The Australian Academy of Science’s honorific awards recognise outstanding contributions to the advancement of science, from researchers early in their careers to those with a lifetime of achievements.

Nominations for the Academy's prestigious honorific awards for scientific excellence close 1 May 2025.

Read our how to nominate guide.

Premier awards

Premier and career awardsrecognise achievement over the whole career.

• Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture (biological sciences)
• Ruby Payne-Scott Medal any branch of the physical and biological sciences)

Career awards

• David Craig Medal and Lecture (chemistry)
• Haddon Forrester King Medal, sponsored by Rio Tinto (mineral exploration)
• Ian Wark Medal and Lecture (applied sciences)
• Mawson Medal and Lecture (Earth sciences)
• Suzanne Cory Medal (biomedical sciences)

Mid-career awards

• Gustav Nossal Medal (global health)
• Nancy Millis Medal (any branch of the physical and biological sciences)

Early-career awards

• Anton Hales Medal (Earth sciences)
• *new*Brian Anderson Medal (information and communications technology)
• Christopher Heyde Medal (probability theory and statistical methodology and their applications)
• Dorothy Hill Medal (Earth sciences)
• Fenner Medal (biology, excluding biomedical sciences)
• Frederick White Medal (applied sciences)
• Gottschalk Medal (biomedical sciences)
• John Booker Medal (engineering sciences)
• Le Fvre Medal (chemistry)
• Pawsey Medal (physics)
• Ruth Stephens Gani Medal (human genetics)

• Email: aas@science.org.au