Nominations are now open for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.
This is your opportunity to nominate your leaders, employees, colleagues and peers for Australia’s most prestigious science awards.
The Awards recognise outstanding achievements in science, research-based innovation, and teaching our next generation about the important role science plays in our lives.
The Prizes include five Science and Innovation Prizes and two Science Teaching Prizes. Each year, the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science award up to a total of $750,000 in prize money.
Nominations of people from across a range of disciplines is encouraged especially those who have made a significant contribution to Australia’s:
- scientific and commercialisation capabilities
- social and economic well-being
- science education.
Prime Minister the Hon. Scott Morrison said ‘for over 20 years, the Prizes have recognised remarkable Australians whose dedication to scientific research and innovation has led the way in shaping the future of our country’.
Minister for Science and Technology, the Hon Melissa Price MP, launched the 2022 Prizes’ nomination period.
‘I strongly encourage people to nominate those they know are doing great work in scientific research, research-based innovation, and in science teaching,’ Minister Price said.
‘We are working hard to increase the diversity of nominations that are received for the prizes each year, but we need everyone’s help to make this happen.’
The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science is committed to improving diversity with nominations of women, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, and people from regional and remote parts of Australia strongly encouraged.
Nominate for the Science and Innovation Prizes or the Science Teaching Prizes through business.gov.au before 5:00 pm AEDT on Thursday, 10 February 2022.
Learn more about previous winners of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science and their contributions to COVID-19 vaccine research, ground-breaking discovery in gravitational wave astronomy and internationally-acclaimed research in mathematics.