The CCDC sponsors international scientific awards for scientists through the auspices of appropriate professional organisations, who are responsible for seeking nominations, judging poster presentations and making arrangements for award presentations.
If you are interested in receiving sponsorship from the CCDC for an award or an event, please see these guidelines and application form.
Current CCDC-sponsored awards are:
CCDC sponsors poster prizes for early career scientists that are awarded at each triennial IUCr Congress. CCDC poster prizes are awarded for original research in the following subject areas:
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Chemical crystallography, including advances in instrumental, experimental or computational techniques
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Applications of small-molecule crystallographic information in, e.g., structural chemistry, molecular modelling, materials design, structural biology or chemical informatics.
2017 (Hyderabad)
- K. Nath, IIT Kharagpur, India
- F. Kleemiss, University of Bremen, Germany
- Gowtham, G.K., University of Mysore, India
2014 (Montreal)
- C. Tsuboi, University of Kyoto, Japan
- D. E. Braun, University of Innsbruck, Austria
- F. A. Paz, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2011 (Madrid)
- K. Davies, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- K. A. Solanko, Odense University, Denmark
- A. G. Dikundwar, Bangalore Uiversity, India
2008 (Osaka)
- C. M. L. Vande Velde, University Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- A. E. Platero-Prats, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain
- L. J. McCormick, University of Melbourne, Australia
2005 (Florence)
- A. R. Choudhury, University of Liverpool, UK
- B. Dittrich, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- A. Budzianowski, AMU, Poznan, Poland
2002 (Geneva)
- M. Hostettler, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- K.M. Heslop, University of Bristol, UK
- B. Dittrich, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1999 (Glasgow)
- P. Muller, University of Gottingen, Germany
- Alicia Beatty, Kansas State University, USA
- C. Baehtz, University of Darmstadt, Germany
- S. Leoni, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
CCDC sponsors poster prizes for early career scientists that are awarded at each annual European Crystallography Meeting (ECM). CCDC poster prizes are awarded for original research in the following subject areas:
- Chemical crystallography, including advances in instrumental, experimental or computational techniques
- Applications of small-molecule crystallographic information in, e.g., structural chemistry, molecular modelling, materials design, structural biology or chemical informatics.
2018 (Oviedo)
- Filip Topic, McGill University, Canada
2016 (Basel)
- Aniko Udvarhelyi, Novartis, Switzerland
- Joost van den Ende, Radboud University, Netherlands
- Avishek Maity, University of Montpellier, France
2015 (Rovinj)
- Natalie Johnson, Newcastle University, UK
- Prem Lama, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Jens Luebben, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany
2013 (Warwick)
- Joe Ridout, University of Durham, UK
- Kate Wittering, University of Bath, UK
- Eliška Skořepová, Vysoká Škola Chemicko-Technologická, Czech Republic
2012 (Bergen)
- Natalia Snejko, ICMM-CSIC, Spain
- Anna Kupka, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
- Günes Demirtas, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey
2010 (Darmstadt)
- J. Brüning, Goethe-University, Frankfurt & Av-garde Mat. Sim., Freiburg, Germany
- A. Brink, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- V. André, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon & Univ. Porto, Oporto, Portugal
2009 (Istanbul)
- A. Karaoglu, University of Balikesir, Turkey
- F. Gandara, Institute of Science & Materials, Madrid, Spain
- M. Andrejaié, Jozef Stephan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007 (Marrakech)
- Laura Roces, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
- Tia Jacobs, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, University of Iowa, USA
2006 (Leuven)
- Emiliana D’Oria, Universitat de Barcelona and CeRQT Barcelona, Spain
- Sara Wishkerman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Samuel M. Hawxwell, University of Sheffield, UK
2004 (Budapest)
- A. Jacobs, Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa
- T. Aree, University of Berne, Switzerland
- Z. Stefanic, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2003 (Durban)
- T. Aree, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- C. Esterhuysen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- A. Docherty, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
2001 (Krakow)
- L. Dobrzycki, University of Warsaw, Poland
- G. Paliwoda, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
- M.U. Schmidt, Clariant GmbH, Germany
2000 (Nancy)
- R.S. Bogadi, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr H. Birkedal, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Petra Simoncic, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
CCDC sponsored the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Structural Chemistry Award, which was awarded for studies involving novelty of approach or leading to fundamental theoretical advances in the development of general structural principles. This award was discontinued by the RSC in 2008.
- 2008 - Professor Paul Raithby, University of Bath
- 2004 - Professor A. Guy Orpen, University of Bristol
- 2001 - Professor Kenneth D. M. Harris, University of Birmingham
- 1998 - Professor Judith A. K. Howard, University of Durham
The CCDC Chemical Crystallography Prize for Younger Scientists is sponsored annually as part of the BCA Spring Meeting. The prize is awarded by British Crystallographic Association (BCA), Chemical Crystallography Group (CCG). Nominations must be made to the Secretary of the BCA Chemical Crystallography Group.
- 2019 (Stevenage*) - Dr Sihai Yang, University of Manchester
- 2018 (Warwick) - Dr Claire Hobday, University of Bath
- 2017 (Lancaster) - Dr Lauren Hatcher, University of Bath
- 2016 (Nottingham) - Dr Mark Warren, Diamond Light Source
- 2015 (York) - Dr Nick Funnell, University of Oxford
- 2014 (Loughborough) - Dr Lynne Thomas, University of Bath
- 2013 - No BCA Spring Meeting & no prize awarded
- 2012 (Warwick) - Dr Gareth Lloyd, University of Cambridge
- 2011 (Keele) - Dr Peter Wood, CCDC
- 2010 (Warwick) - Dr Stephen Moggach, University of Edinburgh
- 2009 (Loughborough) - Dr Hazel Sparkes, University of Durham
- 2008 (York) - Dr Kirsty Anderson, University of Durham
- 2007 (Canterbury) - Dr Andy Parkin, University of Glasgow
- 2006 (Lancaster) - Dr Graeme Day, University of Cambridge
- 2005 (Loughborough) - Dr Anders Markvardsen, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- 2004 (Manchester) - Dr Maryjane Tremayne, University of Birmingham
- 2003 (York) - Dr Ivana Radosavljevic Evans, University of Durham
- 2002 (Nottingham) - Dr David R. Allan, University of Edinburgh
- 2001 (Reading) - Dr Claire Wilson, University of Nottingham
- 2000 (Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh) - Dr Jacqueline M. Cole, University of Cambridge
*The 2019 CCDC prize was awarded at the BCA CCG/IG Autumn Meeting instead of the BCA Spring Meeting.
