Letters: October 2018

Prizes and diversity

The announcement of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s annual awards and prizes was an opportune moment to consider how the RSC and chemistry as a whole is engaged with ongoing efforts to encourage the increased participation of women in science. For early career researchers (generally less than 40 years old) 24% of nominees and 33% of award-winners were women. However, not a single woman (14% of nominees) received a mid-career award.