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:
| Suffrage Science Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "celebrating and inspiring women in science"[1] |
| Sponsored by | Medical Research Council |
| Date | 2011 |
| Location | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Reward(s) | Heirloom jewellery |
| Website | www |
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.
Laureates
editLaureates have included:
2021
editEngineering and Physical Sciences winners are:[8]
- Gaitee Hussain, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
- Syma Khalid, University of Southampton, UK
- Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Hayaatun Sillem, CBE, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
- Ruth Cameron, University of Cambridge, UK
- Elin Röös, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- Maria Dolores Martín Bermudo, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Spain
- Samaya Nissanke, University of Amsterdam and Nikhef, The Netherlands
- Gerjo van Osch, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands
- Valérie Orsat, McGill University, Canada
- Mary Anti Chama, University of Ghana, Ghana
2020
editLife Sciences award[9][10] winners are:
- Kelly Nguyen (scientist), MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology[11]
- Naomi Matsuura, University of Toronto, Canada
- Elspeth Garman, University of Oxford, UK[12]
- Veronique Miron, University of Edinburgh, UK[13]
- Cécile Martinat, I-STEM, France[14]
- Zena Werb, University of California, San Francisco, USA[15]
- Samantha Joye, University of Georgia, USA[16]
- Gisou van der Goot, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
- Karalyn Patterson, University of Cambridge, UK
- Laura Colgin, University of Texas Austin, USA
- Claudia Mazzà, University of Sheffield, UK
Maths and Computing award winners are:
- Rhian Daniel, Cardiff University
- Juhyun Park, Lancaster University, UK, and ENSIIE, France
- Apala Majumdar, University of Strathclyde
- Bianca de Stavola, University College London
- Sara Lombardo, Loughborough University
- Wendy Mackay, Inria, Paris-Saclay, France
- Yvonne Rogers, University College London
- Alexandra Silva, University College London[17]
- Nobuko Yoshida, Imperial College London
- Sue Sentance,[18] King’s College London Raspberry Pi Foundation
- Anne-Marie Imafidon, STEMettes
2019
editEngineering and Physical Sciences[19]
- Moira Jardine[20]
- Sarah Harris
- Róisín Owens[21]
- Tiny de Keuster Universiteit Gent[22]
- Karen Holford CBE FREng
- Serena Best[23]
- Tara Garnett
- Isabel Palacios
- Amina Helmi[24]
- Sue Kimber
- Marzieh Moosavi-Nasab
- Melinda Duer
2018
editLife sciences:
- Cathy Price
- Rebecca Voorhees
- Claire Rougeulle
- Denise Head
- Jenny Martin
- Anna Wu
- Mikala Egeblad
- Irene Miguel-Aliaga
- Anat Mirelman
- Elizabeth Bradbury[25][26]
- Susan M. Gaines
Maths and Computing[27]
- Ruth Keogh
- Tereza Neocleous
- Nina Snaith[28]
- Daniela De Angelis
- Eugenie Hunsicker
- Sally Fincher
- Julie McCann
- Jane Hillston
- Ursula Martin
- Hannah Dee
- Vicky Neale
2017
editEngineering
- Lyndsay Fletcher[29]
- Sarah Staniland[29]
- Rylie Green[29]
- Kerstin Meints[29]
- Sheila Rowan[30]
- Cathy Holt[29]
- Sabine Gabrysch[29]
- Marta Vicente-Crespo[29]
- Marileen Dogterom[29]
- Sheila MacNeil[29]
- Zohreh Azimifar[29]
- Sharon Ashbrook[29]
2016
editLife sciences:
- Kia Nobre
- Lori Passmore
- Déborah Bourc'his
- Uraina Clark
- Michelle James
- Marja Jäätelä
- Corinne Houart
- Sally John
- Catherina Becker
- Pippa Goldschmidt[31]
Maths and computing:
- Christl Donnelly [32]
- Jane Hutton[32]
- Frances Kirwan[32]
- Sylvia Richardson[32]
- Gwyneth Stallard[32]
- Ann Blandford[32]
- Muffy Calder[32]
- Leslie Ann Goldberg[32]
- Wendy Hall[32]
- Carron Shankland[32]
- Celia Hoyles[32] DBE FAcSS FIMA
- Shafi Goldwasser[32]
- Marta Kwiatkowska[32] FRS MAE
- Emma McCoy[32]
2015
edit- Lucie Green[33]
- Lorna Dougan[33]
- Anne Vanhoestenberghe[33]
- Susan Condor, Loughborough[33]
- Anne Neville[34] OBE FRS FRSE FREng FIMechE
- Ruth Wilcox, Leeds[33]
- Anna Goodman (scientist) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)[33]
- Silvia Muñoz-Descalzo University of Bath[33]
- Patricia Bassereau, Curie institute[33]
- Alicia El Haj[33]
- Tamsin Edwards[33]
- Polly Arnold[33] OBE FRS FRSE FRSC
2014
edit- Irene Tracey
- Shannon Au
- Anne Ferguson-Smith[31]
- Xiaomeng Xu
- Jane Endicott
- Sarah Bohndiek[35]
- Anja Groth
- Kate Storey
- Eleftheria Zeggini
- Lynda Erskine
- Jennifer Rohn[36]
2013
edit- Julia Higgins[37]
- Molly Stevens[37]
- Lesley Yellowlees[37]
- Eileen Ingham[37]
- Jennifer Nichols [37]
- Sally Macintyre[37]
- Susan Gathercole[37]
- Clare Elwell[37]
- Petra Schwille[37]
- Maggie Aderin-Pocock[37]
- Kathy Sykes[37]
2012
edit- Emily Holmes
- Tracey Barett[31]
- Nicole Soranzo[31]
- Bianca Acevedo[31]
- Francoise Barre-Sinoussi[31]
- Elizabeth Murchison[31]
- Edith Heard[31]
- Marysia Placzek[31]
- Sarah Teichmann[31]
- Christiana Ruhrberg[31]
- Georgina Ferry[31]
2011
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