Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medal

Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medal
Awarded forSignificant contributions in the field of chemistry
CountryPoland
Presented byPolish Chemical Society
First award1996
Websiteptchem.pl/pl/honors/winners-of-the-medals-and-ptchem-awards

The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medal (Medal Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) is a Polish annual science award conferred by the Polish Chemical Society (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne, PTCHem) to scientists working permanently abroad for contributions in the field of chemistry. It was named in honour of Polish physicist Maria Skłodowska-Curie (English: Marie Curie) and first awarded in 1996.

The winner receives a bronze medal depicting Marie Curie and on the reverse the Latin inscription Quo Magis Veritas Propagatur as well as the PTCHem logo, year and the name of the laureate. Four laureates of the medal have also been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Roald Hoffmann (1981), Jean Marie Lehn (1987), Ada Yonath (2009) and Ben Feringa (2016).

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