Award recipients by year
2020
Rank Prize in Optoelectronics
Professor Justin Marshall
2019
Australian Mathematical Society - 2019 Gavin Brown Prize
Professor Joseph Grotowski and Professor Dirk Kroese
2019 Pearcey Medal
Professor David Abramson
Scopus Australia & New Zealand Researcher Awards 2019 - Excellence in Outstanding Early Career Research
Dr Yang Bai
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia - Paul Bourke Awards for Early Career Research
Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Dr Melissa Day
National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia - Metcalf Prize
Dr Felicity Davis
Australia India Science, Research & Development Award 2019
Professor Neena Mitter
Betty Laidlaw MND Research Prize 2020
Dr Shyuan Ngo
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation - Lieber Prize
Professor John McGrath
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation - Maltz Prize for Innovative and Promising Schizophrenia Research
Dr James Kesby
Women In Technology Awards - Community Award – Highly Commended
Robyn Bull
Women In Technology Awards - Life Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award - Winner
Professor Vicki Clifton
Women In Technology Awards - Life Sciences Research Leader Award - Winner
Associate Professor Antje Blumenthal
Women In Technology Awards - Life Sciences Young Achiever Award – Joint Winners
Hana Starobova and Amy Chan
Young Tall Poppy Science Awards
Dr Sara Herke, Dr Caitlin Curtis, Dr Carlos Salomon, Dr James Kesby, Dr Laura Fenlon
UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards
Dr Lee Hickey, Dr Tom Rufford, Dr Leanne Sakzewski, Dr Yang Bai, Dr Hongzhi Yin, Dr Sarah Bennett, Dr Teresa Ubide
Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology - President’s Medal 2019
Professor Jenny Stow
Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology - Emerging Leader Award for 2019
Associate Professor Jo Bowles and Associate Professor Kate Schroder
Public Health Association of Australia Awards
Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Professor Ian Frazer and Dr Danette Langbecker
Australian Water Association Queensland - 2019 Research Innovation Award
UQ Advanced Water Management Centre MULFE Project
2019 Science and Innovation Awards – Australian Eggs Award
Dr Kirsty Short
2019 Science and Innovation Awards – Cotton Research and Development Corporation Award
Dr Dean Brookes
Royal Australasian College of Physicians – Eric Susman Prize
Professor Ranjeny Thomas
L’Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talent
Dr Jacqui Romero
Universities Australia Pitch It Clever Vice-Chancellors’ Award
Dr Arosha Weerakoon
2018
Prime Minister's Prizes for Science - 2018 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
Associate Professor Jack Clegg
Research Australia Health and Medical Research Awards
Dr Sue Kildea (Health Services Research Award)
Women in Technology Life Sciences Outstanding Award 2018
Associate Professor Allison Pettit
Women in Technology Life Sciences Rising Star Award 2018
Dr Felicity Davis
Women in Technology Life Sciences Young Achiever Award 2018
Ms Jordan Debono
Women in Technology ICT Young Achiever Award 2018
Ms Yadan Luo
Queensland Young Tall Poppy Awards
Dr Sean Coakley, Dr Jacinda Ginges, Dr Amirali Popat, Dr Jacquiline Romero, Dr Teresa Ubide, Dr Hosam Zowawi
2018 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research
Dr Luke Knibbs, Dr Tim Kidd, Professor Claire Wainwright, Professor Scott Bell
2018 UNSW Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
Associate Professor Ethan Scott, Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Dr Itia Favre-Bulle
Australian Water Association National Research Innovation Award
Professor Damien Batstone and Dr Tim Huelsen
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Top 5 Media Residency Program
Dr Nasim Amiralian and Dr Caitlin Curtis
Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (ANZSCDB) Emerging Leader Award
Associate Professor Michael Piper
Queensland Greats Awards
Professor Matthew Sanders
Queen’s Birthday Honours
Professor Anthony Brown AM, Professor Ram Dalal AM, Professor Iyla Davies OAM, Professor Victor Feros OAM, Dr Deanne Gibbon OAM, Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop AO, Dr Robert Riddel AM, Professor Mark Smithers AM, Professor Brandon Wainwright AM, Professor Claire Wainwright AM
68th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting
Mr Gregory Quaife-Ryan
2018 Queensland Women in STEM Prize
Ms Cecile Godde (Judge’s Choice Award) and Ms Amy Chan (People’s Choice Award)
2017
2017 NHMRC Science to Art Award
Mr Joshua Shing Shun Li
2017 Jeannie Ferris Cancer Australia Recognition Award
Professor Andreas Obermair
Queensland Health and Medical Research Awards
Professor Jian Yang (Senior Researcher Award), Ms Christine Andrews (Postgraduate Award)
Falling Walls Lab Australia
Dr Meghna Talekar
2017 Business and Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) Award (Outstanding Collaboration in Community Engagement
Associate Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa
2017 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research
Dr Jess Marr
2017 Erik Strömgren Medal
Professor John McGrath
2017 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship
Dr Jacqui Romero
2017 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
Professor Jian Yang
2017 Centenary Institute Medical Innovation Award
Dr James Hudson
2017 Women in Technology Awards
Professor Neena Mitter (Life Sciences Outstanding Award), Chelsea Edmonds (ICT Young Achiever Award), Dr Jiwon Kim (ICT Rising Star Award), Dr Kirsty Short (Life Sciences Rising Star Award)
2017 Queensland Young Tall Poppy of the Year
Dr Lee Hickey
2017 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Awards
Dr Alienor Chauvenet, Dr Kirsty Short
2017 Superstars in STEM
Dr Lilach Avitan, Dr Tamara Keeley, Dr Sue Keay
Marshall and Warren Award, 2017 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
Professor David Evans
Top-ranked Practitioner Fellowship, 2017 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
Professor David Paterson
Top-ranked Clinical Career Development Fellowship – Level 2, 2017 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani
2017 Queensland Greats Awards
Professor Perry Bartlett, Professor Cindy Shannon
2017 Queensland Women in STEM
Dr Nasim Amiralian (Judge’s Choice Award), Ms Jordan Debono (People’s Choice Award)
Mahathir Science Award 2016
Professor Hugh Possingham, Professor Kerrie Wilson, Dr Erik Meijaard
World Down Syndrome Day Award
UQ Down Syndrome Research Program (DSRP), School of Education (HASS)
2016 Matilda Awards – Best New Australian Work
Dr Stephen Carleton
2016
2017 Dr John Dixon Hughes Medal for Medical Research Innovation
Professor Mark Kendall
Australian Academy of Science 2017 Nancy Millis Medal
Associate Professor Kerrie Wilson
2016 International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) Distinguished Scientist Award
Professor Christina Lee
2016 Banksia International Award
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
2016 CSL Young Florey Medal
Professor Mark Kendall
2016 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science
Associate Professor Kerrie Wilson
Johnson and Johnson Innovation 2016 Emerging Company of the Year
ResApp Health - Associate Professor Udantha Abeyratne
Women in Research Citation Awards
Dr Alize Ferrari, Associate Professor Margaret Mayfield, Dr Eugenia Sampayo
NHMRC 10 of the Best Research Projects 2015
Professor David Craik, Associate Professor Helen Cooper
2016 Queensland Young Tall Poppy of the Year
Dr Barnaby Dixson
2016 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Awards
Dr Anna Hatton, Dr Luke Knibbs, Dr Shyuan Ngo
Marshall and Warren Award, 2016 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
Professor Justin Cooper-White
Top-ranked Development Grant, 2016 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
Professor Kirill Alexandrov
Top-ranked RD Wright Career Development Fellowship – Level 1, 2016 NHMRC Research Excellence Awards
Dr Joseph Powell
2016 ATSE Clunies Ross Award
Professor Maree Smith
2015
Australian Academy of Science 2016 Ruth Stephens Gani Medal
Associate Professor Geoffrey Faulkner
Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Perry Bartlett
2015 CSL Florey Medal
Professor Perry Bartlett
Life Sciences Queensland 2015 Aon Risk Solutions Regenerative Medicine Award
Professor Justin Cooper-White
Johnson & Johnson Innovation 2015 Industry Leadership Award
Professor Maree Smith
2015 NHMRC Science to Art Award
Dr Victor Anggono
2015 Women in Technology Awards
Assoc Prof Kerrie Wilson and Angie Jarrad
Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology 2015 Bruce Chandler Book Prize
Professor Bhesh Bhandari
2015 Australian Society for Microbiology Frank Fenner Award
Associate Professor Gene Tyson
2015 European Inventor Award
Professor Ian Frazer and the late Dr Jian Zhou
2015 John Douglas Kerr Medal of Distinction
Professor Clive Moore
2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award
Professor Jason Roberts
2015 ATSE Clunies Ross Award
Professor Zhiguo Yuan and Associate Professor Leigh Ward
2015 Metcalf Prize for Stem Cell Research
Associate Professor Christine Wells
2015 Vincent du Vigneaud Award for outstanding achievement in peptide research
Professor David Craik