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MATTHEW FLINDERS MEDAL AND LECTURE

ACADEMY FELLOWS ONLY
Nominations for this award are now closed.

The Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture recognises scientific research of the highest standing in the physical sciences, and honours the contributions of Australia's early scientific researchers. Nominations for this award are invited from Academy Fellows only.

Nomination procedure

Nominations should be in the form of a letter addressed to the Chair of the Selection Committee and be of no more than 2 pages in length. Nominations should outline reasons for the nomination and contain a short citation. A short CV and a list of the candidate's 20 relevant publications should also be provided.

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An electronic copy sent by email is preferred. Receipt of the nomination will be acknowledged.

The award recipient will be announced in early December 2009.

For more information about the nomination process, please contact the Awards Officer, Jenefer Fletcher at awards@science.org.au or phone +61 (0)2 6201 9407.

NB: To be eligible for nomination an appropriate period of time should elapse following the receipt of any other Academy award.

2009 – B.H.J. McKellar 2007 – P.G. Hall 2005 – R.D. Ekers 2002 – A. McL. Sargeson 2000 – D.V. Boger 1998 – W. Compston 1996 – W.R. Blevin 1994 – N.S. Hush 1992 – B.D.O. Anderson 1990 – J.S. Turner 1988 – R.D. Brown 1986 – J.N. Israelachvili 1984 – B.H. Neumann

1982 – R. Hanbury Brown 1980 – A. Walsh 1978 – A.E. Ringwood 1976 – C.H.B. Priestley 1974 – J.P. Wild 1972 – A.J. Birch 1969 – K.E. Bullen 1967 – F.J. Fenner 1965 – J.S. Anderson 1963 – J.C. Eccles 1961 – M.L. Oliphant 1959 – F.M. Burnet 1957 – J.L. Pawsey

* The 2004 Flinders Medal and Lecture was deferred until 2005. This was due to the Academy's 50th anniversary calendar of events in 2004.

For more information contact awards@science.org.au