Award ceremony at ANU

Awards & prizes

Discover excellence and celebrate achievements

We honour those who have made remarkable contributions to medical research. These prestigious internal and external awards and prizes recognise exceptional performance, academic brilliance, and devoted service, and inspire a culture of innovation and collaboration in pursuit of excellence in research and education.


Recent awards

Elizabeth Webb
CHARM Rising Star Awards (2025)


Dr Elizabeth Webb and Dr Tom Lea-Henry from the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have been honoured with the inaugural CHARM Rising Star - Outstanding New Researcher Awards.

Tom Lea-Henry
CHARM Rising Star Awards (2025)


Dr Elizabeth Webb and Dr Tom Lea-Henry from the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have been honoured with the inaugural CHARM Rising Star - Outstanding New Researcher Awards.

Dr Tienan Xu

The thesis achieves a transformative synergy between optical imaging and bio-fabrication to pioneer high-speed volumetric screening/printing for 3D tissue models. The thesis addresses critical bottlenecks in pharmaceutical testing, establishing a new standard for the next generation of drug discovery platforms.

All awards

Dr Elizabeth Webb and Dr Tom Lea-Henry from the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have been honoured with the inaugural CHARM Rising Star - Outstanding New Researcher Awards.

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The thesis achieves a transformative synergy between optical imaging and bio-fabrication to pioneer high-speed volumetric screening/printing for 3D tissue models. The thesis addresses critical bottlenecks in pharmaceutical testing, establishing a new standard for the next generation of drug discovery platforms.

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Professor Mark Polizzotto has won an NHMRC award for his global study testing whether a daily tablet could replace chemotherapy for a cancer that kills up to half its patients in Africa.

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Dr Lou Farrer is the 2023 recipient of the Tony Ayers Award for Excellence in Research in Translational Medicine. Dr Farrer is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health Research at ANU.

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Professor Mark Polizzotto is the 2022 recipient of the Tony Ayers Award for Excellence in Research in Translational Medicine.

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