Contact: Dr Claudia Arango (c.arango@griffith.edu.au)

Nominations closing date: Monday 29th July, 2024

Academic group contact emails: AEL, GBS, Health, Sciences, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics

Each year a number of researchers and staff are recognised for their outstanding work that contributes strongly to Griffith’s profile as a research-intensive university. In acknowledgement of such remarkable work, the Vice Chancellor each year presents Research Excellence Awards for:

  • excellence of an early-career researcher
  • excellence of an mid-career researcher
  • excellence of a research group or team
  • excellence in research supervision
  • excellence in research leadership
  • excellence in research impact
  • excellence in promoting industry engagement in graduate research

Only Group Pro-Vice Chancellors and leaders in the newly formed Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics (in transition in 2024) can make nominations for the Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards, after conducting their own Group Awards process to select their nominees.

For information on the Group PVC Award process, please contact the relevant Academic Group Dean (Research) or IBG@griffith.edu.au

Award winners

Research Leadership Award

2022 Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet Creative Arts Research Institute
2021 Professor Katherine Andrews Director, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery
2020 Professor Sue Berners Price Institute for Glycomics and Dean, Griffith Graduate Research School
2020 Professor Susan Dennison Deputy Head of School Research, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
2019 Professor Hamish McCallum Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
2017 Professor Nam Trung Director, Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre.
2016 Professor Paul Tacon Director, Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit
2015 Professor Ron Quinn AM Foundation Director, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery
2014 Professor Huijun Zhao Director of the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Deputy Director of the Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
2013 Professor Wendy Chaboyer Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2012 Professor Mark Von Itzstein Director, Institute for Glycomics
2011 Professor Debra Bernhardt Director, Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre
2010 Professor Stuart Bunn Director, Australian Rivers Institute
2009 Professor Patrick Weller Director, Centre for Governance and Public Policy
2009 Professor Ron Quinn Director, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery

Research Supervision Award

2022 Professor Wendy Moyle The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2021 Associate Professor Lauren Ball School of Health Sciences and Social Work and the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2021 Professor Catherine Pickering School of Environment and Science and Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
2020 Professor Rod Connolly Australian Rivers Institute
2019 Professor Saroja Selvanathan Griffith Asia Institute
2017 Professor Rod Barrett School of Health Sciences and Social Work, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2016 Professor Cordia Chu Centre for Environment and Population Health, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2015 Professor Donna Pendergast School of Education and Professional Studies
2014 Associate Professor Michael Haugh School of Languages and Linguistics
2013 Professor Jane Hughes Australian Rivers Institute

Mid-Senior Career Researcher Award

2022 Associate Professor Muhammad Shiddiky Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre
2021 Professor Tanya Smith Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research
2020 Associate Professor Lauren Ball The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland.
2019 Associate Professor Tara McGee Griffith Criminology Institute
2019 Associate Professor Jun Zhou Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems
2017 Dr Lara Herrero Institute for Glycomics
2017 Associate Professor Guillermo Diaz Pulido Australian Rivers Institute
2016 Professor Vicky Avery Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery
2015 Professor Shanqing (Eddie) Zhang Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
2014 Professor Diego de Leo AO Director of the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention
2013 Professor Geoff Pryde Centre for Quantum Dynamics
2012 Professor Adrian Wilkinson Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing
2011 Professor David Lambert Australian Rivers Institute
2010 Professor Alfred Lam Griffith Health Institute
2009 Professor Lyn Griffiths Griffith Health Institute

Early Career Researcher Award

2022 Dr Laura Diamond Griffith Centre for Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2021 Dr Jamie Ranse The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2020 Dr Hoang-Phuong Phan Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre
2019 Dr Lee Morgenbesser Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy
2017 Dr Amanda Ullman The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2016 Dr Lyndel Bates School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
2015 Dr Lauren Ball The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland
2014 Dr Kyra Hamilton School of Applied Psychology
2013 Dr Olivera Simic Socio-Legal Research Centre
2012 Dr Wendy Steele Urban Research Program
2011 Dr Jennifer Whitty Population and Social Health Research
2010 Dr Keith Townsend Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing
2009 Dr Elena Marchetti Socio-Legal Research Centre

Research Group or Team Award

2022 Global Wetlands Team, Coastal and Marine Research Centre Led by Professor Rod Connolly
2021 Micro Systems Team from Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre Led by Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen
2020 Centre for Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland  Led by Professors David Lloyd and Randy Bindra
2019 Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research  Led by Professors Claire Rickard and Marie Cooke
2017 Cancer Survivor Collaborative Research Group, the former Menzies Health Institute Led by Professors Suzanne Chambers and Tamara Onsworth
2016 Laboratory for Vaccines for the Developing World, Institute for Glycomics Led by Professor Michael Good
2015 Centre for Applied Health Economics Led by Professor Paul Scuffham
2014 Advancing Life-Course Criminology, Queensland Linkage Project, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Led by Professor Anna Stewart
2013 Applied Cognitive Neuroscience - Improving Human Functioning by Understanding Brain-Behaviour Relationships, Behavioural Basis of Health Led by Professor David Shum
2012 Highly Commended: Assessment, Literacy and Equity team; and   Led by Professor Joy Cumming
2012 Highly Commended: Enhancing treatment outcomes for childhood anxiety disorders: A multidisciplinary approach to innovative interventions Led by Associate Professor Alison Waters
2011 Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre Led by Professor Huib Schippers
2010 Quantum Information Science, Centre for Quantum Dynamics Led by Professor Howard Wiseman
2009 Health Places Healthy People research program Led by Professor Elizabeth Kendall

Outstanding Research Achievement Award

2021 Research Team recognised for the discovery and dating of the oldest known rock art on Earth Led by Professor Maxime Aubert, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research and Professor Adam Brumm, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
2014 Associate Professor Maxime Aubert Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
2014 Associate Professor Adam Brumm Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Research Impact Award

2022 Professor Vicky Avery Centre for Cellular Phenomics, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery

Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research Award

2022 Professor Sally-Ann Poulsen and Dr Maria Halili Griffith University Node of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre, Centre for Fragment Based Design, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery

Research Engagement Award

2021 Associate Professor Matthew Burke  Cities Research Institute
2020 Professor Ross Homel Griffith Criminology Institute

Remarkable Minutes Competition Winners

2019 Dr Diana Tolmie Queensland Conservatorium for “Explore the lives of musicians who contribute to the economic and cultural growth of Australia”
2019 Dr Catheryn Khoo Lattimore Griffith Institute for Tourism for “Women in tourism and gender equality”
2017 Mr Chris Little School of Engineering and Queensland College of Art and Design for 'Creating Windows Into our Past'
2017 Dr Jason van de Merwe Australian Rivers Institute for 'Marine Wildlife Cell-based Toxicology'

*Re-dating of the award ceremony resulted in a one year gap.