Unsung Heroes of Science: 2021 winners
Discover the winning videos in our 2021 competition.
Our congratulations go to all of those recognised in this year’s prizes. We had very many excellent videos to choose from in our shortlist which spanned a huge range of stories told in so many different ways. It has been a pleasure to watch and consider everyone’s entries, and we would like to thank everyone who has been a part of the competition this year.
1st prize
Ellie Hou & Grace Mazzone for ‘Lise Meitner’
2nd prize
Vineeth Rajan for ‘Muriel Wheldale’
3rd prize
Roqayya Dayekh for ‘Tapputi Belatekallim’
Highly commended
- Ahmed Abbas & Zain Rizvi for ‘Abdus Salam’
- Harsh Doshi & Kishon Thalayarajah for ‘Yellapragada Subbarao’
- Angel Lai, Michelle Lam & Sze Long Shea for ‘Tu You You’
- Heidi Taylor for ‘Henrietta Lacks’
Audience Award for most-watched video
- Rameen Masood for ‘Abdus Salam’
International winner
- Bowie Chan & Heito Ngan (Hong Kong) for ‘Ignaz Semmelweis’
International highly commended
- Ania Freymond (Portugal) for ‘John Stewart Bell’
- Natalie Oosterman (Canada) for ‘Henrietta Swan Leavitt’
- Zara Wani (Dubai) for ‘Noel Rose’