Ramsay Fellowship

Established 1920

The Ramsay Memorial Fellowships were instituted in 1920 as a memorial to Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916). The Fellowships are offered to postdoctoral chemists who already have some postdoctoral experience of research but who are in the early stages of their career, so that they may initiate a programme of original and independent research.

Sir William Ramsay was a Professor of Inorganic and General Chemistry at UCL from 1887-1913 and Britain's very first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 1904, for his discovery of the noble gases. He was also SCI President from 1903 to 1904.

Award Information

Award History

The Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trust was constituted for the purpose of administering the award of Ramsay Memorial Fellowships for Chemical Science. The Fellowships comprise a British Ramsay Fellowship and a number of overseas Fellowships.

The fellowships were established a century ago, with a view to promoting the development of the science of chemistry by encouraging postdoctoral researchers to undertake original and independent research utilising the award of a Fellowship.

Eligibility Criteria

    Background
    • University Graduates with distinction in chemical sciences
    • Postdoctoral chemists with some postdoctoral experience of research
    • Candidates who may initiate a programme of original and independent research
    • Applicants from under-represented groups are particularly welcome
    • Fellowships are usually tenable at a university or other place of academic research within the United Kingdom
    Career Stage
    • Postdoctoral candidates
    • PhD thesis must be submitted by 31 Dec, following the deadline for receipt of applications
    • Candidates in the early stages of their career
    Areas
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • General Chemistry

Timetable

Applications open To be confirmed
Applications close To be confirmed
Frequency Annually

Additional Information

Ramsay Trust Memorial Fellowship - Application Form 2023
Online brochure - Ramsay Trust Memorial Fellowship
Ramsay Trust Memorial Fellowship brochure (PDF)
Ramsay Trust Memorial Fellowship - Extended Eligibility Criteria (PDF)
Ramsay Trust Memorial Fellowship - Marking/Judging Criteria (PDF)

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Current Ramsay Fellows

2020 - 2022

Jemma Gibbard – based in the Department of Chemistry at Durham University and co-sponsored by the Department

Dr. Joseph Forth – based in the Department of Chemistry at UCL and co-sponsored by the Department

Christopher Savory – based in the Department of Chemistry at UCL and co-sponsored by the Department.

Ramsay Trustees

Professor David Phillips CBE, FRS was elected as Chairman of the Trustees for a term of three years at the annual meeting of the Trustees on 19 July 2018. Professor Phillips is Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry at Imperial College London and was formerly President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2010-12.

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  • Dr Dave Allen, Trust Treasurer Senior Vice President and Chief Chemist at GlaxoSmithKline Treasurer
  • Ms Suzanne Ellis, Research Director, Johnson Matthey
  • Professor Claire Carmalt, Head of Department, Inorganic & Materials Section, UCL
  • Professor Eleanor Campbell FRSE FRS FRSC FInstP, Chair of Chemistry at University of Edinburgh
  • Professor James Wilton-Ely, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Imperial College London

Ramsay Advisory Council

  • Helen H. Fielding FRSC FInstP CPhys CChem is a Professor of physical chemistry at University College London (Chair)
  • Professor Damien Murphy, Professor of Physical Chemistry and Head of School of Chemistry, University of Cardiff
  • Professor Carole Perry FRSC, Distinguished Professor, School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University
  • Professor Jonathan Paul Clayden CChem FRSC, University of Bristol.

Other SCI Awards

SCI Scholarships

The SCI Scholars fund, established in 1920, was endowed by the bequests of Rudolph Messel and John Gray, former presidents and founding members of SCI. SCI is proud to offer 2-year scholarships to up to three outstanding PhD students who are approaching their final years of study.

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