Transition to independence is one of the most challenging and critical stages in the career of a research scientist. This award is established to encourage and support emerging investigators who are at the stage of building independent careers in our disciplines in Australia and New Zealand. The award will be an imprimatur of scientific accomplishment. The principal criteria will be the quality of the candidate's research and evidence of ability to sustain an independent career.

The 2011 recipient of the Young Investigator Award, Dagmar Wilhelm, and Peter Currie, ANZSCDB President.

Congratulations to Dagmar Wilhelm (The University of Queensland), 2011 Young Investigator Award winner. The Young Investigator Award was inaugurated in 2008 and is generously sponsored by Zeiss.

Past Prize Winners:
2010: Kat Gaus (UNSW)
2009: Kieran Harvey (PeterMac) and Ruth Arkell (ANU)
2008: Sally Dunwoodie (VCCRI)


Full prize and application details

Carl Zeiss are generous sponsors of the Young Investigator Award, 2005-2010