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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Rank Prizes for Nutrition and Optoelectronics
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Over the summer, our winning undergraduate students will gain valuable research skills working on projects at universities across the UK.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Philippa Borrill of the John Innes Centre, an active member of the Rank Prize community for many years.
For International Women’s Day 2026, we speak to Professor Diane Saunders about her passion for mentoring and its role in driving gender parity in science.
This year’s winners will be exploring solutions to major global challenges associated with climate change and a growing, ageing population.
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What did our Undergrad Vacation students in Nutrition get up to over the summer? Watch their video reports to find out.
The prestigious Prizes have been awarded for work on elemental profiling to improve crop quality and for the development of the PCSEL, a new form of semiconductor laser.
The newly funded OryzaNet network builds on the achivements of the UK Rice Research Consortium, previously supported by Rank Prize.
Watch Professor Ken Giller’s Rank Lecture on ‘The Perils of Populism and Precarious Promise of Regenerative Agriculture’.
Oli Lindsay is the first Lord Selborne Scholar in Nutrition. His PhD project, focusing on fungi, is helping to promote sustainability in crop production.
Over 100 guests came together in July to celebrate the achievements of our 2024 Rank Prize winners.
Students on our Undergrad Vacation grant will be exploring a range of topics from free school meals and diet quality to visual discomfort and neurodiversity.
We asked Dr. Aaron Hengist to reflect on his time as a Rank Prize doctoral student – during a pandemic. What made being a Rank Prize PhD student so different?
Professor Ann Prentice, a long-standing member of our Nutrition Committee, received the honour for her services to British and Global Public Health Nutrition.
Time-restricted eating, underexploited crops and climate change… Find out more about our 2023 winners and their projects here.
The prestigious Prizes have been awarded for research into type 2 diabetes and retinal imaging.
Researchers came together in June to discuss the Eatwell Guide. Why isn’t there greater adherence to these healthy eating recommendations?
We asked Rank Prize PhD student Maisha Chaudery to tell us about her research into muscle ageing at the University of Southampton.
We are saddened to learn of the death of Professor Simon Bright, a former member of the Rank Prize Nutrition Committee.
Dr. Catriona Anderson is investigating how bacteria help insects survive as part of her New Lecturer grant, awarded by the Nutrition Committee in 2022.
Scientists came together to tackle the double burden of malnutrition at a Forum held at the Wellcome Collection.
To mark International Women’s Day, we talk to Dr. Laura Dearden about inspiring the next generation of female scientists.
Dr. Laura Dearden has been awarded one of our 2022 New Lecturer grants for her research into the effects of obesity during pregnancy.
Early-stage rice researchers from across the UK met in Durham thanks to a Nutrition Committee forum grant.
Joseph will travel to the Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics in Vienna to develop his skills in food chemical analysis.
Professor Amelia Lake (Teesside University) delivered the Rank Lecture at the Nutrition Society Summer Conference in Sheffield earlier this month.
The winners of the 2022 Rank Prizes were formally awarded at a special 50th anniversary prize ceremony in London on 4th July.
The prizewinning papers addressed the resilience of the skin barrier and the impact of hydrogen sulfide on lifespan.
Dr. Pamela Dyson delivered the Harry Keen Rank Nutrition Lecture at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022.
Professor Ann Prentice reflects on winning the inaugural Widdowson Award.
Congratulations to Karen Lillycrop, Professor of Epigenetics at University of Southampton
