Ludwig Mond Award

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Ludwig Mond Award
Awarded forContributions to inorganic chemistry
Sponsored by Royal Society of Chemistry
Date1981 (1981)
Country United Kingdom (international)
Reward(s)£2000

The Ludwig Mond Award is run annually by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The award is presented for outstanding research in any aspect of inorganic chemistry. The winner receives a monetary prize of £2000, in addition to a medal and a certificate, and completes a UK lecture tour. [1] The winner is chosen by the Dalton Division Awards Committee.

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In 2020 the Ludwig Mond Award was merged with the Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry to form the Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry. [2]

Award History

The award was established in 1981 to commemorate the life and work of the chemist Dr Ludwig Mond and followed an endowment from ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries). [1] Mond was born in Kassel, Germany in 1839, and became a noted chemist and industrialist who eventually took British nationality. [3]

Recipients

Source: [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Royal Society of Chemistry Ludwig Mond Award".
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  3. "Mond, Ludwig".
  4. "Ludwig Mond Award". Royal Society of Chemistry. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. "Dalton open prize: Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry - previous winners". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  6. "RSC Ludwig Mond Award 2015 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.