This prize recognises teams or collaborations who have had a positive impact on students at higher education.

• Run annually
• The winning team receives £3000, a trophy recognising the whole team and all team members will receive a certificate and a token of recognition for their contribution
• The winning team will be supported to run an event (e.g. lecture or workshop) at their institution
• This prize is open to teams and collaborations
• The winner 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 teams or collaborations where at least one contributor is based within the UK and Ireland, and where the team demonstrates impact within the higher education sector
• Nominees do not need to be members of the RSC
• Teams can only be considered for one of our Education prizes in any given year. In the case where a team is nominated for more than one prize independently, RSC staff will ask the primary contact for the team which prize they would like to be considered for
• 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

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