Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.


Bismuth cure for COVID-19
For pioneering research on the medicinal chemistry of bismuth applied to the treatment of COVID-19, and identification of target sites in SARS-CoV-...

Functional Framework Materials: Design and Characterisati...
For seminal contributions to in situ and operando characterisation of porous materials and catalysts for the binding, capture and separation of fue...

High-Performance Nanozyme Designer
For the development of rational design strategies for high performance nanozymes and exploration of their biomedical applications.

In-cell Organometallic Redox Catalysis
For pioneering work on catalysis of redox reactions in cancer cells by synthetic organometallic complexes.

Inorganic Amorphous Nanomaterials
For innovative methods for controllable synthesis of materials combining high strength and high toughness.

Nonheme iron-oxo oxidants
2025 Dalton Horizon Prize: awarded for the discovery and characterization of reactive ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants.

Pioneers in Hybrid Glass Research
2025 Dalton Horizon Prize: awarded for the discovery and development of hybrid glasses, a new family of glasses separate to known inorganic, organi...