Hickinbottom Award


The Hickinbottom Award 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:
YearScientistInstitution
1981-1982Steven V. Ley, Jeremy K. M. Sanders
1982-1983
1983-1984Philip J. Kocienski
1984-1985Stephen G. Davies
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989David Parker
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1992Chris Abell
1992-1993,
1993-1994
1994-1995Richard F. W. Jackson
1996-1997Varinder Aggarwal, Susan E. Gibson
2000-2002Guy Charles Lloyd-Jones
2006-2008Jonathan Paul Clayden
2009
2010
2011
2012Rachel O'Reilly
2013
2014
2015John [Bower (chemist)|John Bower]
2016Stephen Thomas
2017Andrew Lawrence
2018William UnsworthUniversity of York
2019Allan WatsonUniversity of St Andrews
2020Jordi BurésUniversity of Manchester
2021Vijay ChudasamaUniversity College London
2022Louis MorrillCardiff University
2023Matthew GraysonUniversity of Bath
2024Liam BallUniversity of Nottingham