Prizes

Undergraduate & Honours

The Arthur Pryor Prize
Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for proficiency in the unit PHYS242 The Tradition of Science.

The Australian Institute of Physics (NSW Branch) Prize
Open to all students proceeding to an honours degree.
Awarded for the best performance in the Physics honours program.

The Dick Makinson Physics Prize
Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for proficiency in 200-level units in Physics having a total of not less than 9 credit points.

The Association for Astronomy Prize
Awarded for proficiency in the unit PHYS270 Astronomy.

The J.C. Ward, FRS, Physics Prize
Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for excellence in 300-level Physics units.
Some background to the life of John Ward.

The Peter Mason Prize
Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for proficiency in the unit PHYS143 Science, Technology and Society.

The W. H. (Beattie) Steel Prize
Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor.
Awarded for excellence in the unit PHYS306 Optical Physics.

The Bok Prize (ASA)
Prize for outstanding research in astronomy by an Honours student (Sponsored by the ASA).

Postgraduate

Macquarie University Postrgraduate Scholarships & Prizes
Various prizes and scholarships offered for postgraduate students in all disciplines at Macquarie

The Charlene Heisler Prize (ASA)
Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in Astronomy or a closely related field (Sponsored by the ASA)