Nominate now for the Academy’s 2022 awards February 25, 2021
Nominations are now open for the Academy’s 2022 honorific awards, and applications open for support for research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships.
These awards and funding opportunities support and shine a light on researchers who are making outstanding contributions to science and progressing the advancement of science in Australia.
The awards recognise remarkable achievements in research fields including Earth sciences, biology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, experimental biomedicine, genetics and more, with some awards nominations being open biennially.
According to Dr Lara Malins, one of many award recipients featured in the Academy’s Science Matters magazine, the JG Russell Award she received is more than just extra funding. “It was just really fantastic to have that support. Awards that recognise early-career researchers set them on a trajectory that helps them be more successful.”
The Academy is committed to celebrating and supporting diversity . It is seeking nominations of outstanding scientists from all career stages, backgrounds and genders, and strongly encourages more nominations of women for all awards, in particular the premier, career and mid-career honorific awards.
New Premier Awards category
The recently launched Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture joins the Matthew Flinders and Macfarlane Burnet medals and lectures as an Academy Premier Award. The Premier Awards category is the Academy’s most prestigious category of awards, recognising researchers of the highest standing over a career of any length. Candidates and nominators for these awards may be non Fellows. The STEM sector is strongly encouraged to nominate suitable candidates for these awards.
Important dates
Honorific award nominations
All honorific award nominations close 1 May 2021 .
Research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships
All research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships applications close 1 June 2021 .
See below for the full list of 2022 awards, grants, fellowships and funding. More information on each award can be found at the Academy's Awards page , including how to nominate or apply.
Awards and opportunities now open
Earth sciences
Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Premier award, Australian residents onlyIan Wark Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyDorothy Hill Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Less than 10 yrs post PhD, Australian residents only, women onlyAnton Hales Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Less than 10 yrs post PhD, Australian residents onlyNancy Millis Medal for Women in Science [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: 8-15 yrs post PhD, Australian residents only, women onlyFrederick White Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Less than 10 yrs post PhDHaddon Forrester King Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australia and overseasMawson Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: PhD candidate or less than 15 yrs post PhD, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders onlySelby Fellowship [Nominations due 1 June] Eligibility: More than 15 yrs post PhD, non-Australian residents onlyElizabeth and Fredrick White research conferences [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: organisations or individuals on behalf of organisations, Australia and overseasThe Moran Award for History of Science Research [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Postgraduate student, Australian residents only
Physical sciences
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Premier award, Australian residents onlyDavid Craig Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyIan Wark Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyNancy Millis Medal for Women in Science [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: 8-15 post PhD, Australian residents only, female onlyLe Fèvre Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Less than 10 yrs post PhD, Australian residents onlyAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: PhD candidate or less than 15 yrs post PhD, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders onlySelby Fellowship [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: More than 15 yrs post PhD, non-Australian residents onlyThe Moran Award for History of Science Research [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Postgraduate student, Australian residents onlyElizabeth and Fredrick White research conferences [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Organisations or individuals on behalf of organisations, Australia and overseas
Biological science
Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May 2020] Eligibility: Premier award, Australian residents onlyMacfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Premier award, Australian residents onlyIan Wark Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyFenner Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Less than 10 yrs post PhD, Australian residents onlyNancy Millis Medal for Women in Science [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: 8-15 post PhD, Australian residents only, female onlyRuth Stephens Gani Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Less than 15 yrs post PhD, Australian residents onlyThe Margaret Middleton Fund for endangered Australian native vertebrate animals [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Hold an APA, university scholarship or less than 3 yrs post-PhD, Australian residents onlyThe Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: PhD candidate or less than 5 yrs post PhD, Australian residents onlyThe Moran Award for History of Science Research [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Postgraduate student, Australian residents onlyBoden Research Conferences [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Organisations or individuals on behalf of organisations, Australia and overseasThomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Less than 15 yrs post PhDAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: PhD candidate or less than 15 yrs post PhD, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders onlySelby Fellowship [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: More than 15 yrs post PhD, non-Australian residents onlyGraeme Caughley Travelling Fellowship [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Career award, Australian or New Zealand residents only\Rudy Lemberg Travelling Fellowship [Nominations due 1 June] Eligibility: Career award, Australian or overseas residents
Biomedical science
Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Premier award, Australian residents onlyMacfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Premier award, Australian residents only Suzanne Cory Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents only Gustav Nossal Medal for Global Health [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyIan Wark Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyGottschalk Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: between 8 to 15 post PhD, Australian residents onlyJacques Miller Medal [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Less than 15 yrs post PhD, Australian residents onlyNancy Millis Medal for Women in Science [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: 8-15 post PhD, Australian residents only, female onlyBoden Research Conferences [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Organisations or individuals on behalf of organisations, Australia and overseasThe Moran Award for History of Science Research [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Postgraduate student, Australian residents onlyAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: PhD candidate or less than 15 yrs post PhD, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders onlySelby Fellowship [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: More than 15 yrs post PhD, non-Australian residents only
Population and the environment, and environmental science
Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Premier award, Australian residents onlyIan Wark Medal and Lecture [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: Career award, Australian residents onlyNancy Millis Medal for Women in Science [Nominations due 1 May] Eligibility: 8-15 post PhD, Australian residents only, female onlyAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: PhD candidate or less than 15 yrs post PhD, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders onlySelby Fellowship [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: More than 15 yrs post PhD, non-Australian residents onlyThe Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: PhD candidate or less than 5 yrs post PhD, Australian residents onlyFenner Conference on the Environment [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Organisations or individuals on behalf of organisations, Australia and overseasThe Margaret Middleton Fund for endangered Australian native vertebrate animals [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Hold an APA, university scholarship or less than 3 yrs post-PhD, Australian residents onlyThe Moran Award for History of Science Research [Applications due 1 June] Eligibility: Postgraduate student, Australian residents only
Engineering
