Postgraduate Health prizes and awards

School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Prize in Clinical Dietetics

A $100 gift voucher and a certificate to be awarded annually to the student with the highest mark in HSN747 Clinical Dietetic Practice

Professor's Prize in Dietetics

A prize of $250 for the most outstanding graduating student from the Master of Dietetics based on a combination of high level academic achievement and professional practice in the applications of dietetics.

Postgraduate Human Nutrition Awards

Two prizes will be offered consisting of a $100 gift voucher and a certificate to be awarded annually to one student with the highest mark in HSN701 Principles of Nutrition and one student with the highest mark in HSN702 Lifespan Nutrition enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Human Nutrition, Graduate Diploma of Human Nutrition or Master of Human Nutrition (one award per unit).

School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Award for Best PhD Paper

Three prizes of $50 and a certificate to be awarded annually to the three best papers published by PhD candidates in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, the recipients will be chosen by the School Executive committee.

School of Health and Social Development

Master Health Promotion - Course Leader's Prize for best Major Project

A prize of $200 and a certificate to be awarded annually to the best Major Project from the Master of Health Promotion course.

Master Health Promotion - Course Leader's Prize for best Minor Project

A prize of $100 and a certificate to be awarded annually to the best Minor Project from the Master of Health Promotion course.

Yungaburra Foundation Award

A prize of $500 is presented to an honours or postgraduate student with leadership potential in the disability field.

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Australian Society of Anaesthesia and Post Anaesthesia Nurses (ASPAAN) Award

A prize of one year's membership to ASPAAN, awarded to the highest achieving student enrolled in the Master of Nursing Practice (Specialty Practice – Perioperative).

Elsevier Australia

A $100 book voucher awarded to the highest achieving Master of Nursing Practice student.

JR Medical Books Prizes

• A $100 book voucher is awarded for the best all-round academic and clinical performance by a student enrolled in the Graduate Certificate / Diploma of Nursing Practice (Critical Care suite).
• A $100 book voucher is awarded for the best all-round academic and clinical performance by a student enrolled in the Graduate Certificate / Diploma of Nursing Practice (Perioperative).
• A $100 book voucher is awarded for the best all-round academic and clinical performance by a student enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Midwifery.

Matrix Surgical Award

A prize of $100 and a certificate to be awarded annually to the highest achieving student from the Graduate Diploma of Nursing Practice (Perioperative) specialising in the Intraoperative Nursing Stream, in Unit HNN744.

Novo Nordisk Award

A prize of a $200 book voucher and a certificate to the highest achieving student for the Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education.

School of Psychology

Barry Fallon Award

A prize of $500 and a Certificate to be awarded annually for the best thesis in the Master of Psychology (Industrial and Organisational)