{"id":1820,"date":"2026-01-23T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:06:32","slug":"the-2026-call-for-blcs-prizes-and-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 call for BLCS Prizes and Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content-column two_fifth'><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GWG_medal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GWG_medal.jpg\" alt=\"The G.W. Gray Medal\" class=\"wp-image-58\" style=\"width:212px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GWG_medal.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GWG_medal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The G.W. Gray Medal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class='content-column three_fifth last_column'><p>We are delighted to announce the opening of the 2026 call&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/?page_id=51\">BLCS&nbsp;Prizes<\/a>&nbsp;and Medals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British Liquid Crystal Society is calling for nominations for the below listed awards. All nominations must be sent to the Secretary (contact details in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Prizes-and-Medals_Advert-2026.pdf\">attached<\/a> advert) by <em><u>Friday 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February 2026<\/u><\/em>. Please see the BLCS website for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/?page_id=60\">full rules<\/a> and eligibility for these awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>G.W. Gray Medal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C. Hilsum Medal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BLCS Young Scientist Prize<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Prizes-and-Medals_Advert-2026.pdf\">advert<\/a>&nbsp;and the BLCS website for full rules on each award&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk\/?page_id=60\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see the&nbsp;advert&nbsp;and the BLCS website for full rules on each award&nbsp;here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1868,"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}