Applied Microbiology International has announced the launch of nominations for the 2025 Horizon Awards.

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These prestigious prizes celebrate the brightest minds in the field and promote the research, group, projects, products and individuals who continue to help shape the future of applied microbiology.

The Horizon Awards recognise excellence across various domains of applied microbiology. Each award reflects a unique aspect of our field and its relevance to global challenges. To nominate someone for any award, except the Dorothy Jones D&I award, an active AMI membership is required.

If you’re not sure if you or a colleague are eligible for these awards, you can view the full nomination criteria by clicking here.

Last year’s winners

Last winners included the One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State which was awarded the WH Pierce Global Impact in Microbiology Prize 2024.

The Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award went to industrial microbiologist Dr Helen Onyeaka, at the University of Birmingham, whose groundbreaking research focuses on food security, sustainable food systems, and innovative microbiological solutions to global challenges.

Dr Kim Barrett, vice dean for research and distinguished professor of physiology and membrane biology at the UC Davis School of Medicine, was named as last year’s winner of the John Snow Public Health Innovation Prize for her work, which focuses on research focuses on the transport and barrier properties of the gastrointestinal epithelium and how these are deranged in the setting of various disease processes.

Groundbreaking research

The Christiana Figueres Policy to Practice Award was awarded to Professor Sabiha Essack, the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Antibiotic Resistance and One Health, Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and Honorary Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Jordan.

Dr François Thomas, an independent researcher with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) was the winner of the Rachel Carson Environmental Conservation Excellence Award. His research aims to decipher some of the strategies bacteria use to perform critical biogeochemical transformations, and to quantify their ecological impact. 

The Afro-Caribbean Commercial Science Network (ACCSN), founded by Daniel Similaki, was winner of the Dorothy Jones Diversity and Inclusion Achievement Award 2024. The organisation’s mission to boost the black and ethnic minority representation is shaped by both Daniel’s personal experiences, and the challenges faced by other minorities in the industry.

To find out more about the awards and their criteria, click HERE.

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