Duncan Davies Medal Explained

The Duncan Davies Medal is a medal of Research and Development Society to "an individual who has made an outstanding contribution toward making the UK the best-performing research and development environment in the world.".^[1] It is named after Duncan S. Davies.^[2]

Recipients

• 1990 Robert Malpas – Marketing the Future
• 1991 Sir Austin Bide – The influence of science and technology on social progress
• 1992 Brian Newbould – The Birth And Growth Of The Pharmaceutical Industry
• 1993 Derek Roberts – How To Get The Best Out Of Academic Research
• 1994 Sir Robin Nicholson – Industrial R&D In The UK: A New Future?
• 1995 David McMurtry – Cost-Effective R&D In A Small High-Tech Environment
• 1996 Sir Geoffrey Allen – A Sporting Attitude To R&D
• 1997 Sir Richard Sykes – Science In The Business Context: Turning Technology Into Health And Wealth
• 1998 Alan Rudge – Research, Relevance, And The Road To Ruin
• 1999 Sir Peter Williams – Barriers To Innovation: Myth Or Reality?
• 2000 Lord Bragg – Enhancing The Level Of Public Debate On Scientific Matters
• 2001 Philip Ruffles – Linking Research & Development To Corporate Strategy And Growth
• 2002 Richard Brook – Maecenas And The Multitude: Reflections On Peer Review
• 2003 Lord Sainsbury – Exploiting R&D At Regional Level
• 2004 Dame Bridget Ogilvie – The Quixotic Nature Of The Involvement Of The Community In The Development Of New Medical Treatments
• 2005 Lord Bhattacharya – The Expanding World Of Technology
• 2006 Sir Tom McKillop – The Challenges of Innovation
• 2007 Sir Robin Saxby – From start up in a barn in Cambridge to global standard and beyond
• 2008 Sir David King – The challenges of the 21st century
• 2009 Dame Wendy Hall – Research 2.0: the Age of Networks
• 2010 Dame Sue Ion - Fuel for thought – meeting the energy challenges of the 21st Century

References

1. Web site: The Duncan Davies Medal . 2013-05-12 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116085148/http://www.rdsoc.org/the-duncan-davies-medal . 2012-11-16 .
2. Web site: DUNCAN S. DAVIES 1921-1987 . 2023-10-07 . NAE Website . en.