Rosalind Franklin Award
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The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin
Award was established in 2003 and is awarded annually by the Royal Society
to a person for an outstanding work in any field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM fields
). It is funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) as part of its efforts to promote women in the STEM fields. The award consists of a medal and a grant of £30,000, and the recipient is called upon to deliver a lecture as part of the Society's public lecture series.
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite...
Award was established in 2003 and is awarded annually by the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
to a person for an outstanding work in any field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM fields
STEM fields
STEM fields is a US Government acronym for the fields of study in the categories of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The acronym is in use regarding access to work visas for immigrants who are skilled in these fields. Maintaining a citizenry that is well versed in the STEM fields...
). It is funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) as part of its efforts to promote women in the STEM fields. The award consists of a medal and a grant of £30,000, and the recipient is called upon to deliver a lecture as part of the Society's public lecture series.
List of winners
- 2010 Katherine Blundell on Black holes and spin offs
- 2009 Suneta Gupta on Surviving pandemics: a pathogen's perspective
- 2008 Eleanor Maguire on Mapping memory: the brains behind remembering
- 2007 Ottoline LeyserOttoline LeyserHenrietta Miriam Ottoline Leyser CBE FRS is a British plant biologist.-Biography:Ottoline received her BA and PhD in Genetics from the University of Cambridge....
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 Robinson on Finding the right balance.
- 2003 Susan Gibson on Make me a molecule