Suffrage Science Award | |
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Awarded for | "celebrating and inspiring women in science" [1] |
Sponsored by | Medical Research Council and Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University |
Date | 2011 |
Location | London and from 2024 in Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Reward(s) | Heirloom jewellery |
Website | www |
The Suffrage Science award is a prize for women in science, engineering and computing founded in 2011, on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS). [2] [3] [4] There are three categories of award:
The life sciences award was founded in 2011. [5] Every year there are 10 laureates from research backgrounds and one laureate for communication. The engineering and physical sciences award was founded in 2013. [6] Every year there are 12 laureates from areas spanning physics, chemistry and more. The math and computing award was launched on Ada Lovelace Day, 2016. [7] Every year there are five laureates from mathematics, five laureates from computing and one laureate for science communication and the public awareness of science.
Laureates have included:
Life Sciences winners are:
Engineering and Physical Sciences winners are: [8]
Life Sciences award [9] [10] winners are:
Maths and Computing award winners are:
Engineering and Physical Sciences [19]
Life sciences:
Maths and Computing [27]
Engineering
Life sciences:
Maths and computing: