The Joan Mott Prize Lecture Celebrating Women Physiologists
This annual lecture celebrates women in physiology whose work has demonstrated impact.
Nominations for the 2026 Joan Mott Prize Lecture Celebrating Women Physiologists have now closed.
Who can be nominated?
- Female physiologists at any career-stage
- You can nominate another person but not yourself
What is the award?
- £750 award
- Lecture is delivered at a Society conference or online
- Publication in Experimental Physiology, subject to Editorial Board agreement
How can I nominate?
Nominations open from 1 October to 30 November
What are the selection criteria?
The Prize Lecture Award Panel base their evaluations on the overall quality of relevant contributions and achievements by nominees, in relation to the selection criteria listed below. The selection committee will consider the following aspects of nominations for this prize and nominators should include the following information:
- What their citation count or h-index is
- A description of how the body of work of the nominee has changed our understanding of physiology (150 words)
- A description of the impact the nominee’s work has had inside and outside academia (150 words)
- A description of how the nominee has promoted the involvement of women in physiology (150 words)
- Details of any career breaks and/or challenges that may have been overcome (150 words)
Guidelines for nominators
- Nominations open 1 October
- Nominations close 30 November
- Anyone can nominate for this prize
- Nominees may NOT nominate themselves
- The prize is open to nominees based in the UK and Internationally
- There are no career stage restrictions associated with this prize
- We will not consider nominations of deceased individuals
- Nominees can only be considered for one of our prizes in any given year. In a case where a nominee is nominated for more than one prize independently, it is at the discretion of the Prize Lecture Award Panel which prize they will be considered for.
- Trustees of The Physiological Society are not eligible to be nominated
- When nominating previous prize winners, please remember that a person cannot be awarded twice for substantially the same body of work
- Nominees should only be nominated once for this prize in any given prize cycle. In cases where we receive more than one nomination for the same nominee, only one nomination will go forward to the panel.
Previous winners
2013: Eleanor A Maguire (at IUPS)
2014: Linda Partridge
2015: Hannelore Daniel
2017: Rhian Touyz (at IUPS)
2019: Claire Hills
2021: Laura Bennet
2023: Janna Morrison
Who was Joan Mott?
Joan Mott (1921 –1994)
Joan Mott was an English physiologist. Joan worked on fetal physiology and endocrinology. She had approximately 70 publications between 1950 and 1992. A woman ahead of her time, Joan will be remembered for her leadership, mentoring and supervision. She was a Foundation Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.
The Physiological Society established the Joan Mott Prize Lecture in 1995 funded by a bequest from Joan Mott.
