Suffrage Science award

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Suffrage Science Award
Awarded for"celebrating and inspiring women in science" [1]
Sponsored by Medical Research Council and Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University
Date2011 (2011)
Location London and from 2024 in Oxford
Country United Kingdom
Reward(s) Heirloom jewellery
Website www.suffragescience.com

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:

Contents

  1. life sciences
  2. engineering and physical sciences
  3. mathematics and computing.

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

Laureates have included:

2024

Life Sciences winners are:

2021

Engineering and Physical Sciences winners are: [8]

Hayaatun Sillem won the award in 2021 Dr Hayaatun Sillem.jpg
Hayaatun Sillem won the award in 2021

2020

Samantha Joye won the award in 2020 Mandy Oceanus 2012 (1).jpg
Samantha Joye won the award in 2020

Life Sciences award [9] [10] winners are:

Wendy Mackay won the award in 2020. Wendy Mackay.jpg
Wendy Mackay won the award in 2020.

Maths and Computing award winners are:

2019

Karen Holford won the award in 2019. Professor Karen Holford.jpg
Karen Holford won the award in 2019.

Engineering and Physical Sciences [19]

2018

Nina Snaith won the award in 2018. Nina Snait.jpg
Nina Snaith won the award in 2018.

Life sciences:

Maths and Computing [27]

2017

Sheila Rowan won the award in 2017. Sheila Rowan Royal Society.jpg
Sheila Rowan won the award in 2017.

Engineering

2016

Lori Passmore won the award in 2016. LoriPassmore.jpg
Lori Passmore won the award in 2016.

Life sciences:

Maths and computing:

Christl Donnelly won the award in 2016. Professor Christl Donnelly FMedSci FRS.jpg
Christl Donnelly won the award in 2016.

2015

Polly Arnold won the award in 2015. Polly Arnold Royal Society.jpg
Polly Arnold won the award in 2015.

2014

Anne Ferguson-Smith won the award in 2014. Anne Ferguson-Smith Royal Society.jpg
Anne Ferguson-Smith won the award in 2014.

2013

Kathy Sykes won the award in 2013. Kathy Sykes at Cheltenham Science Festival 2009 cropped.jpg
Kathy Sykes won the award in 2013.

2012

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi won the award in 2012. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi-press conference Dec 06th, 2008-1.jpg
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi won the award in 2012.

2011

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore won the award in 2011. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, University College London.jpg
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore won the award in 2011.

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