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 researchers under the age of 35. 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.
The award was established by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1979 following Wilfrid 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.
The award was first granted in 1981 to Steven Ley and Jeremy Sanders.
Source:
1981/1982 - Steven V Ley, Jeremy K M Sanders .
1982/1983 - E J Thomas
1983/1984 - Philip J Kocienski
1984/1985 - Stephen G. Davies
1985/1986 - Richard John Kenneth Taylor
1986/1987 - Christopher J Moody
1987/1988 - John A Robinson
1988/1989 - David Parker
1989/1990 - Ian Paterson
1990/1991 - Timothy Charles Gallagher
1991/1992 - Chris Abell
1992/1993 - D Gani, P C B Page
1993/1994 - Nigel Simon Simpkins
1994/1995 - Richard F W Jackson
1996/1997 - Varinder Kumar Aggarwal, Susan E Gibson
2000/2002 - Guy Charles Lloyd-Jones
2006/2008 - Jonathan Paul Clayden
2009 - Gregory Challis, University of Warwick
2010 - Matthew Clarke, University of St Andrews
2011 - Hon Lam, University of Edinburgh
2012 - Dr Rachel O'Reilly, University of Warwick
2013 - Dr Oren Scherman, University of Cambridge
2014 - Dr Stephen Goldup, Queen Mary, University of London.
2015 - Dr John Bower, University of Bristol
2016 - Dr Stephen Thomas, University of Edinburgh
