The Royal Society of NSW announced its Awards for 2022 at the 1309th Ordinary General Meeting on Wednesday, 7 December 2022.  These prestigious awards, awarded by Australia’s oldest learned society, recognise outstanding achievements and excellence in science, engineering, philosophy and the arts.

The award winners are listed below, together with links to information about the awards and their recipients. 

The Cook Medal
James Cook Medal — Emeritus Professor John A Church AO FAA FTSE FAMS FAGU (UNSW Sydney)

Awards for Research Excellence
Clarke Medal and Lecture (Geology) — Professor Andrew (Andy) Baker FAGU (UNSW Sydney)
Edgeworth David Medal — Dr Tim Doherty (University of Sydney)
History and Philosophy of Science Medal — Emeritus Professor Stephen Gaukroger FRSN FAHA FRHistS FRSA (University of Sydney)
Burfitt Prize — Distinguished Professor Susan Scott FAA FEurASc (Australian National University)
Liversidge Memorial Lecture — Professor Timothy Schmidt FRSN FRACI CChem (UNSW Sydney)
Warren Prize — Professor Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie FRSN FAIP (University of Sydney)
Jak Kelly Award — Mr Shankar Dutt (Australian National University)
Royal Society of NSW Scholarships — Ms Clara Chung Ming Liu (UTS), Mr Thomas Mesaglio (UNSW Sydney), and Ms Anyang (Anya) Zhao (ANU)

The Council of the Society extends its warmest congratulations to each of the winners.