The University of Queensland has shined a spotlight on its outstanding researchers at the 2019 Research Week Awards.
A gala event at Customs House last night celebrated a record number of UQ researchers and research supervisors for their exceptional work in a range of fields including volcanic activity forecasting, solar energy harvesting and crop gene editing.
UQ Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Aidan Byrne presented the awards including the long-running UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards (UQFREA), Partners in Research Excellence Awards (PIREA) and Awards for Excellence in Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Supervision Awards.
UQ’s Deputy-Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Bronwyn Harch said the awards recognised the passion and commitment of the University’s researchers and research supervisors.
“During Research Week we have the wonderful opportunity to celebrate their work and showcase the depth and breadth of research going on each and every day at UQ,” Professor Harch said.
“People from all walks of life and from all around the world have, and will in the future, benefit from UQ innovation.
“I’m also excited that we can also recognise and highlight our research with industry collaborators.”
This year two new awards – the UniQuest Commercialisation Deal of the Year and the Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement in Research Award – were introduced.
“I’m thrilled that we have expanded the awards and are encouraging and supporting Indigenous engagement and partnerships.
“We also want to acknowledge UniQuest’s vital role in identifying and partnering UQ technologies with industry partners to help realise significant commercial potential and demonstrate UQ’s impact across economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits.”
A full list of 2019 UQ Research Week activities including the Research Capabilities Showcase, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Forum, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final and library events can be found here. Videos featuring the following awardees can be found here.
The UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards recognise excellence and the promise of future success for UQ’s early to mid-career researchers.
The 2019 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards winners are:
The Partners in Research Excellence Awards recognise outstanding industry-UQ collaborations that have benefitted industry and the community.
The 2019 Partners in Research Excellence Awards winners are:
UniQuest Commercialisation Deal of the Year Award inaugural winner is:
The UQ Awards for Excellence in Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Supervision recognises outstanding performance in supervising, mentoring and training HDR candidates.
2019 Excellence in Higher Degree by Research Supervision Awards
The 2019 Emerging Advisor Award winner is: