David Syme Research Prize
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The David Syme Research Prize is an annual award administered by the University of Melbourne
for the best original research work in biology, physics, chemistry or geology, produced in Australia
during the preceding two years, particular preference is given to original research to enhance industrial and/or commercial development.
The Prize was created at the university in 1904 when Melbourne
newspaper publisher and owner of the The Age
David Syme
made a £3,000 bequest for the foundation of the prize. The first prize was awarded in 1906. The publishers of The Age have continued to fund the award. The prize consists of a medal and of the sum of A$1,000, which may be topped-up further by the publishers. The recipient(s) of the award is chosen by a council selected from the universities Faculty of Science.
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
for the best original research work in biology, physics, chemistry or geology, produced in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
during the preceding two years, particular preference is given to original research to enhance industrial and/or commercial development.
The Prize was created at the university in 1904 when Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
newspaper publisher and owner of the The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
David Syme
David Syme
David Syme was a Scottish-Australian newspaper proprietor of The Age and regarded as "the father of protection in Australia" who had immense influence in the Government of Victoria.-Early life and family:...
made a £3,000 bequest for the foundation of the prize. The first prize was awarded in 1906. The publishers of The Age have continued to fund the award. The prize consists of a medal and of the sum of A$1,000, which may be topped-up further by the publishers. The recipient(s) of the award is chosen by a council selected from the universities Faculty of Science.
Recipients
Over the course of the long history of the prize many notable Australian scientists have been included amongst its recipients- 1906 - Edward Henry Embly
- 1907 - Harold Launcelot Wilkinson
- 1908 - Basil Kilvington
- 1909 - Harold Ingemann Jensen
- 1910 - Henry George Chapman
- 1911 - Georgina SweetGeorgina SweetGeorgina Sweet was an Australian zoologist and women's rights activist. She was the first woman to graduate with a Doctor of Science from the University of Melbourne, and was the first female acting professor in an Australian university.-Early life and education:Sweet was born into a Methodist...
- 1912 - Charles Oswald and George Larcombe
- 1913 - Thomas Harvey Johnston
- 1914 - Joseph Mason Baldwin
- 1915 - Ernest Clayton AndrewsErnest Clayton AndrewsErnest Clayton Andrews was an Australian geologist and botanist.Andrews was born in Balmain, New South Wales, second chid of Fearleigh Leonard Montague, artist, and Alice Maud, née Smith. At three years of age, he and his sister were unofficially adopted by John Andrews and his wife Mary Ann, née...
, for his works on 'The CobarCobar, New South Wales-Notable people:*Nik Kosef, former rugby league player for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, 1996 premiership player, NSW & Australia representative*Ernie Toshack, cricketer, member of Bradman's Invincibles* Jemma Heather, state representative 4 times....
Copper and Gold Field' and subsequent surveys - 1916 - Charles HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
- 1917 - Henry Joseph GraysonHenry Joseph GraysonHenry Joseph Grayson was a nurseryman and scientist, best known as the designer of a machine for ruling diffraction gratings....
- 1918 - Thomas Griffith TaylorThomas Griffith TaylorThomas Griffith "Grif" Taylor was a British / Australian geographer, anthropologist and world explorer. He was a survivor of Captain Robert Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica .-Early life:...
- 1919 - Frank Leslie StillwellFrank Leslie StillwellFrank Leslie Stillwell OBE, was an Australian geologist, winner of the Clarke Medal awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1951....
- 1920 - Frederick ChapmanFrederick ChapmanFrederick Chapman was the inaugural Australian Commonwealth Palaeontologist.-Early life:Chapman was born in Camden Town, London, England and studied at Royal College of Science, London where he was initially an assistant to John Wesley Judd...
- 1921 - Neil Hamilton FairleyNeil Hamilton FairleyBrigadier Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley KBE CStJ FRACP FRCP FRCPE FRS was an Australian physician, medical scientist, and army officer; who was instrumental in saving thousands of Allied lives from malaria and other diseases....
- 1922 - Henry George SmithHenry George SmithHenry George Smith was an Australian chemist whose pioneering work on the chemistry of the essential oils of the Australian flora achieved worldwide recognition....
- 1923 - Frank Longstaff Apperley
- 1924 - Loftus Hills
- 1925 - James Stanley Rogers
- 1926 - Ernst Johannes Hartung
- 1927 - Harold Robert Dew and Irene Ethyl McLennan
- 1928 - Oscar Werner TiegsOscar Werner TiegsOscar Werner Tiegs was an Australian zoologist whose career spanned the first half of the 20th century.Oscar Tiegs was born on 12 March 1897, and died on 5 November 1956....
- 1929 - Charles Albert Edward Fenner
- 1930 - Reuben Thomas Patton
- 1931 - Cecil Ernest Eddy Edgar and Samuel John King
- 1932 - Arthur William Turner
- 1933 - Ian William Wark
- 1934 - Walter George Kannaluik and Leslie Harold Martin
- 1935 - Rupert Allan Willis
- 1936 - Donald FinlayDonald FinlayGroup Captain Donald "Don" Osborne Finlay, DFC, AFC was a British athlete and Royal Air Force officer. He was born in Christchurch, Hampshire and died in Great Missenden.-Athletics career:...
and Fergusson Thomson - 1937 - Austin Burton Evans and Roy Douglas WrightRoy Douglas WrightSir Roy Douglas Wright AK was an Australian physiologist, known to his colleagues as "Pansy Wright".He was born in Central Castra, Tasmania. He became Professor of Physiology at the University of Melbourne from 1939 to 1971 and was later Chancellor of the University from 1980 to 1989...
- 1938 - No award
- 1939 - William DaviesWilliam Davies-Politicians:*William Davies , Georgia-based politician and lawyer*William Davies , British Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1880–1892*William T...
- 1940 - Edwin Sherbon HillsEdwin Sherbon HillsEdwin Sherbon Hills CBE was an Australian geologist, a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and at the time of his death was regarded as one of Australia's "most eminent scientists and most accomplished geologists".Hills grew in the Melbourne suburb Carlton...
and Howard Knox Worner - 1941 - Frederick Alexander Singleton
- 1942 - Everton Rowe Trethewie
- 1943 - Brian John Grieve and Victor David Hopper
- 1944 - George BakerGeorge BakerGeorge Baker may refer to:*George Baker , English surgeon*Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet , British physician*George Baker...
and Francis Norman Lahey - 1945 - John Stewart Anderson and Frank Herbert Shaw
- 1946 - H. Leighton Kesteven and Fletcher Donaldson Cruikshank
- 1947 - Avon Maxwell Clark
- 1948 - Keith Leonard Sutherland
- 1949 - Frank John Fenner
- 1950 - C. Teichert
- 1952 - Henri Daniel RathgeberHenri Daniel RathgeberHenri Daniel Rathgeber was an Australian physicist who studied cosmic rays but considered his most important contribution to be an economic theory that explain how entropy causes unemployment....
- 1954 - Herbert George Andrewartha and L. C. BirchCharles BirchLouis Charles Birch FAA was an Australian geneticist specialising in population ecology and was also well known as a theologian, writing widely on the topic of science and religion, winning the Templeton Prize in 1990...
- 1958 - Jack Hobart Piddington
- 1969 - R. Colton, Jim Pittard Alan Kenneth Head
- 1973 - Malcolm Moore for his research work in the study of myeloid leukaimia
- 1976 - David H. Solomon
- 1977 - Alan M. Bond
- 1982 - Suzanne CorySuzanne CorySuzanne Cory, AC, FAA, FRS is an Australian biologist.Cory is the current President of the Australian Academy of Science. She is the first-elected female President of the Academy and took office on 7 May 2010 for a five year term...
- 1993 - Philip Beart
- 1995 - Stephen HydeStephen HydeProfessor Stephen Timothy Hyde is an Australian scientist who was appointed Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2005.He is professor and also the ARC Federation Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, at the Australian National...
and Steven Prawler - 1997 - Ralph Mac Nally
- 1998 - Paul Mulvaney
- 2000 - Anthony Weiss
- 2001 - Geoff McFadden - PlasmodiumPlasmodiumPlasmodium is a genus of parasitic protists. Infection by these organisms is known as malaria. The genus Plasmodium was described in 1885 by Ettore Marchiafava and Angelo Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species continue to be described.Of the over 200 known...
research and Mark HumphreyMark HumphreyMark Adrian Humphrey is a Canadian actor best known for the role of Jake Antonelli in the Canadian television series E.N.G. In 1988 he made his feature film debut in the film Iron Eagle II as Captain Matt Cooper, Doug Masters' surviving best friend... - 2002 - Calum Drummond
- 2003 - Graham Baldwin
- 2004 - David JacksonDavid JacksonDavid Jackson may refer to:*David Jackson , American physician, Continental Congressman for Pennsylvania*David Edward Jackson , American explorer, frontiersman, and trapper...
for commercialization of synthetic peptide technology and Trevor Lithgow for discovery of the protein Omp85.UoM scientists win Syme prize, 16–30 May 2005 , UniNews - 2006 - Brendan Crabb - malaria research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute