This award, generously supported by AstraZeneca, is made every 3 years in recognition of outstanding work which, through biomedical advances, leads to development of a new reagent or method. The research should have been carried out in a UK or Republic of Ireland laboratory.

The winner is given:

• £2000 prize money
• The opportunity to present a lecture at Biochemical Society event.
• Invited to submit an article to a Society-owned publication.