The A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize is awarded annually by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in commemoration of Alan Arnold Griffith.
The award was established by the Materials Science Club of Great Britain in 1965, two years after its formation in 1963. Modern materials science as an integrated discipline (as distinct from single-material studies such as metallurgy) was in its infancy, and the Materials Science Club was a 'gathering place' for this new field of applied science. In 1985 it was merged into the Institute of Metals, which in turn became part of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
The A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize is given in recognition of distinguished work that has made or is making a notable contribution to any branch of materials science. The prize value is £ 300.
1965 - Sir Alan Cottrell1966 - J. E. Gordon1967 - Professor Frederick Charles Frank, later Sir Charles Frank1968 - Professor David Tabor1969 - Sir Geoffrey Taylor1970 - Sir Hugh Ford1971 - J. W. White1972 - L. R. G. Treloar1973 - Sir Nevill Mott1974 - Professor Anthony Kelly1975 - Sir Monty Finniston1976 - J. H. Chesters1977 - Professor Edgar H. Andrews1978 - Sir Alastair Pilkington1979 - Sir Peter Hirsch1980 - J. T. Scales1981 - Professor Michael F. Ashby1982 - Professor I. M. Ward1983 - Professor Robert W. Cahn1984 - Professor W. C. Wake1985 - Professor Derek Hull1986 - Nicholas J. Phillips1987 - E. D. Hondros1988 - Professor M. J. Bevis1989 - Professor K. H. Jack1990 - Professor P. L. Pratt1991 - Professor William Bonfield1992 - D. V. Wilson1993 - C. Gurney1994 - Professor Anthony G. Evans1995 - G. W. Greenwood1996 - Professor A. J. Kinloch1997 - G. C. Wood1998 - Dr. J. Johnson1999 - Professor J. F. Knott2000 - Professor R. C. Pond2001 - Professor Colin John Humphreys2002 - Professor R. J. Young2003 - R. W. Whatmore2004 - Professor T. W. Clyne2005 - Professor D. J. Bacon2006 - Dr. P. S. Bate, University of Manchester, for his many papers covering the development of crystallographic texture2007 - Professor R. O. Ritchie2008 - Professor Neil Alford FREng FIMMM, of Imperial College London and professor Anthony R. West (joint winners).2009 - Professor Lindsay Greer, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge.2010 - Professor Robin Grimes FIMMM, of Imperial College London, for work in nuclear engineering.2011 - Professor David Hayhurst FREng FIMMM from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester.2012 - Professor Molly Stevens of Imperial College London, for her outstanding contribution to the field of biomaterials.2013 - Dr. Robert Broomfield CEng FIMMM, in recognition of distinguished work which has made or is making a notable contribution to any branch of materials science.2014 - Professor Norman Fleck FRS FREng FIMMM, an internationally-recognised leader in the area of mechanical properties of materials for many years.