The Gordon Grigg Prize in Vertebrate Zoology

This prize was established in 2007 by the School of Integrative Biology to mark Professor Grigg’s retirement in August that year. The School initiated the prize to recognise Professor Grigg’s contribution to the Department of Zoology and the School of Integrative Biology and the advancement of research and teaching in zoology.

The F.A. Perkins Junior Prize in Entomology

This annual prize was established as a tribute to Frederick Athol Perkins, first lecturer in entomology (1926), first Head of the Department of Entomology (1952) and a founder of the Entomological Society of Queensland. Contributions to the fund were made on his retirement in 1965 by his past and present students, his entomological and University colleagues and other friends.

The F.A. Perkins Senior Prize in Entomology

This annual prize was established as a tribute to Frederick Athol Perkins, first lecturer in entomology (1926), first Head of the Department of Entomology (1952) and a founder of the Entomological Society of Queensland. Contributions to the fund were made on his retirement in 1965 by his past and present students, his entomological and University colleagues and other friends.

The D.A. Herbert Prize in Botany

This annual prize is in memory of D.A. Herbert who was the first Professor of Botany at UQ. He was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Biology in 1924, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1946 and then to Professor in 1948. He retired in 1965 and was Emeritus Professor 1966. He died in 1976, at the age of 78. 

The R. & A.E. Veitch Prize

This prize is offered in odd-numbered years and is in memory of  Robert Veitch and his wife, Alice Esmee. Veitch was appointed chief entomologist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane in 1925. He oversaw the expansion and decentralization of entomological research in Queensland. Contributing thirty-six articles on agricultural pest control to the Queensland Agricultural Journal between 1926 and 1941, he also produced three handbooks. With J. H. Simmonds he wrote Pests and Diseases of Queensland Fruit and Vegetables (1929). He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London, and of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, and was active in Brisbane scientific societies, serving as president of the Entomological Society of Queensland (1932) and the Royal Society of Queensland (1935-36). He was founding vice-president (1935), and president (1936), of the Queensland branch of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science. Officially sponsored consultations in 1936 between Veitch and Professor E. J. Goddard led to the establishment of the division of plant industry (research) within the department. With Veitch as director, the division's activities expanded to include advisory and regulatory services. In 1947 he was appointed assistant under-secretary (technical). Veitch officially retired at the end of 1956.

The John William Tierney Memorial Prize

This is an annual prize in memory of John Tierney who was a QDPI Forestry plant pathologist who had a long history with the Botany Department where he completed a BSc (part-time) and enrolled in a Masters Qualifying (part-time) under the supervision of John Irwin. He had a significant reputation in forest pathology and was a tireless worker for the Australasian Plant Pathology Society. He died very suddenly when he was in his early 30s.

David Doley Prize for Environmental Science Honours Program

Dr David Doley (BSc Hons, MSc, Western Australia; PhD, Oxford) retired from the School of Integrative Biology in 2002. Dr Doley’s distinguished service with the University of Queensland began when he joined the then Department of Botany as a Lecturer in plant ecophysiology on 1 May 1971. He assumed the Headship of that Department from 1988 to 1992; he has been a member of the Academic Board; and also did a stint as Deputy Director of the Centre of Microscopy and Microanalysis. Dr Doley was the foundation Director of UQ’s undergraduate Environmental Science program, a program that spans the Faculties of Science, EAIT and NRAVS. Dr Doley sees Environmental Science as being the area where good science can be applied to solve environmental problems, and this annual poster prize was established to recognise his outstanding and ongoing contribution to this field of science

The Thomas Morrow Prize

Thomas Morrow (1841-1920) arrived in Queensland, from Ireland, in 1863. In 1900 he establishing Morrows Ltd wich was a biscuit factory. He was active in local authority matters and was the first Chairman of the Taringa Divisional Board (now Taringa Shire Council). He was also a member of the city council board for two years. He was a keenly interested in education and established the essay prize at UQ.
The award of the prize is rotated among three fields: Australian Literature, Australian Exploration and History or Scientific Inquiry in Australia
The prize for scientific enquiry in Australia will be awarded in 2007.

For more information please contact the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, (Phone: 3365 4777) or the Faculty of Science (Phone: 3365 1888).

 Applications should be forwarded to:
"Confidential"
Mrs Gail Smith
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Hawken Engineering Building

For enquiries please email Mrs Gail Smith