Alfred Deakin Medals are framed and awarded to successful students at annual graduation ceremonies and an appropriate endorsement is made on their academic record. In addition to a medal, each student receives a cash prize of $2000.

To be eligible, students must have completed a doctoral degree by research at Deakin after only one examination, i.e. they must not have undergone a re-examination.

Faculties and institutes may each nominate up to two doctoral students per round. Students cannot self-nominate.

Selection criteria

Faculties and institutes are asked to consider the following when assessing the excellence of a thesis and nominating a student:

• The examiners' reports. The thesis does not necessarily need to have passed without amendment (category 1 outcome), it may have passed with minor amendments (category 2 outcome).
• International recognition of the research work.
• The impact of the research, both in terms of actual and potential adoption.
• Refereed publications or other research outputs from the doctoral work, e.g. patents, exhibitions, performances and other creative works (the emphasis should be on the quality rather than the quantity).
• Any awards or other recognition of the research quality, by professional organisations.

Timelines

Alfred Deakin Medals are awarded in two rounds each year.

Round 1 (up to two medals awarded)

Round 2 (up to two medals awarded)