Marjory Stephenson Prize
The Society's principal prize is the Marjory Stephenson Prize, awarded biennially for an outstanding contribution of current importance in microbiology. The winner receives £1000 and gives a lecture on his/her work at a Society meeting. The lecture is usually published in a society journal. Marjory Stephenson was the second president of the SGM (1947–1949) and a distinguished pioneer of chemical microbiology.
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