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MATTHEW FLINDERS MEDAL AND LECTURE

Nominations for this award have closed.
The next call for nominations will be in June 2009.

The Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture recognises scientific research of the highest standing in the physical sciences, and honours the contributions of Australia's early scientific researchers. Nominations for this award are invited from Academy Fellows only.

Nomination procedure

Nominations should be up to one page in length and should include a citation on the candidate's research and reasons for your nomination of the candidate. These are the only requirements for the nomination.

NB: To be eligible for nomination an appropriate period of time should elapse following the receipt of any other Academy award.

2009 winner – B.H.J. McKellar

Previous winners: *

2007 – P.G. Hall 2005 – R.D. Ekers 2002 – A. McL. Sargeson 2000 – D.V. Boger 1998 – W. Compston 1996 – W.R. Blevin 1994 – N.S. Hush 1992 – B.D.O. Anderson 1990 – J.S. Turner 1988 – R.D. Brown 1986 – J.N. Israelachvili 1984 – B.H. Neumann 1982 – R. Hanbury Brown

1980 – A. Walsh 1978 – A.E. Ringwood 1976 – C.H.B. Priestley 1974 – J.P. Wild 1972 – A.J. Birch 1969 – K.E. Bullen 1967 – F.J. Fenner 1965 – J.S. Anderson 1963 – J.C. Eccles 1961 – M.L. Oliphant 1959 – F.M. Burnet 1957 – J.L. Pawsey

* The 2004 Flinders Medal and Lecture was deferred until 2005. This was due to the Academy's 50th anniversary calendar of events in 2004.

For more information contact ac@science.org.au