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Rosalind Franklin Award

Annual British award for female scientists

Field	Value
name	Rosalind Franklin Award
caption	The Rosalind Franklin award is named in honour of the biophysicist Rosalind Franklin
awarded_for	support the promotion of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
sponsor	Royal Society
date
location	London
country	United Kingdom
reward	£30,000
website

The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award was established in 2003 and is awarded annually by the Royal Society to an individual for outstanding work in any field of Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and to support the promotion of women in STEM. It is named in honour of Rosalind Franklin and initially funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) The recipient delivers a lecture as part of the Society's public lecture series, some of which are available on YouTube.

Laureates

2003: Susan Gibson on Make me a molecule. Awarded presented by Patricia Hewitt, serving Minister for Women and Equalities.
2004: Carol V. Robinson on Finding the right balance.
2005: Christine Davies on The quandary of the quark.
2006: Andrea Brand on Constructing a nervous system: stem cells to synapses
2007: Ottoline Leyser on Thinking like a vegetable: how plants decide what to do
2008: Eleanor Maguire on Mapping memory: the brains behind remembering
2009: Sunetra Gupta on Surviving pandemics: a pathogen's perspective
2010: Katherine Blundell on Black holes and spin offs
2011: Francesca Happé on When will we understand Autism Spectrum Disorders?
2012: Polly Arnold on Extracting value from waste through a little chemistry with U
2013: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore for her scientific achievements
2014: Rachel McKendry for her scientific achievement.
2015: Lucy Carpenter for her scientific achievement and her suitability as a role model
2016: Jo Dunkley for her research in the cosmic microwave background and her innovative project to support and encourage girls studying physics.
2017: Essi Viding for her achievements in the field of experimental psychology
2018: Tamsin Mather for her work in the field of volcanology
2019: Nguyen TK Thanh for her work in nanotechnology
2020: Julia Gog for her achievements in the field of mathematics and her impactful project proposal with its potential for a long-term legacy.
2021: Suzanne Imber for her achievements in the field of planetary science and her well-considered project proposal with a potential for a high impact
2022: Diane Saunders for "her innovative mentoring and training project to support and empower undergraduates and early-career female researchers in plant sciences at postgraduate and postdoctoral levels".
2023: Karen Johnson for her achievements in environmental engineering and her impactful project explaining the importance and of soil health and how and why it should be conserved
2024: Jess Wade for "her achievements in functional materials and outstanding project which will support early career women scientists to pursue academic careers in materials sciences".
2025: Clare Burrage "for her achievements in theoretical cosmology and her proposed project which aims to inspire and engage girls of all ages with physics"

Rosalind Franklin Award Committee

the Rosalind Franklin award committee (which takes the decision on the prize each year) includes:

Frances Ashcroft
Edward Hinds
Lucy Carpenter
Thomas James Simpson
Frances Kirwan
Eric Priest

References

(2003). "News: The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award". [[Notes and Records of the Royal Society]].
Anon. (2017). "Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award previous winners". [[Royal Society]].
Anon. (2017). "The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award". [[Royal Society]].
Brown, Andrew. (2003). "Award-winning synthetic chemist Susan Gibson".
McDonald, Kenneth. (2013). "Call to arms over sexism in science: A professor at Edinburgh University launches a project to call for equal numbers of male and female scientists". [[BBC]].
Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne. (2013). "The teenage brain: Rosalind Franklin award lecture".
McKendry, Rachel. (2015). "Harnessing power of mobile phones and big data for global health".
Carpenter, Lucy. (2015). "What on Earth is happening to our atmosphere? Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture".
Dunkley, Joanna. (2016). "Our window on the Universe - Rosalind Franklin Lecture 2016".
Viding, Essi. (2017). "Why do some people become psychopaths? Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture".
Anon. (2018). "Recipients of Royal Society medals and awards in 2018 announced". Royal Society.
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