The Colworth Medal is the most prestigious Award for outstanding achievements by young researchers.  It has over time proved an accurate predictor of future scientific stars. 

This is well demonstrated in the list of previous winners.

The Colworth Medal is awarded for outstanding research by a young biochemist who has carried out his or her work mainly in the UK  and who under the age of 35 by 1 January in the year in which the Award decision is made.

Nominees above this age limit who have lost time early in their research career through family commitments, illness, late entry into higher education or other good reasons, will be considered by the Awards Committee.

The recipient of the Colworth Medal receives an honorarium of £3,000 and is expected to present the Medal Lecture at a Society meeting and at Unilever Research Laboratories. The Lecture is plublished in Biochemical Society Transactions.