The call for nominations is currently closed
The 2024 awards are now closed for nomination.
The 2026 award round will open in early 2025.
The Gustav Nossal Medal for Global Health has been established to honour the contributions made to fields of cellular immunology, antibody formation and tolerance and vaccine research science by Professor Sir Gustav Nossal, AC CBE FAA FRS FTSE.
The award recognises research of the highest standing in the field of global health and is open to researchers 8 to 15 years post PhD in the calendar year of nomination, except in the case of significant interruptions to a research career, and may include areas such as, but not limited to, infectious diseases, nutrition and vaccine development.
Funds were donated by Lady Tania Feldmann and Professor Sir Marc Feldmann AC FMedSci FAA FRS to establish this award over a 20 year period. It will be presented annually from 2015 and biennially from 2018 and is restricted to candidates who are normally resident in Australia.
The Australian Academy of Science encourages nominations of female candidates and of candidates from a broad geographical distribution.
Candidates may be put forward for more than one award. If a proposed candidate is already the recipient of an Academy early-career honorific award, they will not be eligible for nomination for another early-career or a mid-career honorific award. A mid-career honorific award recipient will also not be eligible for nomination for another mid-career honorific award. Fellows of the Academy are ineligible to be nominated for early and mid-career awards.
The medal is made and designed by the Royal Australian Mint, Canberra.
Please submit your nominations using the Nominate button found on the left of this webpage.
Please note: From February 2024, the Academy is using a new nomination platform that is external to the main Academy site. Nominators will be required to create an account on the platform. Even if you are familiar with the nomination process, please allow extra time to familiarise yourself with the new platform.
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