The R Jean Banister Prize Lecture for Early-Career Physiologists
This annual lecture is awarded to early career physiologists and is delivered in up to two locations across the UK and Ireland.
Nominations for the 2026 R Jean Banister Prize Lecture for Early-Career Physiologists have now closed.
Who can be nominated?
- Early-career physiologists from late PhD to non-professorial faculty position
- You can nominate another person but not yourself
What is the award?
- £500
- Lecture is delivered in up to two locations and 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 why the nominee’s work is important (150 words)
- A description of how the nominee has demonstrated a rising trajectory of success (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 career stage restrictions associated with this prize: Early-career physiologists from late PhD to non-professorial faculty position
- 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
2016: Alicia D’Souza
2017: Nathalie Rochefort
2018: Bethan Phillips
2019: Marie Holt
2020: Calum Wilson
2021: Lecture not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023: Tammie Bishop