Medals
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| Buchanan Medal | 1897 | Originally awarded every five years, this award is now made biennially (in even years) in recognition of distinguished contribution to the medical sciences generally and the silver gilt medal is accompanied by a gift of £1000. | Stephen Jackson 2011 |
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| Copley Medal | 1731 | Awarded annually for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science" the Copley Medal is the oldest and most prestigious award of the Royal Society and is accompanied by a gift of £5000. | John E. Walker 2012 |
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| Darwin Medal | 1890 | Awarded every second year for "work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked" the Darwin Medal is accompanied by a gift of £1000. | Timothy Clutton-Brock 2012 |
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| Davy Medal | 1877 | Awarded every year "for an outstandingly important recent discovery in any branch of chemistry" the Davy Medal is accompanied by a gift of £1000. Unlike many of the medals of the Royal Society that are silver the Davy Medal is bronze. | Fraser Armstrong 2012 |
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| Gabor Medal | 1989 | Awarded every second year for "acknowledged distinction of interdisciplinary work between the life sciences with other disciplines " the Gabor Medal is accompanied by a £1000 gift and is targeted at scientists in the early or middle stages of their careers. | Angela McLean 2011 |
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| Hughes Medal | 1902 | Awarded annually "in recognition of an original discovery in the physical sciences, particularly electricity and magnetism or their applications" the Hughes Medal is accompanied by a £1000 gift. Unlike other medals such as the Copley Medal the Hughes Medal has never been awarded to the same individual more than once. | Matthew Rosseinsky 2011 |
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| Kavli Medal and Lecture | 2012 | Awarded biennially "for excellence in all fields of science and engineering relevant to the environment or energy" to a scientist in the early stages of his career, the Kavli Medal in bronze is accompanied by a £500 gift. | Clare Grey 2011 |
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| Leverhulme Medal | 1960 | Awarded triennially "for an outstandingly significant contribution in the field of pure or applied chemistry or engineering, including chemical engineering" the Leverhulme Medal is accompanied by a £2000 gift and was created to mark the 300-year anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Society | Martyn Poliakoff 2010 |
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| Royal Medal | 1826 | Awarded every year in threes the Royal Medal is given for two different reasons; two medals are awarded for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences". The Royal Medal is the only Royal Society medal to be awarded multiple times per year, and is also known as the Queen's Medal. | Tom Kibble Kenneth Murray Andrew Holmes 2012 |
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| Rumford Medal | 1800 | Awarded every second year for "an outstandingly important recent discovery in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter made by a scientist working in Europe" the Rumford Medal is accompanied by a £1000 gift. The first person awarded the medal was Count Rumford, who created it in the first place. | J. Roy Taylor 2012 |
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| Sylvester Medal | 1901 | Awarded every second year for "the encouragement of mathematical research" the Sylvester Medal is accompanied by a £1000 gift and is targeted at scientists in the early or middle stages of their careers. | John Toland 2012 |
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