This prize recognises inspirational, innovative and dedicated individuals or teams making a substantial and sustained impact within education.

• It is run annually
• It alternates between being open to nominees both in the UK and Ireland and internationally, and open only to nominations from the UK and Ireland
• For 2026, the prize is open to nominees based in the UK and Ireland
• The winner(s) receives £5000, a medal and a certificate
• The winner(s) will complete a series of lectures or workshops in the UK
• The winner(s) will be chosen by the Education Prize Selection Panel

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

• The prize is open to individuals or teams working in education
• Nominees do not need to be members of the RSC
• We will not consider nominations of deceased individuals
• Nominations for individuals can only be considered for one of our Education prizes in any given year. In the case where an individual is nominated for more than one prize independently, RSC staff will ask the nominee which prize they would like to be considered for
• Nominees 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 nominee, 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

Nominators

• Self nomination is permitted for teams. Individual nominees may not nominate themselves
• 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