The Suffrage Science award is a prize for women in science, engineering and computing founded in 2011, on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS). There are three categories of award: life sciences engineering and physical sciences mathematics and computing. The life sciences award was founded in 2011. Every year there are 10 laureates from research backgrounds and one laureate for communication. The engineering and physical sciences award was founded in 2013. Every year there are 12 laureates from areas spanning physics, chemistry and more. The math and computing award was launched on Ada Lovelace Day, 2016. Every year there are five laureates from mathematics, five laureates from computing and one laureate for science communication and the public awareness of science.
Laureates Laureates have included:
2026 Life Sciences
Chrystalina Antoniades, University of Oxford Sarah Cooley, Earth Science Data Professionals Organization Cara Croft, Queen Mary University of London Camille Dion, Medical Sciences, London Dima A. Hammoud, NIH Clinical Centre Karoline Kuchenbaecker, University College, London Madeline Lancaster, LMB, Cambridge Liset Menéndez de la Prida, Instituto Cajal CSIC, Spain Arwen Pearson, University of Hamburg Kate Watkins, University of Oxford Dana Pe'er, HHMI, US
2026 Maths and Computing
Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research, Cambridge Vanessa Didelez, University of Bremen, Germany Susanne Bødker, Aarhus University, Denmark Anne Gégout-Petit, University of Lorraine, France Sara Bernardini, University of Oxford Judy Robertson, University of Edinburgh Els Goetghebeur, Ghent University, Belgium Azalea Raad, Imperial College, London Anja Schlömerkemper, Universitat Würzburg, Germany
2025 Engineering and Physical Sciences
Alice Bunn, OBE, Institution of Mechanical Engineers Danielle Julie Carrier, University of Tennessee Francisca de Haan, Central European University Iryna Herzon, University of Helsinki Peace Korshiwor Amoatey, University of Ghana Catherine Le Visage, Nantes Université Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale University Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California, Santa Barbara Rachel Oliver, University of Cambridge Suzanne Ramsay, European Southern Observatory Jayne Wallace, Oxford Nanopore Technologies Gerlind Wallon, European Molecular Biology Organization
2024 Life Sciences winners are:
Areej Abuhammad, University of Jordan, Jordan Prisca Liberali, FMI, Basel Frederique Magdinier, Marseille Medical Genetics, France Azahara Oliva, Cornell University Lynn Rochester, University of Newcastle Marta Shahbazi, MRC LMB, Cambridge Monica Shokeen, Washington University School of Medicine Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, UCL Institute of Child Health, London Selina Wray, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London
2021 Engineering and Physical Sciences winners are:
Gaitee Hussain, European Space Agency, The Netherlands Syma Khalid, University of Southampton, UK Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes, Leiden University, The Netherlands Hayaatun Sillem, CBE, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK Ruth Cameron, University of Cambridge, UK Elin Röös, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Maria Dolores Martín Bermudo, Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Spain Samaya Nissanke, University of Amsterdam and Nikhef, The Netherlands Gerjo van Osch, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands Valérie Orsat, McGill University, Canada Mary Anti Chama, University of Ghana, Ghana
2020
Life Sciences award winners are:
Kelly Nguyen (scientist), MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Naomi Matsuura, University of Toronto, Canada Elspeth Garman, University of Oxford, UK Veronique Miron, University of Edinburgh, UK Cécile Martinat, I-STEM, France Zena Werb, University of California, San Francisco, USA Samantha Joye, University of Georgia, USA Gisou van der Goot, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland Karalyn Patterson, University of Cambridge, UK Laura Colgin, University of Texas Austin, USA Claudia Mazzà, University of Sheffield, UK
Maths and Computing award winners are:
Rhian Daniel, Cardiff University Juhyun Park, Lancaster University, UK, and ENSIIE, France Apala Majumdar, University of Strathclyde Bianca de Stavola, University College London Sara Lombardo, Loughborough University Wendy Mackay, Inria, Paris-Saclay, France Yvonne Rogers, University College London Alexandra Silva, University College London Nobuko Yoshida, Imperial College London Sue Sentance, King’s College London Raspberry Pi Foundation Anne-Marie Imafidon, STEMettes
2019
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Moira Jardine Sarah Harris Róisín Owens Tiny de Keuster, Universiteit Gent Karen Holford Serena Best Tara Garnett Isabel Palacios Amina Helmi Sue Kimber Marzieh Moosavi-Nasab Melinda Duer
2018
Life sciences:
Cathy Price Rebecca Voorhees Claire Rougeulle Denise Head Jenny Martin Anna Wu Mikala Egeblad Irene Miguel-Aliaga Anat Mirelman Elizabeth Bradbury Susan M. Gaines Maths and Computing
Ruth Keogh Tereza Neocleous Nina Snaith Daniela De Angelis Eugenie Hunsicker Sally Fincher Julie McCann Jane Hillston Ursula Martin Hannah Dee Vicky Neale
2017
Engineering
Lyndsay Fletcher Sarah Staniland Rylie Green Kerstin Meints Sheila Rowan Cathy Holt Sabine Gabrysch Marta Vicente-Crespo Marileen Dogterom Sheila MacNeil Zohreh Azimifar Sharon Ashbrook
2016
Life sciences:
Kia Nobre Lori Passmore Déborah Bourc'his Uraina Clark Michelle James Marja Jäätelä Corinne Houart Sally John Catherina Becker Pippa Goldschmidt Maths and computing:
Christl Donnelly Jane Hutton Frances Kirwan Sylvia Richardson Gwyneth Stallard Ann Blandford Muffy Calder Leslie Ann Goldberg Wendy Hall Carron Shankland Celia Hoyles Shafi Goldwasser Marta Kwiatkowska Emma McCoy
2015
Lucie Green Lorna Dougan Anne Vanhoestenberghe Susan Condor, Loughborough Anne Neville Ruth Wilcox, Leeds Anna Goodman (scientist) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Silvia Muñoz-Descalzo University of Bath Patricia Bassereau, Curie institute Alicia El Haj Tamsin Edwards Polly Arnold
2014
Irene Tracey Shannon Au Anne Ferguson-Smith Xiaomeng Xu Jane Endicott Sarah Bohndiek Anja Groth Kate Storey Eleftheria Zeggini Lynda Erskine Jennifer Rohn
2013
Julia Higgins Molly Stevens Lesley Yellowlees Eileen Ingham Jennifer Nichols Sally Macintyre Susan Gathercole Clare Elwell Petra Schwille Maggie Aderin-Pocock Kathy Sykes
2012
Emily Holmes Tracey Barett Nicole Soranzo Bianca Acevedo Francoise Barre-Sinoussi Elizabeth Murchison Edith Heard Marysia Placzek Sarah Teichmann Christiana Ruhrberg Georgina Ferry
2011
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Mary Collins Sally Davies Helen Fisher Vivienne Parry Sohaila Rastan Elizabeth Robertson Janet Thornton Fiona Watt Brenda Maddox
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