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Prizes

The Sir Roland Wilson Foundation awards celebrate scholar and alumni excellence and recognise outstanding contributions to academia, public policy, administration and management in the Australian Public Service.

Nominations for the 2023 Joan Uhr, Ian Castles and Pat Turner (research) prizes open on 4 September and close on 18 September The Foundation will accept nominations from academic supervisors, APS mentors, Board members or other senior leaders from either the APS or University (preferably SES Band 2 or above).

To nominate a scholar or alumni for a prize, complete the nomination form and email it to srw.foundation@anu.edu.au before the closing date.


Joan Uhr
Joan Uhr

The Joan Uhr Prize

For contribution to public policy

The Joan Uhr Prize recognises the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation PhD scholar who has made the greatest contribution to public policy in the past year, particularly through strengthening the links between the Australian Public Service and The Australian National University.

The prize was named after the founding Executive Director of the Foundation, Joan Uhr, PSM in recognition of her contributions.

The inaugural Joan Uhr prize was awarded to Camille Goodman at the annual Secretaries’ Dinner in December 2017.

Prize winners
2022 Tristram Sainsbury and Timothy Watson
2021 Jennifer Jackett and Andrew Morgan
2020 Siddharth Shirodkar
2019 Shane Johnson
2018 Talia Avrahamzon
2017 Camille Goodman

Ian Castles
Ian Castles. Image source: ANU Press

The Ian Castles Alumni Prize

For extraordinary success, outstanding contributions

The Ian Castles Alumni Prize recognises an alum, from the Sir Roland Wilson PhD scholarship program or the Pat Turner scholarship program, who has achieved extraordinary success in their fields, or made outstanding contributions to public policy in Australia or internationally.

The prize is named after Ian Castles, AO, OBE who was a member of the Sir Roland Wilson Board from 1999-2009.

Prize winners
2022 Dr Melanie Broder
2021 Dr Neal Hughes
2020 Dr Nathan Deutscher
2019 Dr Angelia Grant

Pat Turner
Pat Turner

The Pat Turner Prize

For contribution to public policy

The SRW Pat Turner Prize (Research) for the SRW Pat Turner MPhil or PhD scholar who has made the greatest contribution to public policy in the past year, particularly through strengthening the links between the Australian Public Service and The Australian National University or Charles Darwin University.

The SRW Pat Turner Prize (Coursework) for the SRW Pat Turner scholar who has achieved the highest Weighted Average Mark while undertaking a post-graduate coursework program in semester one each year.

Prize winners
2022 Genna Lehman (Coursework)
2022 Anthony Cowley (Research)
2021 Cris Castro (Coursework)
2021 Steve Munns (Research)
2020 Cris Castro (Coursework)
2020 Lisa Conway (Research)
2019 Martin Dallen (Coursework)
2019 Craig Leon (Research)

Sir Roland Wilson
Sir Roland Wilson

The Sir Roland Wilson Prize

For excellence in Business Administration

Prize winners
2022 Anne Nugyen Pham
2021 Aobo Song
2020 Melissa Hickey & Julian Widdup
2019 Adam Fricker, Li Na (Charlotte) Hung & Venkateshwara Nuthakki
2018 Christopher Liam Bugden & Katherine May Keenan
2017 Qi Fan & Benjamin Plummer
2016 Claire Thomas
2015 Matthew Sheppard
2014 Fujino Hiroko
2013 Pooshan Navathe
2012 Michael Laren Andrae
2011 Alastair John Prior
2010 John Gordon
2009 Julian Richard Ballard
2008 Christine O'Keefe
2007 Soo San Kwan
2006 Shahid Ali
2005 Mukarram Jah Ansari
2004 Mathew De Palter & Carina Liu Wai Ling
2003 Anita Rosalina & Pradip Bhatnager & Yulian Wihantoro & Arti Malhotra
2002 Wan Yan & Thiam Hee (George) Chua
 
The Sir Roland Wilson Foundation is a partnership between The Australian National University, Charles Darwin University and the Australian Public Service.