Recent awards

Many of our researchers are recognised nationally and internationally for their research activities. Some recent awards:

The University of Sydney featured prominently in the 2006 NSW/ACT Young Tall Poppy Science Awards. Full Story.

A young University of Sydney graduate, Bryan Gaensler, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University, was awarded the 2006 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy. Bryan Gaensler has been offered an ARC Federation Fellowship to return to the University of Sydney in 2006.
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An undergraduate student from the University of Sydney, Sophia Butler won one of just 12 scholarships awarded worldwide to attend an international livestock congress in Houston, Texas, in March 2006.
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A photograph of the inside of an ageing rat’s eye taken by PhD candidate Hussein Mansour at the University of Sydney has won an international scientific photography award.
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A team from the University’s Optical Fibre Technology Centre (OFTC) was awarded the Australasian Science Prize for 2005. Alexander Argyros, Dr Martijn van Eikelenborg and Dr Maryanne Large received the award for their developing a way to make optical fibres.
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Young University of Sydney researchers have been successful in securing six out of a total of 13 New South Wales Young Tall Poppy Awards.
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Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Professor Ivan Kennedy was awarded the Australian Cotton Growers' Research Association 2005 Researcher of the Year Award.
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