Young Investigator Award

This Award is aimed at recognising and promoting the outstanding research performed by young investigators, as well as providing an opportunity for young researchers to present their research in a way that is readily understood by the general population. In addition, the Award provides an ideal forum for promoting media interest in the excellent and varied research being carried out at the hosting institutions and in the high quality investigators performing this research.

Judging will be a three-stage process with three finalists being chosen from eight semi-finalists. The finalists will be asked to present their work at the Award evening on 31 October 2007. The winner of the Award will receive The Hon Carolyn Pickles Award of $10,000, a prize of $1,000 (untied) plus a Conference Prize of $1500 for attendance at a national or international conference in 2007. Prizes of $2500 and $1500 will be awarded as second and third prizes respectively with $500 of each prize being u