Our Horizon Prizes for Education celebrate the ground-breaking innovations and initiatives that mark a step change in education.

This could include teaching programmes or techniques, research breakthroughs or innovative technology.

• Run annually
• Up to three prizes are available    
• Winners are selected by the Education Prize Selection Panel
• These prizes are open to groups, teams and collaborations of any form or size, and individuals.

Winners will receive:

• A professionally produced video showcasing the prize-winning work and its importance, and supporting others in the education community to apply the work in their own context.
• A trophy recognising the whole team.
• All team members will receive a certificate and a token of recognition for their contribution.

Individuals named in any of the following roles during the nomination and judging period are not eligible to nominate or be nominated:

• Education Prize Selection Panel members
• RSC Subject Community Presidents
• RSC Prize Committee members
• Trustees of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• Royal Society of Chemistry staff

Nominees

• These prizes are open to nominees based in the UK or Ireland, or internationally
• Nominees do not need to be members of the RSC
• Nominated teams should only be nominated once for this prize in any given prize cycle. In cases where we receive more than one nomination for the same team, only one nomination will go forward to judging
• Teams containing members who have been nominated for one of our individual Education prizes in the same year will be considered, however the nominations should be for substantially different bodies of work
• Initiatives led by the Royal Society of Chemistry are not eligible to be nominated.

Nominators

• Self nomination is permitted and encouraged
• Nominators do not need to be members of the RSC

Making a nomination

• Please remember that the RSC will not award more than one prize for substantially the same body of work.
• All unsuccessful nominations from the previous cycle will be retained on our nomination system ahead of the next cycle. To be considered again, nominators must log in, update details, and resubmit the nomination for the following cycle.
  
  Please note that reconsideration is no longer automatic
  - RSC staff will write to nominators and nominees to confirm when the nomination window has re-opened. Nominators will receive instructions on how to log in and update the nomination