Two awards may be granted annually in any field within the Society’s purview. No more than three years or three equivalent-full-time years shall have passed since the award of the PhD at the award nomination deadline. Each award shall attract a grant of $1,000 from the Society.
The Royal Society of Tasmania instituted these awards to honour two doctoral (PhD) graduates who have made significant advances in the course of their doctoral research. The awards are made annually for excellence in research in any field within the purview of the Society. The awards may not be conferred if none of the candidates meets the conditions.
Beginning in 2021, and every second year thereafter, one award will be reserved for nominations in non-Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) disciplines. The other award will be open.
The value of each award is $1,000 (AUD). Each awardee will be invited to present a lecture to the Society.
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2024 Dr Ingrid Cox and Dr Manon Simon
2023 Dr Tobias Stål
2022 Dr Zhen Zhou
2021 Dr Pratiksha Srivastava and Dr Rhondda Waterworth
2020 Dr Adam Abersteiner and Dr Alessandro Silvano
2019 Dr Jessica Ericson and Dr Indrani Mukherjee
2018 Dr J Mulder and Dr P Feng
2017 L Ratnarajah
2016 J Younger and A Shallan
2015 D Gregory
2014 A Peacock
2013 M Schultz
2012 D Aitken
2011 J Zika
2010 Peter Molesworth
2009 G While
2008 M A Haas
2007 J N Brown
2006 R Chung
2005 R Barbour
2004 Elizabeth Fulton
2003 Dr D Close
2002 Dr Paul Adlard
2001 Dr Helen Fricker
2000 Dr Annie Wong
1999 Dr Simon Ellingsen
The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Read more