Jon McCleverty, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, has received the 2005/06 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Award for Service. The award is given in recognition of outstanding non-academic service to the work of the RSC. Professor McCleverty gains the award for his ‘very long and valuable contribution to the RSC, in particular to science strategy and the development of European collaborative activity’. The award will be given at the RSC General Assembly in Glasgow in mid-November.