Royal Medal

Royal Medals
Royal Medals
	King George IV of the United Kingdom (pictured) initiated the Royal Medals during 1825.
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in biological, physical and applied sciences.
Sponsored by	The Royal Society of London, UK
Date	Since 1826
Country	United Kingdom
Website	royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/royal-medal/
Precedence
Next (higher)	Bakerian Medal (physical sciences); Croonian Medal (biological sciences)
Next (lower)	All other society awards/medals in the biological or physical sciences; (restricted to Commonwealth or Irish citizens or residents only)

The Royal Medal, also known as The Queen's Medal and The King's Medal (depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award), is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "The Royal Society Medals and Awards: Nomination guidance" (PDF). The Royal Society. 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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[Guidance-2] "The Royal Society Medals and Awards: Nomination guidance" (PDF). The Royal Society. 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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