The Nancy Rothwell Award celebrates specimen drawing in schools and highlights the benefits of combining art and science.

The 2021 winners were announced during Biology Week 2021.

The shortlisted entries were also displayed at the Whitworth Art Gallery.

7-11 year old category

Winner:
Anoushka Kumar, age 10

Highly commended:
Dominic Desjardins, age 9

Highly commended:
Juyoung Liam Kim, age 10

Highly commended:
Tejas Singh Sagoo, age 11

Shortlisted:
Cleo Jane Curtis, age 11

Shortlisted:
Daniel Borysov, age 9

Shortlisted:
Martha Abbott, age 11

Shortlisted:
Momina Khan, age 7

Shortlisted:
Seungjoon Lee, age 10
 

12-14 year old category

Winner:
Amelia Hayman, age 14

Highly commended:
Florence Howe, age 13

Highly commended:
Jessica Craw, age 13

Highly commended:
Sabikunnaher Sabiha, age 13

Shortlisted:
Aidan Chan, age 14

Shortlisted:
Amy Bennett, age 14

Shortlisted:
Asmi Agarwal, age 13

Shortlisted:
Jiwoo Annabel Kim, age 14

Shortlisted:
Sanchila Bagchi, age 13

Shortlisted:
Sophie Lee, age 14

15-18 year old category

Winner:
Alice White, age 17

Highly commended:
Daria Kondratyeva, age 18

Highly commended and The Manchester Medal winner:
Manal Arzoo, age 15

Highly commended:
Plaifah Chaisen, age 15


Shortlisted:
Dilara Baştürk, age 18

Shortlisted:
Hamzah Hassan, age 16

Shortlisted:
Junseo Choi, age 15

Shortlisted:
Khushi Arora, age 17

Shortlisted:
Monica Fox, age 16

Shortlisted:
Sophia Adu-Gyamfi, age 15

Special thanks to judges

Claude Barbé-Brown, Inspire!
Andrew Crook MBE, Royal Veterinary College
Lucy Eckersley, Royal Veterinary College
Tom Ireland, Royal Society of Biology
Kate Oliver, Royal Veterinary College
Tim Pond, Illustrator
Dr Grace Sim, Royal Veterinary College
Professor Susan Standring MBE, King's College London
Matt Webb, Royal Society of Biology

Support

The Royal Society of Biology wishes to thank the Royal Veterinary College for its continued support of this award.