. Jeremy Sanders.
4. Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry. Previous winners.
5. Web site: Queen Mary chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award. Queen Mary University of London. 2014-12-03. 2014-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020514/http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/130687.html. dead.
6. Web site: RSC Hickinbottom Award 2015 Winner. 5 May 2015. Royal Society of Chemistry. 26 May 2015.