Rosalind Franklin Award
The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award was established in 2003[1][2] and is awarded annually by the Royal Society to a woman for an outstanding work in any field of Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It is named in honour of Rosalind Franklin and initially funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)[1] and subsequently the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) as part of its efforts to promote women in STEM. Women are a significantly underrepresented group in STEM making up less than 9% of the United Kingdom's full-time and part-time Professors in Science.[1][3] The award consists of a medal and a grant of £30,000,[4] and the recipient delivers a lecture as part of the Society's public lecture series, some of which are available on YouTube.[5][6][7][8][9]
| Rosalind Franklin Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | support the promotion of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| Sponsored by | Royal Society |
| Date | 2003[1] |
| Location | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Department for Innovation  |
| Reward(s) | £30,000 |
| Website | royalsociety |
Laureates
- 2019 Nguyen TK Thanh for her work in nanotechnology[10]
- 2018 Tamsin Mather for her work in the field of volcanology[11]
- 2017 Essi Viding for her achievements in the field of experimental psychology[5][4]
- 2016 Jo Dunkley for her research in the cosmic microwave background and her innovative project to support and encourage girls studying physics.[6][4]
- 2015 Lucy Carpenter for her scientific achievement and her suitability as a role model[7]
- 2014 Rachel McKendry for her scientific achievement.[8]
- 2013 Sarah-Jayne Blakemore for her scientific achievements[9]
- 2012 Polly Arnold on Extracting value from waste through a little chemistry with U[3]
- 2011 Francesca Happé on When will we understand Autism Spectrum Disorders?
- 2010 Katherine Blundell on Black holes and spin offs
- 2009 Sunetra Gupta on Surviving pandemics: a pathogen's perspective
- 2008 Eleanor Maguire on Mapping memory: the brains behind remembering
- 2007 Ottoline Leyser on Thinking like a vegetable: how plants decide what to do
- 2006 Andrea Brand on Constructing a nervous system: stem cells to synapses
- 2005 Christine Davies on The quandary of the quark.
- 2004 Carol V. Robinson on Finding the right balance.
- 2003 Susan Gibson on Make me a molecule[12]. Awarded presented by Patricia Hewitt, serving Minister for Women and Equalities.[1]
Rosalind Franklin Award Committee
As of 2018 the Rosalind Franklin award committee (which takes the decision on the prize each year)[13] includes:
References
- Lambert, Froniga (2003). "News: The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 57 (2): 265–266. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2003.0211. ISSN 0035-9149.
- Anon (2017). "Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award previous winners". docs.google.com. Royal Society. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- 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.co.uk. London: BBC.
- Anon (2017). "The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award". Royal Society. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- Viding, Essi (2017). "Why do some people become psychopaths? Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture". youtube.com.
- Dunkley, Joanna (2016). "Our window on the Universe - Rosalind Franklin Lecture 2016". youtube.com.
- Carpenter, Lucy (2015). "What on Earth is happening to our atmosphere? Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture". youtube.com.
- McKendry, Rachel (2015). "Harnessing power of mobile phones and big data for global health". youtube.com.
- Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne (2013). "The teenage brain: Rosalind Franklin award lecture". youtube.com.
- "Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- Anon (2018). "Recipients of Royal Society medals and awards in 2018 announced". royalsociety.org. Royal Society.
- Brown, Andrew (2003). "Award-winning synthetic chemist Susan Gibson". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- "Rosalind Franklin Award Committee". royalsociety.org.
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