To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists, the Royal Society of Victoria has established four prestigious competitive prizes open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences.

Associate Professor Andrew Pask
ARC Future Fellow, School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne

Professor Arthur Lowery
Director, Monash Vision Group
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Professor David Cantrill
Executive Director of Science, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Chair, Geological Society of Australia Victoria Division
The 2018 Howitt Lecture

Professor Jenny Graves
Distinguished Professor, La Trobe University; Professor Emeritus, Australian National University; Thinker-in-Residence, University of Canberra; Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne