The Merck, Sharp & Dohme Prize is for the most meritorious contributions to any area of organic chemistry made by a mid-career scientist.

• The winner receives £3000, a medal and a certificate  
• The winners will complete a UK lecture tour 
• The winner will be selected by the RSC Organic Chemistry Prize Committee
  
  
• Only RSC Members can nominate for this prize
• Nominees may NOT nominate themselves
• The prize is open to nominees working in the UK and Ireland only 
• Nominees should be a mid-career scientist, typically with no more than 20 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.   
• 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