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Awards Listing

Early Career Research Awards

Early Career Research Awards recognise the impact of research carried out in the molecular biosciences by early career scientists. 

It is expected that successful candidates will have produced international quality research outputs, and be able to demonstrate ambitions and aspirations consistent with the potential to achieve world-leading status. 

Candidates can include senior postdoctoral research fellows or researchers starting their first independent post and have limited funding.

Nominations for the 2026 Awards are now open

Deadline 1 November 2024

The recipient is given:

  • A grant to attend a relevant event or training course  
  • A medal 
  • The opportunity to present a lecture at a Society event or webinar 
  • An invitation to submit an article to one of our journals, with any fees waived
  • The opportunity to be mentored by one of the Biochemical Society Journal’s Associate Editors

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Awarded for the impact of research carried out in the molecular biosciences 
  • Nominees should be in the early stages of their career, typically within 6 years of receiving their highest qualification. Potential nominees can include senior postdoctoral research fellows or researchers starting their first independent post and have limited funding
  • Nominees should have produced international quality research outputs 
  • Nominees should be able to demonstrate ambitions and aspirations consistent with the potential to achieve world-leading status 
  • Open to nominees based in the UK or internationally 
  • This award is only open to individuals

Please note that career breaks are taken into consideration for the Early Career Research Awards. A career break is considered as any period of time where the candidate is out of work, for reasons including, but not limited to, redundancy, maternity leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave or adoption leave, extended leave to perform a carer role, long-term illness, disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and/or as a consequence of relocation. If the candidate has taken a career break for maternity leave or shared parental leave, eligibility for the Early Career Research Awards will be extended by 12 months per child.

If you have any queries regarding the eligibility criteria for an award, please contact the Awards Team.

The Awards Committee will consider the following aspects of all nominations for the Early Career Research Awards as appropriate:

  • Originality of research 
  • Impact of research  
  • Quality of outputs – publications and/or patents and/or software 
  • Quality of international research outputs 
  • Collaborations and teamwork 
  • Independence and/or ambitions 
  • Commitment to build, support, and nurture future talent e.g., public engagement or outreach 
  • Other indicators of esteem demonstrated by the nominator      
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Upcoming Award Lecture

Ben Schumann will be presenting his Award Lecture at Advances and New Horizons in Glycobiology between 3-5 December 2024.

Register now!

Contact us

For further information please get in touch with the Awards department.

Recipients

2017
Edward Chouchani
2017
Thi (Kelly) Nguyen
2017
Maria Romina Girotti
2015
Paul Elliot
2015
Patricia Muller
2015
Rozbeh Baradaran
2015
Glyn Hemsworth
2014
Melina Schuh
2014
John Burke
2013
Joe Yeeles
2013
Alison Parkin
2013
Kristopher Clark
2012
Tracey Gloster
2012
Sovan Sarkar
2012
Sander van Kasteren
2012
Vidya Chandran
2011
Alena Krejci
2011
Taufiq Rahman
2010
M Madan Babu
2010
Rene Frank
2010
Jeremy Carlton
2009
Araxi Urrutia
2009
Paul Curnow
2009
David Komander