A.N. Hambly Prize

Anthony Seelaf Memorial Prize in Geology

The prize is awarded to the student enrolled for the degree of bachelor in the University who achieves the best result in third-year geology fieldwork.

Australian Institute of Physics Prize

The Australian Capital Territory Branch of the AIP provides an annual prize for award to the student who achieved the best results in 24 Group B units in physics taken over no more than four consecutive academic semesters. The student receives 12 months free membership to the ACT Branch of the Australian Institute of Physics including the monthly journal The Australian Physicist.

Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ACT Branch) Prize for Geophysics

The prize is awarded to the student who achieves the best result in the course Geophysics in that year.

Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand Prize

The prize is for award to the student who has completed requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Resource and Environmental Management) and has achieved the best aggregate results in 36 units of courses undertaken as part of the degree and which were taken over no more than four consecutive semesters.

Geological Society of Australia Prize

The Commonwealth Territories Division of the Geological Society of Australia supports a prize awarded to the student who achieves the best results in the courses Earth Systems and Earth Science and intends to proceed to further studies in geology. The prize includes membership of the Geological Society for one year.

Hanna Neumann Prizes for Mathematics

The prizes commemorate the contribution to mathematics and to the University by the late Professor Hanna Neumann. One prize is awarded each year to the student who achieves the best results in Mathematics IV(H). The other is awarded to the student who achieves the best results in at least 24 units of honours-level Group C courses of mathematics.

Irene Crespin Prize for Palaeontology

The prize commemorates the late Irene Crespin and is awarded to the student who performs at the highest level in the palaeontological components of any or all of the courses offered in the second and third year of the degree program by the Department of Geology, or by the Department of Geology in conjunction with other departments of the College of Science.

Mavis Prater Prize for Women in Mathematics

The Australian Federation of University Women – ACT Branch, supports a prize to encourage women to continue with the study of mathematics. The prize is for award to the female student who achieves the best results in that year in one of the groups of courses, Advanced Mathematics and its Applications 1 and 2, Mathematics and Applications Honours 1 and 2 or Engineering Mathematics 1 and 2.

Priscilla Fairfield Bok Prize

The prize is awarded to the female candidate for a bachelors degree who, in that year, achieves the best results to the value of at least 18 units in third year courses offered by the Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics or Finance and Applied Statistics. The prize commemorates the work of Professor Bart J. Bok and his wife, Dr Priscilla Fairfield Bok, in the Department of Astronomy from 1957 to 1966.

Royal Australian Chemical Institute Prize

The Canberra Section of the RACI supports a prize which is awarded to the student who achieves the best results in 4 Group C courses of Chemistry.

Wanda Henry Prize for Optical Communications

The prize is awarded to a student enrolled in a degree of bachelor who, in that year, has undertaken the course Optical Fibre and Waveguide Transmission (PHYS3050 which is also known as ENGN4542) and Devices for Optical Systems and Networks (PHYS3051 also known as ENGN4543). These courses may have been taken as a component part of an Honours year. The student must have, including these courses, achieved the best overall average result in a minimum of 12 units of C level Physics courses and have made a significant contribution to University life.

W.B. Clarke Prize in Geology

The members of the staff of the Department of Geology support a prize in commemoration of the pioneer geological work carried out in Australia by the Reverend W.B. Clarke. The prize is awarded to the student who achieves the best results in 3 Group B courses in geology and who intends to include further study of geology in his or her course.

W.P. Packard Prize in Geography

The prize commemorates the work of the longest serving member of staff in the Department of Geography who retired in 1987. The prize is awarded to the student, enrolled in a degree program, who achieves the best result in any four later-year courses of geography over two years.