Australia Prize
The Australia Prize was Australia's premier research award between 1990 and 1999 . The prize was awarded annually for outstanding achievements in science and technology. No winners were selected in 1991. The Australian government awarded the prize internationally; 10 of the 28 award winners were not Australians.
Since 2000, the Prime Minister's Science Awards have replaced the Australia Prize. The main prize is the Prime Minister's Prize for Science . In addition, the Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year and the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year are awarded to prominent young scientists. In addition, in 2002 prizes were set up for outstanding teachers in primary and secondary schools ( Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools and Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools ).
Award winners
- 1990: Allen Kerr , Eugene Nester and Jeff Schell (in the field of Biological Sciences relating to agriculture or the environment )
- 1991: (not awarded)
- 1992: John Watt , Brian Sowerby , Nicholas Cutmore and Jim Howarth (in the field of Physical Sciences relating to mining or processing of mineral resources )
- 1993: Horace Barlow , Peter Bishop and Vernon Mountcastle (in Sensory Perception )
- 1994: Gene Likens (in Sustainable Land Management )
- 1995: Kenneth G. McCracken , Andrew Green , Jonathon Huntington , Richard Moore (in the field of remote sensing )
- 1996: Paul Janssen , Graeme Laver , Peter Colman and Mark von Itzstein (in the field of pharmaceutical design )
- 1997: Allan Snyder , Rodney Tucker and Gottfried Ungerböck (in Telecommunications )
- 1998: Elizabeth Blackburn , Suzanne Cory , Alec Jeffreys and Grant Sutherland (in Molecular Science )
- 1999: Martin A. Green and Stuart R. Wenham (in Energy Science and Technology )
Sources and individual references
- Australia Prize Overview ( Memento from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Science grants. Overview. (No longer available online.) In: Australian Government. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013 ; accessed on November 23, 2012 (English).