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Fresh Science Award

Fresh Science is a national competition run by ScienceNow! to identify some of Australia’s most exciting but unreported science achievements by younger researchers.

Fresh Science is designed to:

  • Enhance reporting of Australian science
  • Highlight and encourage debate on the role of science in Australian society
  • Provide role models for the next generation of Australian scientists
  • Enable interaction with appropriate British counterparts.

Fresh Science will select some of Australia's brightest young scientists to present their latest research to the media and public in Melbourne during National Science Week.

The best Fresh Scientist wins the prestigious Fresh Science Award which includes a professional visit to the UK and the opportunity to present their research at Royal Institute of Great Britain courtesy of British Council Australia.

In 2004 the Fresh Science finalists were:

  • GeneBalls: Nanotools for Biotechnology - Angus Johnston PhD Student, St. Lucia, Brisbane
  • The Scaly Serengeti - Christofer Clemente PhD candidate, Crawley WA
  • Microwaves are “a Blast” for Sun-dried Wood - Graham Brodie, Lecturer, Dookie Vic
  • Telling Cancer Cells Where To Go - Jennifer Clancy PhD student, Darlinghurst NSW
  • The Fine Art of Stripping - Jocelyn Evans Paintings Conservator, University Of Melbourne Vic
  • Triggering Conservation - Juliet Wege PhD Research Scientist, Bentley Delivery Centre WA
  • Global Climate Change: a load of poo? - Karin Beaumont Honorary Research Associate, Kingston Tas
  • Why waste water? - Katrina Charles PhD Student, Sydney NSW
  • The Silent War of Plant Defence - Ken McGrath PhD Student, University of Queensland
  • “Underground Mine Safety Improved through Australian Research” - Kirralee Rankine PhD Student – Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cairns Qld
  • Amorous frogs love the city nightlife - Kirsten Parris Lecturer in Environmental Science, Burwood Vic
  • Forget traditional remedies to stop thrush on antibiotics - Marie Pirotta PhD student, Carlton Vic
  • Can the immune system feel pain? - Mark Hutchinson PhD Candidate & Clinical Trials Coordinator, Adelaide SA
  • New technology lets the light shine through- Michael Harvey Research Associate, St Lucia Qld
  • Killing hitch-hiking pests … and knowing they’re dead! - Monique Binet Experimental Scientist (Ecotoxicology), Bangor NSW
  • Seeing Mars in a different light - Sarah Chamberlain PhD Student, Macquarie University NSW.
Mark Hutchinson won the 2004 Fresh Science Award for his research into links between the immune system and how we feel pain. To read more about his award winning research click here.