The Protein and Peptide Science Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry honored Philip Dawson, PhD, with its biennial RSC Medimmune Protein and Peptide Science Award for his “creative and impactful work in peptide and protein science.” Dawson, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, is also dean of graduate and postdoctoral studies at the institute and oversees its Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences.