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A group of 2007 Award winners at Science at the Shine Dome. Photo: © Irene Dowdy

Each year the Australian Academy of Science rewards scientific excellence. Honorific awards are made to early-career researchers under 40 and to career reseachers for life-long achievements. Some awards are offered biennially.

In addition to honorific awards, the Academy supports research through the sponsorship of conferences that focus on rapidly developing fields of research and the award of travelling fellowships.

List of Awardees for 2008
List of Awardees for 2007
List of Awardees for 2006

Early-career awards

• Dorothy Hill Award (Earth sciences, reef sciences, marine geology and taxonomy)
• Fenner Medal (biology – excluding biomedical sciences)
• Frederick White Prize (physical, terrestrial and planetary sciences)
• Gottschalk Medal (medical sciences)
• Le Fèvre Memorial Prize (chemistry)
• Moran Medal (statistical science)
• Pawsey Medal (physics)
• Ruth Stephens Gani Medal (human genetics including clinical, molecular, population and epidemiological genetics and cytogenetics)

• David Craig Medal (chemistry)
• Haddon Forrester King Medal, sponsored by Rio Tinto (mineral exploration)
• Hannan Medal (mathematical sciences)
• Ian Wark Medal and Lecture (applied science)
• Jaeger Medal (Australian Earth sciences)
• Lyle Medal (mathematics or physics)
• Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture (biological sciences) (nominations from Academy Fellows only)
• Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture (physical sciences) (nominations from Academy Fellows only)
• Mawson Medal and Lecture (Earth sciences)

The Academy holds a collection of medals awarded by various organisations in Australia for distinguished contributions to science and technology.