Griffith University has a fine tradition of research excellence and impact both within and beyond academia. Each year we celebrate Griffith staff members who make outstanding research contributions to their discipline, the University, industry, and society. These staff members address the world’s most complex challenges and make significant contributions to their area of expertise and its beneficiaries. Some show high potential as early career researchers and others are well-established experts, all strongly enhancing Griffith’s reputation as a research-intensive university.
In acknowledgement of such remarkable work, the Vice Chancellor each year presents Research Excellence Awards for:
- Excellence of an early career researcher (individual)
- Excellence of a mid-career researcher (individual)
- Excellence in research leadership (individual)
- Excellence of a research group or team
- Excellence in research impact (individual or team)
- Excellence in research supervision (individual)
- Excellence in promoting industry engagement in graduate research (individual or team)
Award winners
Research Leadership Award
| 2022 | Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet | Creative Arts Research Institute |
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| 2021 | Professor Katherine Andrews | Director, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery |
| 2020 | Professor Sue Berners Price | Institute for Glycomics and Dean, Griffith Graduate Research School |
| 2020 | Professor Susan Dennison | Deputy Head of School Research, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| 2019 | Professor Hamish McCallum | Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security |
| 2017 | Professor Nam Trung | Director, Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre. |
| 2016 | Professor Paul Tacon | Director, Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit |
| 2015 | Professor Ron Quinn AM | Foundation Director, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery |
| 2014 | Professor Huijun Zhao | Director of the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Deputy Director of the Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security |
| 2013 | Professor Wendy Chaboyer | Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
| 2012 | Professor Mark Von Itzstein | Director, Institute for Glycomics |
| 2011 | Professor Debra Bernhardt | Director, Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre |
| 2010 | Professor Stuart Bunn | Director, 色情网站n Rivers Institute |
| 2009 | Professor Patrick Weller | Director, Centre for Governance and Public Policy |
| 2009 | Professor Ron Quinn | Director, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery |
Research Supervision Award
| 2022 | Professor Wendy Moyle | The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
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| 2021 | Associate Professor Lauren Ball | School of Health Sciences and Social Work and the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
| 2021 | Professor Catherine Pickering | School of Environment and Science and Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security |
| 2020 | Professor Rod Connolly | 色情网站n Rivers Institute |
| 2019 | Professor Saroja Selvanathan | Griffith Asia Institute |
| 2017 | Professor Rod Barrett | School of Health Sciences and Social Work, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
| 2016 | Professor Cordia Chu | Centre for Environment and Population Health, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
| 2015 | Professor Donna Pendergast | School of Education and Professional Studies |
| 2014 | Associate Professor Michael Haugh | School of Languages and Linguistics |
| 2013 | Professor Jane Hughes | 色情网站n Rivers Institute |
Mid-Senior Career Researcher Award
| 2022 | Associate Professor Muhammad Shiddiky | Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre |
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| 2021 | Professor Tanya Smith | Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research |
| 2020 | Associate Professor Lauren Ball | The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland. |
| 2019 | Associate Professor Tara McGee | Griffith Criminology Institute |
| 2019 | Associate Professor Jun Zhou | Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems |
| 2017 | Dr Lara Herrero | Institute for Glycomics |
| 2017 | Associate Professor Guillermo Diaz Pulido | 色情网站n Rivers Institute |
| 2016 | Professor Vicky Avery | Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery |
| 2015 | Professor Shanqing (Eddie) Zhang | Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security |
| 2014 | Professor Diego de Leo AO | Director of the 色情网站n Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention |
| 2013 | Professor Geoff Pryde | Centre for Quantum Dynamics |
| 2012 | Professor Adrian Wilkinson | Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing |
| 2011 | Professor David Lambert | 色情网站n Rivers Institute |
| 2010 | Professor Alfred Lam | Griffith Health Institute |
| 2009 | Professor Lyn Griffiths | Griffith Health Institute |
Early Career Researcher Award
| 2022 | Dr Laura Diamond | Griffith Centre for Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
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| 2021 | Dr Jamie Ranse | The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
| 2020 | Dr Hoang-Phuong Phan | Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre |
| 2019 | Dr Lee Morgenbesser | Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy |
| 2017 | Dr Amanda Ullman | The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
| 2016 | Dr Lyndel Bates | School of Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| 2015 | Dr Lauren Ball | The former Menzies Health Institute Queensland |
| 2014 | Dr Kyra Hamilton | School of Applied Psychology |
| 2013 | Dr Olivera Simic | Socio-Legal Research Centre |
| 2012 | Dr Wendy Steele | Urban Research Program |
| 2011 | Dr Jennifer Whitty | Population and Social Health Research |
| 2010 | Dr Keith Townsend | Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing |
| 2009 | Dr Elena Marchetti | Socio-Legal Research Centre |
Research Group or Team Award
| 2022 | Global Wetlands Team, Coastal and Marine Research Centre | Led by Professor Rod Connolly |
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| 2021 | Micro Systems Team from Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre | Led by Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen |
| 2020 | Centre for Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering, the former Menzies Health Institute Queensland | Led by Professors David Lloyd and Randy Bindra |
| 2019 | Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research | Led by Professors Claire Rickard and Marie Cooke |
| 2017 | Cancer Survivor Collaborative Research Group, the former Menzies Health Institute | Led by Professors Suzanne Chambers and Tamara Onsworth |
| 2016 | Laboratory for Vaccines for the Developing World, Institute for Glycomics | Led by Professor Michael Good |
| 2015 | Centre for Applied Health Economics | Led by Professor Paul Scuffham |
| 2014 | Advancing Life-Course Criminology, Queensland Linkage Project, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice | Led by Professor Anna Stewart |
| 2013 | Applied Cognitive Neuroscience - Improving Human Functioning by Understanding Brain-Behaviour Relationships, Behavioural Basis of Health | Led by Professor David Shum |
| 2012 | Highly Commended: Assessment, Literacy and Equity team; and | Led by Professor Joy Cumming |
| 2012 | Highly Commended: Enhancing treatment outcomes for childhood anxiety disorders: A multidisciplinary approach to innovative interventions | Led by Associate Professor Alison Waters |
| 2011 | Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre | Led by Professor Huib Schippers |
| 2010 | Quantum Information Science, Centre for Quantum Dynamics | Led by Professor Howard Wiseman |
| 2009 | Health Places Healthy People research program | Led by Professor Elizabeth Kendall |
Outstanding Research Achievement Award
| 2021 | Research Team recognised for the discovery and dating of the oldest known rock art on Earth | Led by Professor Maxime Aubert, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research and Professor Adam Brumm, 色情网站n Research Centre for Human Evolution |
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| 2014 | Associate Professor Maxime Aubert | 色情网站n Research Centre for Human Evolution, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security |
| 2014 | Associate Professor Adam Brumm | 色情网站n Research Centre for Human Evolution, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security |
Research Impact Award
| 2022 | Professor Vicky Avery | Centre for Cellular Phenomics, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery |
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Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research Award
| 2022 | Professor Sally-Ann Poulsen and Dr Maria Halili | Griffith University Node of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre, Centre for Fragment Based Design, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery |
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Research Engagement Award
| 2021 | Associate Professor Matthew Burke | Cities Research Institute |
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| 2020 | Professor Ross Homel | Griffith Criminology Institute |
Remarkable Minutes Competition Winners
| 2019 | Dr Diana Tolmie | Queensland Conservatorium for “Explore the lives of musicians who contribute to the economic and cultural growth of 色情网站” |
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| 2019 | Dr Catheryn Khoo Lattimore | Griffith Institute for Tourism for “Women in tourism and gender equality” |
| 2017 | Mr Chris Little | School of Engineering and Queensland College of Art and Design for 'Creating Windows Into our Past' |
| 2017 | Dr Jason van de Merwe | 色情网站n Rivers Institute for 'Marine Wildlife Cell-based Toxicology' |
*Re-dating of the award ceremony resulted in a one year gap.