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This medal is awarded for important discoveries in chemistry.
Humphry Davy FRS
The Davy Medal is awarded annually “for an outstandingly important recent discovery in any branch of chemistry”. Originally it was stipulated that the discovery must have been made in Europe or North America, but this restriction has now been removed. If possible the Committee will award the medal to an early-to-mid career stage scientist.
The medal is named after Humphry Davy FRS and was first awarded in 1877.
The recipient is chosen by the Council of the Royal Society on the recommendation of the Physical Sciences Awards Committee. Nominations are valid for five years. After which the candidate cannot be re-nominated until a year after the nomination as expired.
The medal is of bronze and is accompanied by a gift of £1,000.
The award winner will be announced in the summer of 2012 and the next call for nominations will open on 30 November 2012.
Professor Ahmed Zewail ForMemRS was awarded the Davy Medal in 2011 for his seminal contributions to the study of ultrafast reactions and the understanding of transition states in chemistry, and to dynamic electron microscopy.
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