Browse all prizes
James Cook University offers over 250 prizes each year which are awarded annually. Prizes are awarded at all levels from first year to graduating students, based on the criteria of the prize. Prize winners are nominated by their College based on outstanding achievement either in their course or subject. Writing Prizes are the only prizes which include an application process.
Prizes can range from $150 up to $2,000 and many include subscriptions, professional registrations, work experience etc.
The Prizes Office would like to acknowledge and thank the many donors who support our prizes each year many of whom take the opportunity to engage with the recipients.
Please use the information below to search for prizes. Please note that not all prizes are awarded every year.
College of Arts, Society & Education
- Catholic Education (Townsville Diocese) Prize
- George Herring Prize in Education
- HEB Memorial Art Prize
- Pam Gilbert Memorial Prize
- PETAA Award for Excellence
- Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers' Prize (Cairns)
- Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers' Prize (Secondary)
- Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers' Prize (Townsville)
- Queensland Association of State School Principals' (Primary) Prize
- Sarah Power Memorial Prize
- Anne Deane Prize for English Literature
- Athena Deane Memorial Prize
- Colin Roderick Prize for English Honours
- Colin Roderick Prize in Children's Literature
- Colin Roderick Prize in Level 3 English
- Colin Roderick Prizes for Australian Literature (Prize A)
- Colin Roderick Prizes for Australian Literature (Prize B)
- Elizabeth Perkins Prize for Creative Writing
- Greg McIntyre Prize
- H. Neil Smith Prize
- Harry Hopkins Memorial Art Prize (Acquisitive)
- Howard Fry Prize in Southeast Asian Studies
- Jean Farnfield Prize in Australian History
- Jill Wells Memorial Award for Journalism
- Jim Keeffe Prize for Aboriginal and Islander History
- Joe Gioscio Memorial Prize
- Mabel Innes Prize for Lyric Verse
- P.F. Rowland Memorial Prize
- Robert Mays Memorial Prize
- Ron Sussex Prize
- Ross Smith Prize
- Ruth Atkinson Memorial Prize
- Sheila Haydon Prize
- W.T. (Bill) Johnston Memorial Prize
- Australian Association of Social Workers Nth Qld Cairns Prize
- Australian Association of Social Workers Nth Qld Townsville Prize
- Gwyneth Wall Memorial Prize
- Joan Peyton-Smith Prize in Social Work and Community Welfare
- Pauline Lawrence Social Work Practice Prize
- Ric Thompson Inclusion Award 1
- Ric Thompson Inclusion Award 2
- Ric Thompson Inclusion Award 3
College of Business, Law & Governance
- Advocacy and Criminal Sentencing Prize (Cairns, Nguma-bada Campus)
- Douglas Suthers Memorial Prize
- Connolly Suthers Prize
- Coutts Redington Chartered Accountants Prize
- Holding Redlich Law
- KA Cullinane Prize
- Kenneth Sutton Prize in Law
- McKays Solicitors Prize A
- McKays Solicitors Prize B
- McKays Solicitors Prize C
- North Queensland Bar Association Criminal Law Prize
- North Queensland Bar Association Advocacy and Criminal Sentencing Prize
- Pack Family First Nations Law Award
- Sir George Kneipp Memorial Prize
- Susan Thomson Memorial Prize in Family Law
- Thomson Reuters Prize A
- Thomson Reuters Prize B
- Thomson Reuters Prize C
College of Healthcare Sciences
- Brighter Lives Townsville Hospital Foundation Prize - Year 1
- Centre for Rural & Remote Health, Mount Isa Nurse Graduate Prize
- Emeritus Professor Barbara Hayes Medallion
- Florence, Robert & Colin Dempster Prize for Nursing
- Joy Croker Centaur Silver Medal
- Mercia Barrett Palliative Care Nursing Essay Prize
- Nurse of the Tropics Prize
- Pam McAllister Memorial Prize
- Prize in Nursing Excellence
- Queensland Country Bank Prize
- Sally Goold Prize
- Sarina White Medal for Infection Control
- Shaun McPherson and Karen Calder Memorial Prize
- The Yuwi Award
College of Medicine & Dentistry
- Australian Dental Association (Qld Branch) Prize
- Colgate Oral Care Graduation Prize
- Colgate Oral Care Prize
- Elsevier Australia Book Prize
- Endodontic Group Award for Clinical Excellence in Endodontics Prize
- MIPS Book Prize for Simulated Dentistry
- Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons Academic Prize (RACDS)
- AMAQ Year 3 Prize
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Prize
- Child and Adolescent Health Prize
- Dr David Graham Prize
- Dr. Will Cairns Palliative Care Essay Prize Medicine
- Dr Maryanne Balanzategui Prize for commitment to Rural Medicine
- Friends of Science in Medicine Prize
- Mick McLoughlin Memorial Prize in Rural Medicine
- Peter Doyle Medal
- Phil Summers 'Commitment to Excellence in Medicine' Award
- RANZCP Basil James Psychiatry Prize
- Rimington Memorial Prize for Year 4 Integrated Clinical Pathology
- Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Women's Health Award (RANZCOG)
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners North Queensland Prize (RACGP)
- Rural Doctors Association of Queensland Prize (RDAQ)
- Therapeutic Guidelines Prize for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Townsville Hospital Emergency Department Trust Fund Critical and Crisis Care Year 6 Prize
- Whole Time Medical Specialist Prize
- Year 6 Ethics Prize
- Yr 6 Remote Medicine Prize
- Alive Pharmacy Warehouse Rural Award
- Alive Pharmacy Warehouse Management Award
- Mario and Matthew Calanna Clinical Counselling Award
- Mario and Matthew Calanna Professional Honours Award
- Mario Calanna WholeHealth Award
- Fod Kelly Prize for Rural Pharmacy
- Guild Insurance Limited Pharmaceutical Sciences Award
- JCUPSA Service Award
- PDL Award in Cardiovascular Pharmacy - 3rd Year
- PDL Award in Infectious Diseases - 2nd year
- Pharmacy Valedictorian
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Highest Academic Achievement - Ist Year
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Highest Academic Achievement - 2nd Year
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Highest Academic Achievement - 3rd Year
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Highest Academic Achievement - 4th Year
- Sally Tagney Memorial Prize
- The Wesley and Brand’s Pharmacy Award for Pharmacy Honours
- John Savina Award
- Advanced Pharmacy Australia Clinical Pharmacy Award
- Australasian College of Pharmacy Medication Review Award.
- The Pharmacy Guild Queensland Branch President's Award
- The Pharmacy Guild of Australia Community Pharmacy Practice Award
College of Science & Engineering
- Merv Short OAM, ED Prize for STEM
- P.F. Brownell Medal for Plant Physiology
- Second Year Ron Kenny Prizes in Zoology
- Third Year Ron Kenny Prizes in Zoology
- Sir Joseph Banks Medal
- William R. Birch Prize
- Emeritus Professor Richard Pearson Prize in 3rd Year Ecology
- Professor Ross Crozier Prize in 3rd year Evolution
- ASI Undergraduate Steel Design Award
- Bev Frangos Graduate Instructor Prize in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic Systems and Internet of Things Engineering or Information Technology
- College of Science and Engineering First Year Prize (Cairns)
- College of Science and Engineering First Year Prize (Townsville)
- College of Science and Engineering Prize
- Electrical & Computer Engineering Staff Prize
- Emeritus Professor Peter Arlett Prize in Engineering
- Engineers Australia - Queensland Award (C.N. Barton Prize)
- Engineers Australia Electrical Branch Prize
- G.H. Allen Endowment Prize in Electronic Systems and Internet of Things (IoT) Engineering
- Glencore Prize in Engineering
- Hunter Medal in Electrical Engineering/Internet of Things Engineering
- IEEE Northern Australia Section First Year Prize
- IEEE Northern Australia Section Fourth Year Prize
- Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Prize
- IStructE - Australia Regional Group - Annual Student Prize
- John McIntyre Engineering Prize
- Kevin Stark Memorial Prize in Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Prize
- Merv Short OAM, ED Prize for STEM
- Port of Townsville Limited Prize in Engineering
- Professor Lal Chand Wadhwa Prize for Civil Engineering
- Southern Cross Austereo Engineering Prize
- Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia Prize
- Zonta JCU Award for Best Woman in Engineering Thesis
- Don Close Prize in Software Engineering
- Merv Short OAM, ED Prize for STEM
- Prize for Excellence in First Year Bachelor of Information Technology (Townsville)
- Prize for Excellence in Third Year Bachelor of Information Technology (Cairns)
- Prize for Excellence in Third Year Bachelor of Information Technology (Townsville)
- The James Cook University Australian Computer Society Award
- Ayling Prize in Marine Science
- Chris Alexander Memorial Prizes for Marine Biology (Prize A)
- Chris Alexander Memorial Prizes for Marine Biology (Prize B)
- College of Science and Engineering Prize for the Best BSc Honours Student
- Dr R. Palmerston-Rundle Prize for Biological Sciences
- Joe and Val Baker Prizes (Prize B)
- Merv Short OAM, ED Prize for STEM
- Port of Townsville Limited Prize in Marine Biology
- Port of Townsville Limited Prize in Marine Studies and Statistics
- Professor John Lucas Memorial Prize for Excellence in Aquaculture
- First Year Mathematics Prize
- First Year Physics Prize
- G.N. Richards Medal in Chemistry
- Glencore Prize in Science
- H.J. Priestley Memorial Prize
- Joe and Val Baker Prizes (Prize A)
- John Ridd Prize in Mathematics
- Merv Short OAM, ED Prize for STEM
- Port of Townsville Limited Prize in Marine Physics
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute (North Queensland Section) Prize (RACI)
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Queensland Branch) Prize (RACI)
- Second Year Mathematics Prize
- Third Year Mathematics Prize
- Third Year Physics Prize
- Science First-Year Prize
- AAAS Prize in Animal Sciences
- ASAV Award for Small Animal Medicine
- Australian Cattle Veterinarians' Bovine Health and Disease Prize
- Australian Society for Parasitology Prize
- AVA Prize for Undergraduates in Veterinary Pathology
- AVA Queensland Member Dux
- AVA Student Award
- Beef Cattle Medicine and Production Prize
- Centre for Veterinary Education Clinical Competency Award
- Epidemiology Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Science Prize for Epidemiology
- Equine Veterinarians Australia Prize
- NQ AVA Citizenship Award
- Professor Phillip Summers Incentive Prize
- Provet Animal Behaviour, Welfare & Ethics Prize
- Roobiny Veterinary Science Dux
- Rod and Monica Campbell Prize
- Veterinary Specialist Services Prize for Surgery & Anaesthesia
- Zoetis Dux of Microbiology and Parasitology