This Medal was inaugurated in 1827 as a result of a gift from Alexander Keith of Dunottar, the first Treasurer of the Society. It is awarded quadrennially for a paper on a scientific subject presented in the first instance to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, preference being given to a paper containing a discovery.
The Medal is awarded alternately, provided that a paper worthy of recommendation has been received, for a paper published in: Proceedings A (Mathematics) or Transactions (Earth and Environmental Sciences).
80th Award 2006
Professor Antonio DeSimone, Professor Dr Stefan Muller, Professor Robert Kohn &
Professor Felix Otto
2005
No award made
2001
No award made
79th Award 1997
Professor Vladimir Šverák
78th Award 1993
Dr Euan Clarkson