NanoScience Science Prizes

Innovation has been a driving force here at Oxford Instruments since Sir Martin Wood founded the company over 60 years ago. We actively support and encourage innovation in all forms, both internally and externally. We are proud to sponsor the following Science Prizes to recognise the achievements of young scientists around the world.

The Lee Osheroff Richardson Science Prize for North America and Latin America

A prize for young scientists conducting research employing low temperature, high magnetic fields or surface science research in North America and Latin America.

Oxford Instruments today announces that Dr. Tiancheng Song, an experimental physicist and Dicke Fellow at the ​​University of Princeton, has been awarded the Lee Osheroff Richardson prize 2024. Learn more about Dr. Song here. 

The Nicholas Kurti Science Prize for Europe

A prize for young scientists conducting research employing low temperature, high magnetic fields or surface science research in Europe.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Shuqiu Wang, Assistant Professor in Physics, University of Bristol, has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize. Learn more about Dr. Wang here. 

The Sir Martin Wood Science Prize for China

A prize for young scientists conducting research employing low temperature, high magnetic fields or surface science research in China.

The Young NanoScientist India Award

The Nanotechnology Forum for young scientists has been formed to encourage and support research in the field of nanotechnology in India. The forum committee will initiate programmes to enhance growth and acknowledge outstanding achievements in this field.

The Sir Martin Wood Prize for Japan

A prize for young scientists who have made an outstanding achievement in condensed matter science in Japan.

The Fritz London Memorial Prize

Oxford Instruments has been supporting the London Fritz Memorial Prize since 1996, which was created to recognise scientists who made outstanding contributions to the advances in the field of low temperature physics.

The Simon Memorial Prize

Oxford Instruments also supports the Simon Memorial Prize which was created to recognise scientists who made outstanding contributions to the advances in the field of low temperature physics.