Featured prizes
The majority of prizes are awarded to the student who achieves the highest result in a subject or year level. Winners are automatically selected following the final release of results each year.
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Dwight Prize
This prize is awarded to a Bachelor of Science student who intends to complete a major in the school of Physics (Advanced), Chemistry or Bioscience (Genetics), on the basis of academic merit.
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John Lovering Prize
This prize is offered to students who completed the Bachelor of Science with Honours or Master of Science in Earth Science and achieved the highest course weighted average mark.
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Kingsley Rowan Botany Prize
This prize supports students who achieved the highest weighted average mark in third-year Botany subjects.
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Kate Gordon Addison Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Prize
This prize is awarded to high achieving students in their final year of study in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Prizes and awards by school
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School of BioSciences
- Baldwin Spencer Prizes
- Botany Prize (SBF)
- Bruce Knox Prize (SBF)
- Caroline Kay Scholarship (not awarded in 2024)
- Dame Margaret Blackwood Prize
- Dwight Prize in Genetics
- E.F. Millar Exhibition (SBF)
- Exhibition Prize in 3rd Year Botany (SBF)
- Exhibition Prize in 3rd Year Zoology
- F.H. Drummond Prize
- Genetics Research Award
- Georgina Sweet Exhibition
- J.F.W Payne Exhibition
- John A McKenzie/Selby Scientific Foundation Award
- Kingsley Rowan Botany Prize (SBF)
- MacBain Research Scholarships in Biology (Genetics, Zoology, Botany)
- W.H. Swanton Exhibition
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School of Chemistry
- Agilent Award for Excellence
- Andrew Kirby Award for Research Excellence
- Charles Anthony Taylor Prize
- Dixson Scholarship Chemistry
- Dr Rex Williamson and Family Scholarship
- Dwight Prize in Chemistry
- Exhibition Prize in 1st Year Chemistry
- Fred Walker Scholarship
- Indorama Ventures Prize
- J.S. Anderson Prize
- Monica Elizabeth Reum Memorial Prize
- Professor Kernot Research Scholarship (Chemistry)
- Robert Arrol Craig Scholarship
- Ronald Riseborough Prize
- Stanley Harvey Prize (Chemistry)
- The James Cuming Memorial Scholarships
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School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Dixson Scholarship
- Dwight Prize in Mathematical Statistics
- E. R. Love Prize
- First Year Prize in 'Advanced' Mathematics
- First Year Prize in Mathematics and Statistics
- Foundation Mathematics and Statistics Prize
- Professor Nanson Prize
- Professor Wilson Prize
- Second Year Prize in 'Advanced' Mathematics and Statistics
- Second Year Prize in Mathematics and Statistics
- Stephen Bell Exhibition
- The Greg Hjorth Memorial Prize (not awarded in 2024)
- The M L Urquhart Prize - Graduate Prize
- The M L Urquhart Third Year Prize
- The Maurice H. Belz Prizes in Statistics
- The Norma McArthur Prize
- Third Year Prize in Mathematical Physics
- Third Year Prize in Data Science
- Third Year Prize in Applied Mathematics
- Wyselaskie Scholarships - Mathematics
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Melbourne Veterinary School (MVS)
- Ernie Stewart Memorial Scholarship
- Harry Worthington Prize
- Kate Gordon Addison Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Prize (former Extramural Prize)
- Loxton Scholarship
- Memorial Prize in Veterinary Surgery
- Payne ExhibitionRural Veterinary Students Scholarship
- The June Bostock Wenker Scholarship
- The Mary W. Wilson Prize in Veterinary Science
- William Allan Stewart Scholarship - MVS
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School of Physics
- Dieul-Kurzweil Scholarships
- Dixson Scholarship in Experimental Physics
- Dwight Prize in Physics
- Jean Laby Medal
- John Tyndall Scholarship
- Klein Prize in Experimental Physics
- Lyn McDowell Scholarship
- McKellar Prize in Theoretical Physics
- N D Goldsworthy Scholarship for Physics
- Professor Kernot Scholarships (Physics)
- Ramm Prize in Experimental Physics
- Robert D Hill Scholarship
- T.F. Ryan Roentgen Prize
- William Sutherland Prize
- Women in Physics Award
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School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences (SAFES)
- Cronin Memorial Scholarship
- Dr Ray Marginson Prize
- IFA John Chinner Medal
- John and Allan Gilmour Research Award (Science) (2024)
- John Scott Sharpe Award
- The Forest and Ecosystem Science Centenary Fund
- Thomas And Effie Lothian Memorial Prize
- Walter Massy-Greene Prize
- Agricultural Sciences Honours Scholarship
- Arthur Sims Scholarship
- Brunning Prize
- Calluna Prize
- Clare Leslie Memorial Prize
- Destination Australia General Studies Scholarship
- Eileen Mary Harris Honours Scholarship
- Eileen Mary Harris Scholarship
- HC Forster Prize
- Irene Rogers (Lowe) Scholarship for Agriculture
- J.M. Higgins Prize
- James Cuming Prize
- Loxton Scholarship
- Quinton de Soyres Prize
- Sir Samuel Wadham Medal
- Vam Deo Dhar Memorial Scholarship
- WH Ferguson Memorial Prize
- William Allan Stewart Scholarship
- Wrixon Exhibition
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School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (SGEAS)
- Argus Exhibition in Geology
- C.M. Tattam Geology Scholarships
- Dwight Prize in Geography
- Exhibition Prize in 1st Year Atmospheric Science
- Exhibition Prize in 1st Year Geography
- Exhibition Prize in 2nd Year Atmospheric Science
- Exhibition Prize in 2nd Year Geography
- Exhibition Prize in 2nd Year Geology
- Exhibition Prize in 3rd Year Atmospheric Science
- Exhibition Prize in 3rd Year Geography
- Exhibition Prize in 3rd Year Geology
- J.H. Harvey Prize (Geology)
- J.J. Wood Memorial Scholarship
- John and Allan Gilmour Research Award (Science) (2024)
- John Lovering Prize
- Michael Webber Doctoral Prize in Geography
- Professor Kernot Research Scholarship in Geology
Prizes and awards offered by the Faculty of Science
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Undergraduate
- A G M Michell Prize in Mechanical Engineering
- Bryan Scholarship in Natural Science
- Bryan Scholarship in Natural Science (Biological)
- Daniel Curdie Scholarship
- Dawson Bursary (not awarded in 2024)
- Howitt Natural History Scholarship
- IMC Trading Prize for Women in Tech
- Professor Chi K. Tse Prize in Electrical Engineering
- Wyselaskie Scholarship in Natural Science
- Postgraduate