Established in 1998 and bearing the likeness of one of Australia's greatest scientists, The Florey Medal is one of Australia's most esteemed awards in the health sciences. It is awarded biennially to an Australian researcher for significant lifetime achievements in biomedical science and / or human health advancement.
The AIPS Florey Next Generation Award (formerly CSL Florey Next Generation) is a new award conferred to a current PhD candidate who has demonstrated outstanding capability, creativity and potential in the biomedical sciences and/or health and medical research. This award was developed from the earlier CSL Young Florey Medal.
The AIPS Florey Next Generation Award includes a $20,000 prize, and two runner-up prizes of $2,500 each.
2024 AIPS Florey Next Generation applications will open 6 May - 14 June 2024
2021 Florey Medal Award
The 2021 CSL Florey Medal was awarded Professor Alan Cowman, AC FRS FAA, Deputy Director – Science Strategy at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research at the AAMRI Annual Dinner held on 29th November 2022 in Parliament House.
His research has uncovered how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum causes disease in humans and how it evolves to outwit antimalarial drugs. He has also created genetic tools to modify the parasite, which are now being used by malaria researchers worldwide. Read more.
In addition to the silver medal the award carries a prize of $50,000 which has been due to the generous support of CSL Limited until 2022.
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2022 CSL Florey Next Generation Award
Since 2014, AIPS and CSL conferred a second category of award, which was called the CSL Florey Next Generation Award. It aimed to recognise a current PhD candidate who had demonstrated outstanding capability, creativity and potential in the biomedical sciences and/or health and medical research.
The winner of the 2022 CSL Florey Next Generation Award was Chloe Yap from Mater Research, University of Queensland.
The two finalists were:
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- Jack Chan – the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- Jose Alquicira Hernandez – The Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Details of their research can be found here.
This Award includes a $20,000 prize, and two runner-up prizes of $2,500 which had been due to the generous support of CSL Limited until 2022.
Check out who our previous Florey Next Generation winners were.