Science Prizes

Faculty Prizes

The Gina Savage Prize ($200)
Awarded to the best woman graduate in Science
The Larry Hick Award ($1000)-to assist travel to a research conference
The award is to be presented annually to a UoW HDR student in the School of Chemistry who in the opinion of the selection committee has published the best research paper in the 12 months prior to the presentation
R. McC. Lilley Honours Prize ($350)
Awarded to the student who performs best in the overall mark and grade for their Honours year.
RACI Analytical Chemistry Award ($500)
Awarded to the student with the highest final mark in CHEM314 - Instrumental Analysis

Science Alumni

The Alumni Bookshop Faculty Prize ($300)
This prize is open to students completing an Honours year or in the final year of a four year degree (or double degree). This prize is awarded to a student deemed to have the highest performance, as determined by the Dean.

School of Biological Sciences

The Biology Prize ($300)
Awarded to the BSc student with the best overall performance in a Major Study in Biology
The Jim Campbell Honours Award ($350)
Awarded to the BSc(Hons) or BBiotech(Hons) student who performs best in the overall mark and grade for their Honours year

School of Chemistry

Bachelor of Nanotechnology Prize
Awarded to the student with the highest Honours WAM (open to students completing Honours in Nanotechnology).
Bert Halpern Prize in Chemistry
Awarded to the student with the highest mark in CHEM401 or CHEM402/403.
G.W. Daniels Memorial Prize for 2nd Year Chemistry ($100)
Awarded to the student with the highest WAM in 24 credit points of 200-level CHEM subjects, with at least 6 credit points completed in the year of the award.
JJR Medicinal Chemistry Honours Prize ($250)
Awarded to student with the highest mark in CHEM460 MedChem Research Project and 1st Class Honours
The Larry & Marilyn Hick Award ($1000)
Awarded to the student who, in the opinion of the selection committee, has been the major author of the best research paper in the 12 months prior to the presentation. Eligible students must have been enrolled in a MSc (Research_ or PhD for no more than 3.5 FTE years.
Peter Beckmann Memorial Prize ($250)
Awarded to the student who achieves the highest WAM for 24 credit points of 300-level Chemistry subjects, with at least 8 credit points of these subjects completed in the year of the award.
Pharmaxis Prize for Medicinal Chemistry ($250)
Awarded to the student with the highest mark in CHEM460.
RACI Analytical Chemistry Award
Awarded to the student with the highest mark in Instrumental Analysis (CHEM314).
RACI Student Prize ($500 + membership to RACI)
Awarded to the BSc student majoring in Chemistry with the best average marks obtained in all CHEM subjects

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EESC)

Illawarra Prize in First Year EESC ($100)
Awarded for best overall performance in 100-level Geography
Illawarra Prize in Second Year EESC ($200)
Awarded for best overall performance in 200-level Geography
Illawarra Prize in Third Year EESC ($200)
Awarded for best overall performance in 300-level Geography
Illawarra Prize in Fourth Year EESC ($300)
Awarded for best overall performance
The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Illawarra Branch) Geology Prize ($250)
Awarded to the student with the best result in GEOS111/102 who is proceeding to further study in Geology
The A.J. & I. Waters Prize in Geology ($150)
Awarded for best overall performance in 3rd year Geology subjects
The Foundation Prize in Geology ($250)
Awarded to the student with best overall performance in 200-level Geology
The Evan Phillips Prize in Geology
Awarded for best performance in practical work in Geology
The Geological Society of Australia (NSW Division) Prize in Geology (GSA Membership)
Awarded for best overall performance in 3rd year Geology subjects
Howard Warner Ore Deposits Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best performance in GEOS307 Mineral Resources
The Prospectors Earth Sciences Estwing Prize (Estwing geological hammer)
Awarded to the BSc student with the most meritorious performance in 1st year Geology
The Prospectors Earth Sciences Suunto Prize in Environmental EESC (A compass)
Awarded to the BEnvSc student with the most meritorious performance at the completion of 3rd year in either the Earth Sciences or Land Resources Strands of Environmental Science
Ian R. McDonald Prize in Geology
Awarded for the best performance in BEnvSc (Earth Sciences strand)
Merit Award in Geology ($100)
Awarded for commendable performance in Geology subjects
AAMHatch Prize for Remote Sensing ($500)
Awarded for the best performance in GEOS239 Remote Sensing of the Environment
Murray Wilson Prize for Human Geography ($200)
Awarded for the best performance by a candidate for a degree of Bachelor who completes a major in Human Geography
Geoscience Australia Jubilee Prize (Publications from AGSO -value $100)
Awarded to the best 2nd year student spanning the several strands of Geosciences subjects
ESRI Australia Prize for Geographic Information Systems ($500)
Awarded for the best performance in GEOS339 Geographic Information Systems
Toni O'Neill Prize ($200)
Awarded to a Faculty of Science undergraduate or postgraduate student for innovative project work in the spatial sciences
John Head Prize in Earth and Environmental Sciences ($200)
Awarded for excellence in postgraduate research demonstrated in PhD thesis awarded in previous year

Environmental Science

Allan Sefton Memorial Prize ($700)
Awarded to the best graduate in the BEnvSc Honours Degree program
Howard Worner Prize ($500)
Awarded to the top student completing 2nd year in the BEnvSc Honours Degree program
Australian Association of Natural Resource Management (AANRM) Prize (Membership)
Awarded to the Environmental Science student with the best result in EESC202 - Soils, Landscape and Hydrology
Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (NSW Division) Prize ($500)
Awarded to the top Bachelor of Environmental Science student in subject ENVI391 - Environmental Science