Nominations open for Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture Award 2025 (UK and Ireland)

Award Information

• The medal is of bronze, is awarded biennially and is accompanied by a gift of £2,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominees cannot be members of the Premier Awards Committee, or selection Committees overseeing the medal in question.
• If the award is externally funded, nominees cannot be employed by the organisation funding the medal.
• Self-nominations are not accepted, however the Africa Prize, Rising Star Africa Prize, and Rosalind Franklin Medal and Lecture, each require input from the nominee.
• Nominations are valid for three cycles of the award unless otherwise stated. Unsuccessful nominations will automatically roll over to the next award cycle unless the nominee’s circumstances have changed so as to make them ineligible. Nominators are given the opportunity to update previously submitted nominations during the nomination window each year and they encourage them to do so.
• No person should be awarded a subject-specific medal if they have already received a Royal Society Premier Award (Copley Medal, Royal Medals, Bakerian or Croonian Medal and Lecture).
• Winners of Royal Society subject-specific medals are not eligible for another subject-specific award unless the nomination is for an entirely new body of work.
• Winners of Royal Society Premier Awards are not eligible for other Premier Awards unless the work is substantially different from the case made for the original award, except for the Copley Medal.
• Winners of subject-specific awards are eligible for Premier Awards whether or not the body of work is substantially the same as that for the subject specific award.

For more information, visit The Royal Society.