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The V-C's Excellence in Research Awards

2009 Winners

> Research Excellence for Senior Researchers Award recipient:
Professor Mark Walker (Director, Centre for Medical Bioscience, School of Biological Sciences)

With Highly Commended:
Prof. Geoffrey Spinks (Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)

> Research Excellence for Emerging Researcher Award:
Dr Simon Moulton (Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Science Faculty)

With Highly Commended:
Dr Aidan Sims (School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Informatics) and 
Dr  Todd Mitchell (School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences)

> Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnership:
Professor Stephen Pyne (Faculty of Science) with Industry Partner : Johnson and Johnson Research “New pharmaceutical drug discovery”

With Highly Commended:
Professor Buddhima Indraratna. With Industry Partner ; Rail CRC “Innovations in design and construction of ballasted trail tracks”

> Excellence in Research Supervision:
Associate Professor Brian Jones (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science)

With Highly Commended:
Prof Xu-Feng Huang, (School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences)

Previous Winners

> Excellence in Research Awards: 2008 Winners
> Previous winner of the VC's Excellence in Research Supervision award (2006/7)

Category Details

Excellence in Research Supervision  

The Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision recognises on-going commitment and dedication to successful research student supervision. Research supervisors are nominated by present and past Higher Degree Research Students for this award. The winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $4,000 and will be formally acknowledged at the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Awards ceremony.
> Guidelines and Nomination Form (641 KB .pdf)  NOW CLOSED
> General Enquiries to Mari Dwarte  | Nominations Closed 9th March

Research Excellence (Senior Researchers)

The Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award for Senior Researchers acknowledges the outstanding contributions to research by UOW individual researchers or research teams.  The winning researcher or team will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $4,000 and will be formally acknowledged at the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Awards ceremony. 
> Guidelines (304KB .pdf) | Nomination Form (320KB word file)  NOW CLOSED
> General Enquiries to Sharon Martin | Nominations Closed 27th March

Research Excellence (Emerging Researchers)

The Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award for Emerging Researchers is designed to encourage outstanding researchers within the first seven years of their research career to continue to pursue research excellence. The winners will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $4,000 and will be formally acknowledged at the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Awards ceremony.
> Guidelines (303 KB .pdf) | Nomination Form ( 316KB word file) NOW CLOSED
> General Enquiries to Sharon Martin | Nominations closed 27th March

Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnership

The Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnership recognises the importance that UOW research staff play in the process of initiating, developing, enhancing and managing UOW research partnerships. The staff winner(s) will receive a plaque and a cash prize of $4,000 and will be formally acknowledged at the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Awards ceremony. In addition, the external research partner(s) involved will receive a plaque and will be formally acknowledged at the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Awards ceremony.
> Guidelines (293 KB .pdf ) | Nomination Form (298KB word file) NOW CLOSED
> General Enquiries to Troy Coyle | Nominations closed 27th March