The winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for mathematics in The Parliamentary & Scientific Committee’s STEM for Britain awards were announced on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at a prize-giving ceremony in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.

Photo credit: The Parliamentary & Scientific Committee/John Deehan Photography

STEM For Britain 2025 Winners

The three winners were picked from 20 selected finalists from a field of more than 100 application within the mathematics category. The three winners are:

Gold: Edwina Yeo (UCL) – Preventing bacterial surface contamination and infection via mathematical modelling. View Poster

Silver: Rosie Barrows (Imperial College/KCL) – Quantifying the impact of anti-arrhythmic therapy in atrial fibrillation patients using computational whole-heart models. View Poster

Bronze: Holly Chambers (Imperial College) – Benchmarking a causal discovery method for partially observed biochemical kinetics. View Poster

Full details of the research presented in the final’s poster session can be found on the STEM for Britain Website.

The Heilbronn Institute, which provided support to the event and sponsored the mathematics Silver Medal, is delighted to be associated with STEM for Britain and offers its warmest congratulations to all 20 of the mathematics finalists and to all of the Award winners.

The overall aim of the STEM for Britain  competition is to encourage, support and promote Britain’s early career researchers. This annual competition is an important date in the parliamentary calendar because it gives MPs an opportunity to see the work of a wide range of the country’s best young researchers