Further information

For full details of these and other awards, medals and prizes available from the Institute, see the Awards section on the main site.

Nominations

Nominations for the Institute's awards, medals and prizes are normally invited in September, with a closing date in December. The recipients are announced in April, and awards are presented at various appropriate events during the year. The premier awards are usually presented at the Institute's Awards Dinner held in July. More details can be found on the Nominations page.

Awards in materials science and technology

The Institute makes a number of awards of particular relevance to the work of the Materials, Science and Technology Division.

The Rosenhain Medal and Prize are awarded in recognition of distinguished achievement in any branch of materials science, preference being given to candidates under the age of 40.

Other awards include:

The Hume-Rothery Prize for distinguished achievements in relation to phase transformations

The Kroll Medal and Prize for materials chemistry as applied to the industrial production of inorganic materials

The Cook / Ablett Award for work of particular merit in the field of metals published in one of the Institute’s Journals