The Prime Minister's Prizes for Science are the nation's finest awards for excellence in science and science teaching. The five prizes awarded annually are the:
- Prime Minister's Prize for Science
- Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
- Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
- Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools
- Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools.
Prize Winners
2020 Prime Minister's Prize for Science
Emeritus Professor David Blair
Emeritus Professor David Blair is a pioneer in gravitational wave research in Australia. Working on methods for their detection for more than 40 years, Professor Blair also founded the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre. This centre became a Western Australian node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav.
2019 Prime Minister's Prize for Science
Senior Honorary Research Fellow
Centre for the Mathematics of Symmetry and Computation
2014 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Professor Ryan Lister - Future Fellow
ARC Centre of Excellence Plant Energy Biology
2013 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
Professor Mark Cassidy - Director
Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems
2012 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
Professor Eric May - Chevron Chair in Gas Process Engineering
UWA Centre for Energy
2005 Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Professor A. Harvey Millar - Centre Director
ARC Centre of Excellence Plant Energy Biology
