Nominations open for NSW Scientist of the Year Award

The inaugural NSW Scientist of the Year
Awards will recognise and reward the State’s leading researchers for cutting edge work that
generates economic, health, environmental or technological benefits for NSW.

Nine awards of $5,000 each will be granted to individuals in the following
categories:

1. Environment, water and climate change sciences
2. Mathematical sciences
3. Physics & astronomy
4. Biomedical sciences
5. Plant & animal sciences
6. Chemistry
7. Computer sciences
8. Engineering sciences
9. Leadership in secondary science teaching

An additional award of $40,000 for the NSW Scientist of the Year will be
granted to the overall winner, selected from categories one to eight.

The ninth category will reward outstanding ability and leadership by a
secondary school science teacher with the winner being offered a visiting
placement at a NSW university.

Nominations for the Awards close on Friday, 20 June 2008, with an awards ceremony to be held in September.

Contact
Communications Project Officer
NSW Office for Science and Medical Research
Ph: 02 9338 6763
E: osmr@nsw.gov.au