The Eureka Prizes are awarded annually by the
Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is a heritage-listed museum at 1 William Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest museum in Australia,Design 5, 2016, p.1 and the fifth oldest natural history museum in the ...
,
Sydney
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, to recognise individuals and organizations who have contributed to science and the understanding of science in Australia. They were founded in 1990 following a suggestion by science journalist
Robyn Williams
Robyn Williams (born 30 January 1944) is a British/Australian science journalist and broadcaster who has hosted ''The Science Show'' on ABC Radio National (RN) since 1975, and created ''Ockham's Razor'' in 1984.
Early life and education
W ...
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Winners
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
*
Branka Vucetic, Electrical engineer at the
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...
2013
List of winners:
*
CSIRO
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government
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Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science - Winner: Professor Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne
* Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher - Winner: Dr Kerrie Wilson, University of Queensland
* University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research - Winner: Dr Lars Kjer-Nielsen and Professor James McCluskey, University of Melbourne, and Professor Jamie Rossjohn, Monash University
* University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research - Winner: Quantum Bio-probes, University of Melbourne
* University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize - Primary – Winner: What is Friction?, Nathan Gori, Reuben Shepherd, Billy McLeod, Jack Dougall and Sacha Balme, Beauty Point Public School, NSW
* Caring for our Country Landcare Eureka Prize for Sustainable Agriculture Winner: The Future Farm Industries CRC Enrich Project Team, CSIRO, University of Western Australia and South Australian Research and Development Institute
* ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology - Winner: Zebedee Team, CSIRO
* Australian Government Eureka Prize for Science Journalism Winner: Ian Townsend, ABC
* Australian Government Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Australian Science Research Winner: Professor Rob Brooks University of New South Wales
* NSW Health Jamie Callachor Eureka Prize for Medical Research Translation Winner: Professor Steve Wilton and Professor
Sue Fletcher
Sue Fletcher is a professor and lecturer at the University of Western Australia and a Senior Principal Research Fellow at Murdoch University. She studies the field of molecular and cell biology and holds the position of chief scientific officer at ...
, Murdoch University
* University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers - Winner: Professor Rick Shine AM FAA, University of Sydney
* Australian Museum University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize – Secondary - Winner: The Spectacular Spider, Brandon Gifford, Casino High School, NSW
* Rio Tinto Eureka Prize for Commercialisation of Innovation - Winner: Scanalyse/Outotec, Scanalyse Pty Ltd/Outotec and Curtin University
* NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Eureka Prize for Environmental Research - Winner: Professor Chris Johnson, University of Tasmania; Dr Michael Letnic, University of New South Wales; Dr Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Dr Arian Wallach, James Cook University; and Adam O'Neill, Evelyn Downs Station
* New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography - Winner: Richard Wylie, Euakafa Island Research Centre
* Defence Science and Technology Organisation Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia - Winner: DMTC Armour Applications Program, Defence Materials Technology Centre
* Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research - Winners: Professor Scott O'Neill, Monash University; Professor Ary Hoffmann, University of Melbourne; Professor Scott Ritchie, James Cook University; Dr Elizabeth McGraw, Monash University; Dr Luciano Moreira, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; and Professor Brian Kay, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
* 3M Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science - Winners: Associate Professor David Wilson, Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales
2012
List of winners:
* CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science - Winner: Professor
Suzanne Cory
Suzanne Cory (born 11 March 1942) is an Australian molecular biologist. She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist Jerry Adams, also a W ...
* Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher - Winner: Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
* University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research - Winners: Professor John Webb, Professor Victor Flambaum, Dr Julian King and Dr Julian Berengut, School of Physics at the University of New South Wales, and Associate Professor Michael Murphy, Swinburne University of Technology
* University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize – Winner: Brandon Gifford, Year 11 student, Casino High School
* ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology - Winner: Associate Professor Wei Shen with Professor Gil Garnier, Dr Xu Li, Junfei Tian, David Ballerini, Miaosi Li and Lizi Li, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
* Australian Government Eureka Prize for Science Journalism Winners: Gisela Kaufman and Carsten Orlt, Kaufmann Production
* Australian Government Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Australian Science Research Winner: Dr Rob Brander, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of NSW
* NSW Health Jamie Callachor Eureka Prize for Medical Research Translation Winner: Professor David Kaye, Heart Failure Research Group, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
* University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers - Winner: Professor Doug Hilton, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
* Voiceless Eureka Prize for Scientific Research that Contributes to Animal Protection Winner: Professor Clive Phillips, University of Queensland
* Defence Science and Technology Organisation Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Support of Defence or National Security - Winner: Dr Yonggang Zhu
* Rio Tinto Eureka Prize for Commercialisation of Innovation - Winner: Digitalcore, including Dr Victor Pantano, Professor Mark Knackstedt and Professor Tim Senden and Dr Adrian Sheppard, Research School of Physics and Engineering, ANU, and Professor Val Pinczewski and Associate Professor Christoph Arns, School of Petroleum Engineering, UNSW
* NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Eureka Prize for Environmental Research - Winners: Dr
Dana Cordell and Professor
Stuart White, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney
* Google Australia Eureka Prize for Innovation in Computer Science - Winners: Associate Professor Jon McCormack, Peter McIlwain, Aidan Lane and Dr Alan Dorin, Centre for Electronic Media Art, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
* New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography - Winner: Jason Edwards for photograph, "First Documentation of a Humpback Whale Mating"
* Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre at University of Queensland Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research - Winners: Dr Marc Pellegrini, with Jesse Toe and Simon Preston, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
* NSW Trade & Investment Eureka Prize for Science or Mathematics Teaching - Winner: Geoff McNamara, Melrose High School, Pearce, ACT
* 3M Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science - Winner: Dr Matthew Hill, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
2011
*
Skeptical Science
Skeptical Science (occasionally abbreviated SkS) is a climate science blog and information resource created in 2007 by Australian former cartoonist and web developer, John Cook, who received a PhD degree in cognitive science in 2016. In additio ...
, founded by John Cook, for contribution to Global Warming research.
2005
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Åsa Wahlquist
2001
*
John A. Long for Promotion of Science
1997
*Penny van Oosterzee won her second Eureka Prize
1995
*
Ian Plimer
Ian Rutherford Plimer (born 12 February 1946) is an Australian geologist and professor emeritus at the University of Melbourne. He rejects the scientific consensus on climate change. He has been criticised by climate scientists for misinterp ...
, of the
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...
Department of Earth Sciences, author of ''Telling Lies for God''
1994
*Dr
Barbara Hardy of the
Investigator Science and Technology Centre,
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
, won the prize for science promotion
*Dr
Kath Bowmer, deputy chief of CSlRO's Division of Water Resources, for environmental research
*
Petaluma Wines of South Australia for application of science to wine-making
*Dr
David Malin
David Frederick Malin (born 28 March 1941) is a British-Australian astronomer and photographer. He is principally known for his spectacular colour images of astronomical objects. A galaxy is named after him, Malin 1, which he discovered in ...
, author of ''A View of the Universe'' and
Mary E. White, author of ''The Browning of Australia'', shared prize
1993
*
Patricia Vickers-Rich
Patricia Arlene Vickers-Rich (born 11 July 1944), also known as Patricia Rich, is an Australian Professor of Palaeontology and Palaeobiology, who researches the environmental changes that have impacted Australia (including the ancient super ...
, of
Monash University
Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university h ...
, and
Tom Rich
Thomas Rich (born c. 1940), generally known as Tom Rich, is an Australian palaeontologist. He is, as of 2019, Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology at Museums Victoria.
Education and career
*He was a student of Professor Ruben Arthur Stirt ...
, of the
Museum of Victoria
Museums Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state-owned museums in Melbourne, Victoria: the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum. It also manages the Royal Exhibition Building and a storage faci ...
for their book ''Wildlife of Gondwana''
*Professor
David Allen, astronomer at the
Anglo-Australian Observatory
The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO), formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory, was an optical and near-infrared astronomy observatory with its headquarters in North Ryde in suburban Sydney, Australia. Originally funded jointly by the U ...
, for science promotion
1992
*
Questacon
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, hands-on science demonstrations centre in
Canberra
Canberra ( )
is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
won the prize for education
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Australian Minerals Industry Research Association of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, won the prize for industry
*The coral spawning team led by members of the
Museum of Tropical Queensland
The Museum of Tropical Queensland (abbreviated MTQ) is a museum of natural history, archaeology and history located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is located in the same complex as the Reef HQ Aquarium. MTQ is a member of the Queens ...
,
Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
, for environmental research
*Professor Paul Davies, for his book ''The Mind of God''
1991
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Ben Selinger of ANU, author of ''Chemistry in the Marketplace''
*Professor
Paul Davies
Paul Charles William Davies (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, a professor in Arizona State University and Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He is affiliated with the Institute ...
of
Adelaide University
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...
, author of several best-sellers
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Peter Laver of
BHP Limited
BHP Group Limited (formerly known as BHP Billiton) is an Australian multinational mining, metals, natural gas petroleum public company that is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded ...
recognizing that company's investment in R&D
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Peter Keating of
Biotech International, also for investing in R&D
*
Martin Green, founder and director of the Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems at the
University of NSW
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...
*
Penny Van Oosterzee won the science book prize for ''The Centre'', on Australia's desert regions.
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1990
*The inaugural Eureka Prize for Industry was awarded by the panel of seven judges to F. H. Faulding for a slow-release form of analgesic.
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External links
Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
2019 Winner profiles
Australian science and technology awards
Australian journalism awards