The Young Crystallographer Prize is sponsored by the Cambridge Crystallography Datacentre, and is awarded annually to an outstanding early career researcher who has made significant contribution to chemical crystallography and its community.
Call for Nominations 2024-25 Award
The call for nominations for the 2024-25 Young Crystallographer Prize is now OPEN!
Nominations (self-nominations allowed) are welcomed for the 2025 CCDC Prize until 12 noon (GMT) on Monday 10 March.
The nomination form can be downloaded below
The nomination form, accompanied by .pdf copies of up to three publications upon which the nomination is based, should be returned to the Chair of the CCG: Dr Hamish Yeung, University of Birmingham, School of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Building, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT. Electronic nominations are encouraged (email: [email protected]).
Eligibility for Nomination
· Scientists nominated for the Prize shall be not more than 35 years of age on 1st January of the award year, except that up to five additional years may be allowed if there has been a significant career break during which the nominee was unable to carry out research.
· The nominee must either be from the United Kingdom or have carried out the majority of their research in an establishment in the UK.
· The nominee must be available to present their work at the BCA Spring Meeting in Leeds on Wednesday 16th April 2025 (the full meeting runs 14th–17th April), otherwise they will be considered ineligible for the Prize.
The award is typically made on the basis of published research within the scientific field of interest of the CCDC and BCA-CCG. Broadly, this corresponds to original research in the field of chemical crystallography or the application of crystallographic information to structural chemistry, including advances in instrumental, experimental, theoretical or computational techniques that contribute to the field.
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Previous Winners of the Young Crystallography Prize
The YCP is awarded each year at the annual British Crystallography Association meeting in March.
| 2024 | Dr Patrick Doheny, University of Birmingham |
| 2023 | Dr Lucy Saunders, Diamond Light Source |
| 2022 | Dr Hamish H-M Yeung, University of Birmingham |
| 2021 | Dr Charlie McMonagle, ESRF |
| 2020 | Dr Karen Robertson, University of Nottingham |
| 2019 | Dr Sihai Yang, University of Manchester |
| 2018 | Dr Claire L. Hobday, University of Bath |
| 2017 | Dr Lauren E. Hatcher, University of Bath |
| 2016 | Dr Mark R. Warren, Diamond Light Source |
| 2015 | Dr Nick P. Funnell, University of Oxford |
| 2014 | Dr Lynne H. Thomas, University of Bath |
| 2013 | No BCA Meeting – No Award |
| 2012 | Dr Gareth O. Lloyd, University of Cambridge |
| 2011 | Dr Peter A. Wood, CCDC |
| 2010 | Dr Stephen A. Moggach, University of Edinburgh |
| 2009 | Dr Hazel A. Sparkes, University of Durham |
| 2008 | Dr Kirsty M. Anderson, University of Durham |
| 2007 | Dr Andrew Parkin, University of Glasgow |
| 2006 | Dr Graeme M. Day, University of Cambridge |
| 2005 | Dr Anders J. Markvardsen, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| 2004 | Dr Maryjane Tremayne, University of Birmingham |
| 2003 | Dr Ivana Radosavljevic Evans, University of Durham |
| 2002 | Dr David R. Allan, University of Edinburgh |
| 2001 | Dr Claire Wilson, University of Nottingham |
| 2000 | Dr Jacqueline M. Cole, University of Cambridge |
