Prize Details

• Certificate
• $75 for 2nd year students
• $150 for 3rd year students
• Student membership to the ASM (valid from award year to March 31 of the following year)

Eligibility Requirements

Must be be majoring in microbiology in one of the eligible degrees

Eligible Degrees

Federation University
• Year 3: Bachelor of Science

La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2: Bachelor of Science
• Year 3: Bachelor of Science

Monash University
• Year 2: Bachelor of Science
• Year 3: Bachelor of Science

RMIT University
• Year 2: Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Laboratory Medicine)
• Year 2: Bachelor of Science (Food Microbiology)
• Year 3: Bachelor of Science (Medical Microbiology)
• Year 3: Bachelor of Science (Industrial Biotechnology)

The University of Melbourne
• Year 2: Bachelor of Science
• Year 3: Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Year 3: either Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Biomedicine

Previously Eligible Degrees

La Trobe University (Bendigo)
• Year 2: Bachelor of Science
• Year 3: Bachelor of Science
Last awarded in 2021 for the 2020 prizes.

Assessment

Awards are selected based on final grades by unit convenors

2023 (awarded 2024)

Federation University
• Year 3 (Science): Samuel Isaac Varjabedian
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Laura Viola
• Year 3 (Science): Phillip Bottom;y
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Daniela Lambrechts
• Year 3 (Science): Luca Petterlin
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Alex Ambrosi
• Year 2 (Food Microbiology): Declan Hayton
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Maneath Pov
• Year 3 (Industrial Biotechnology): Finlay Hayton
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Kayleigh Schroder
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Rithu Tennekoon
• Year 3 (Combined): Taylah Phabmixay

2022 (awarded 2023)

Federation University
• Year 3 (Science): Tabitha Byron
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Maddie Walker
• Year 3 (Science): Jayge Higginbottom
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Luca Petterllin
• Year 3 (Science): Harrison Cook
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Antonio Coiro
• Year 2 (Food Microbiology): Alicia Greenbury
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Emma Warner
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): Awarded non-disclosed
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Jemima Jaggard
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Louis McCaughey
• Year 3 (Combined): Declan Murphy

2021 (awarded 2022)

Federation University
• Year 3 (Science)^†: Huan Zhao
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Philip Bottomley
• Year 3 (Science): Marcus Sceney
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): *Harrison Cook and *Ella Summers
• Year 3 (Science): Charles Nunez
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Emma Warner
• Year 2 (Food Microbiology): Vivian Leschen
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Miyah Awad
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): Patrick Warfield-McAlpine
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Aisling Beirne
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Eliza Davies
• Year 3 (Combined): Kevin Chen

*Joint winners ^†Inaugural award year

2020 (awarded 2021)

La Trobe University (Bendigo)
• Year 2 (Science)^‡: Jessica Pethybridge
• Year 3 (Science)^‡: Tamara Ludeman
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Natasha Huang
• Year 3 (Science): Mikaela Whitty
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Hayley Lowe
• Year 3 (Science): *Jamia Hemphill and *Matthew Slater
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Anita Galileos
• Year 2 (Food Microbiology): Brian Tjahjono
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Lina Rengifo Gomez
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): Natasha Van Oss
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Joshua Yong
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Kristian Tkalec
• Year 3 (Combined): Miranda Starr

*Joint winners ^‡Last year this prize was awarded

2019 (awarded 2020)

La Trobe University (Bendigo)
• Year 2 (Science): Maddison Felstead
• Year 3 (Science): Adam Vearing
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Helena Thomas
• Year 3 (Science): Molly Ellery
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Matthew Slater
• Year 3 (Science): Ishka Prescott
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Lauren Tjoeka
• Year 2 (Food Microbiology): Issabelle Magnin-Bougma
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Not Awarded
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): Ka Man Ng
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): *Akshay Soni and *Cassandra Ouslinis
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Eve Yan-Shan Chen
• Year 3 (Combined): Ashley Huey Yiing Yap

*Joint winners

2018 (awarded 2019)

La Trobe University (Bendigo)
• Year 2 (Science): Eamonn Sheehan
• Year 3 (Science): Christie White
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): *Kaitlin Clarke and *Molly Ellery
• Year 3 (Science): Luke Quigley
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Olivia Lay
• Year 3 (Science): Charlotte Grazebrook
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Cassandra Kennedy
• Year 2 (Food Microbiology)^†: Jaclyn White
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Maddison Chokljat
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): Tara Crowley
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Ashley Huey Yiing Yap
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Fashuo Du
• Year 3 (Combined): Stephane Guillaume

*Joint winners ^†Replaces the Year 3 prize

2017 (awarded 2018)

La Trobe University (Bendigo)
• Year 2 (Science): *Stephanie George and *Christie White
• Year 3 (Science): Amy Fennessy
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Li-Qiao Rachel Ling
• Year 3 (Science): Julia Pledger
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Charlotte Grazebrook
• Year 3 (Science): Jordan Thompson
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Maddison Chokljat
• Year 3 (Food Microbiology)^‡: Shelby Trebse
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Will Lehmann
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): Jarryd Boath
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Joshua Zhang
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Emily Matejin
• Year 3 (Combined): Tomas Sadauskas

*Joint winners ^‡Last year this prize was awarded

2016 (awarded 2017)

La Trobe University (Bendigo)
• Year 2 (Science): Amy Fennessy
• Year 3 (Science): Not Awarded
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Julia Pledger
• Year 3 (Science): Marianne Haines
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Jordan Thompson
• Year 3 (Science): Christine Sze Ling Ong
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Caitlin Polidano
• Year 2 (Food Microbiology): Tiana Arif
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): *Cassandra Yee Ling Tan and *Stephen Power
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): Jason Stiles
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Tilda Thomson
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Michaela Van Raders
• Year 3 (Combined): Jared Stern

*Joint winners

2015 (awarded 2016)

La Trobe University (Bendigo)
• Year 2 (Science): Bree Mellberg
• Year 3 (Science): Dannielle Hoyle
La Trobe University (Bundoora)
• Year 2 (Science): Andrea Silveston
• Year 3 (Science): Farrah Blades
Monash University
• Year 2 (Science): Jenni Hayward
• Year 2 (Biomedicine)^‡: Fizza Arshad
• Year 3 (Science): *Luis Jimenez and *Michael Burch
RMIT University
• Year 2 (Biomedical Science): Sarah Buckley
• Year 3 (Food Microbiology): Not Awarded
• Year 3 (Medical Microbiology): Hannah Van Eekelen
• Year 3 (Industrial Microbiology): James Donnellan
The University of Melbourne
• Year 2 (Science): Beth Metcalfe
• Year 2 (Biomedicine): Tessa Marshall
• Year 3 (Combined): Xin Yi Lim

*Joint winners ^‡Last year this prize was awarded