Suffrage Science award

Suffrage Science Award
Awarded for"celebrating and inspiring women in science"[1]
Sponsored byMedical Research Council
Date2011 (2011)
LocationLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Reward(s)Heirloom jewellery
Websitewww.suffragescience.org

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:

  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.

  1. ^ "Suffrage Science Award". suffragescience.org.
  2. ^ "Suffrage Science". Medical Research Council – London Institute of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Helen Pankhurst talks to Susan Watts about science, women and activism". youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  4. ^ "Helen Pankhurst on today's inspirational activists". youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  5. ^ "Life Sciences". suffragescience.org.
  6. ^ "Engineering and Physical Sciences". suffragescience.org.
  7. ^ Watts, Susan (2017). "Suffrage Science Awards". ITNOW. 59 (1): 52–53. doi:10.1093/itnow/bwx024. ISSN 1746-5702.