The Royal Society Kohn Award was an award given by the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

since 2005 to beginning

scientist A scientist is a person who Scientific method, researches to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engag ...

s who had achieved significant cultural impact through

broadcasting Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...

or public speech. It was funded by the Kohn Foundation (set up by Ralph Kohn) and consisted of a grant for £7,500 for

science communication Science communication encompasses a wide range of activities that connect science and society. Common goals of science communication include informing non-experts about scientific findings, raising the Public awareness of science, public awar ...

activities and a gift of £2,500.

Past winners

*2013 Peter Vukusic *2012 Suzannah Lishman *2011 Christopher Lintott *2010 ''No Award'' *2009 Lucie Green *2008 Chris Smith *2007 Carolyn Stephens *2006

Kathy Sykes Katharine Ellen Sykes (born 20 December 1966) is a British physicist, broadcaster and Professor of Sciences and Society at the University of Bristol. She was previously Collier Professor of Public Engagement in Science and Engineering, from 2 ...

*2005 Colin Pulham

References

2005 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards established in 2005 Awards of the Royal Society Early career awards Science communication awards {{sci-org-stub