Recommendations may be made for nominations to be transferred to different awards in the following year. 4 Awards may not be made to any person who is a member of Council at the time when Council decides who shall be the recipient. 5 Awards may not be made to any person on the committees at the time when the committees make their recommendations to Council. Nominations for the Royal Society Michael Faraday Award are invited from all interested parties. A downloadable nomination form is made available in November and nominations must be received by 31 January of the following year.
Nominations remain valid for three years only.
In the event of a medal or prize lecture being made, all other nominations in the same name automatically lapse. Recommendations are made to Council. The Michael Faraday Award may not be made to any person who is a member of Council at the time when Council decides who shall be the recipient. The Michael Faraday Award may not be made to any person on the Michael faraday Award Committee at the time when the Committee makes its recommendations to Council. The Society makes nominations for a limited number of international prizes, a list of which is circulated to the Fellowship in September, and is available throughout the year on the website.