A.N. Hambly Prize
In 1975 this prize was established to commemorate the work of Professor A.N. Hambly at the University. The prize is awarded for merit, assessed in terms of both quality and breadth of scholarship in chemistry, to a student who completes, in the one year, two courses in Chemistry at the Group B level.

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 Agricultural Sciences and Technology Prize

The Australian Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technology support an annual prize for award to the student who, enrolled in the final year of the program leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Resource and Environmental Management), has achieved the best results during the program.

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.

Australian Society for Microbiology Prize
The ACT Branch of the ASM provides a prize for award to the student who, having completed in that year the requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree of the College of Science, achieved during the program the best aggregate results in the courses General Microbiology, Infection and Immunity and either of Parasitology or Molecular Immunology.

Australian Society for Parasitology Prize
The prize is awarded to the student who achieves the best results in the course Parasitology in that year.

Beckman Coulter Prize for Biomedical Science
The prize is for award to the student who has completed the core second year and first semester third year courses set out for the Bachelor of Biotechnology (BIOL2161, 2171; 2142; 2162; 3161 and SCCO3102) with the highest average mark for all courses completed in the time specified above (a total of 12 courses).

Beckman Coulter Prize for Biotechnology
The prize is for award to the student who has completed six of the nine nominated core courses which are set out for the Bachelor of Medical Science (BIOL 2151; 2161; 2171; 2142; 2152; 2162 2174; 3141; 3161) and who has the highest average mark for all the courses completed in the second year and first semester third year (a total of 12 courses).

Botany Prize
The prize is awarded to the best student who achieves the highest mark in the Botany component in BIOL1009 Diversity of Life.

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.

Field Naturalists Association of Canberra Prize
The prize is for award to the student who achieved the best result in four or more Group B courses from the Botany, Zoology and Ecology and Evolution streams.

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.

Jacobs Medal for Outstanding Field Studies in Forestry
The prize, in the form of a medal, is awarded to the student who, having successfully completed the final year of the program of studies leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Forestry) is deemed to have achieved the most outstanding performance in field studies, including field practical exercises throughout the program.

L. D. Pryor Prize
The prize is awarded to the student who, in completing the requirements for admission to the degree of Bachelor of Science, achieves during the program the best results in a Group C course or in Group C courses taught in the Division of Botany and Zoology.

M R Jacobs Prize in Silviculture
The prize is for award to the student who, in that year, completed requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (Forestry) and achieved the most outstanding result in the silviculture course taken as part of the program.

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.

Schlich Memorial Trust Prize
The prize commemorates Sir William Schlich, a pioneer of British forestry and takes the form of a medal. It is awarded to the student who, having completed, in that year, the requirements for admission to the degree of Bachelor of Science (Forestry), was the student showing the most promise in forestry in that year.

State Forests of NSW Prize for Forest Mensuration
The prize is awarded to the student who achieves the best result in the course which covers forest mensuration. The prize includes a plaque.

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.

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