The Barrer Award recognises meritorious recent pure or applied work in the field of porous inorganic materials.

• The winner receives £500 and a certificate  
• The winner will be selected by the RSC Materials Chemistry Prize Committee and representatives from the British Zeolite Association and Society of Chemical Industry.
  
  
• Both RSC members and non-members can nominate for this prize.
• Nominees may NOT nominate themselves
• Nominees must have carried out their pure or applied work in the field of porous inorganic materials in an institution in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.
• Nominees should be an early career scientist, typically with no more than 10 years of full-time equivalent professional experience.
• This should be experience gained as part of a scientific career excluding time spent in full-time education. Time spent as a postgraduate student should not be included e.g. Masters, PhD. Time spent as a post-doctoral researcher should be included.
• Nominators will be asked to provide details of the nominee's professional experience, in relation to the above criteria (see below).
• Career breaks will be taken into consideration, and applications are particularly encouraged from those whose career has spanned a break due to caring responsibilities or personal circumstances e.g. a period of parental/adoption leave, family commitments, illness, or other exceptional circumstances.
• When nominating previous RSC prize winners, please remember that a person cannot be awarded twice for substantially the same body of work.