Pawsey Medal
The Pawsey Medal is awarded annually by the Australian Academy of Science to recognize outstanding research in the field of physics by an Australian scientist under 40 years of age.
This medal commemorates the work of the late Joseph L. Pawsey, FAA.
Winners
Source:| Year | Winner | Affiliation | Location | Field | Notes |
| 2019 | Steven Flammia | University of Sydney | Sydney | Quantum information | |
| 2018 | Paul Lasky | Monash University | Melbourne | Gravitational wave astrophysics | |
| 2017 | Igor Aharonovich | University of Technology Sydney | Sydney | Quantum Physics, Photonics | |
| 2016 | Ilya Shadrivov | Australian National University | Canberra | ||
| 2015 | Naomi McClure-Griffiths | Australia Telescope National Facility | Radio Astronomy | ||
| 2014 | Geoffrey John Pryde | Griffith University | Brisbane | Quantum physics | |
| 2013 | Christopher Blake | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne | Astrophysics | |
| 2012 | Tanya Monro | University of Adelaide | Adelaide | Photonics | |
| 2011 | Bryan Gaensler | University of Sydney | Sydney | Astrophysics | |
| 2010 | Andrew G. White | University of Queensland | Brisbane | Quantum information | |
| 2009 | J. Stuart B. Wyithe | University of Melbourne | Melbourne | Astrophysics | |
| 2008 | Kostya Ostrikov | University of Sydney | Sydney | Plasma nanoscience | |
| 2007 | Ben Eggleton | University of Sydney | Sydney | Optical device physics, photonics | |
| 2006 | Mahananda Dasgupta | Australian National University | Canberra | Nuclear physics | |
| 2005 | Michelle Simmons | University of New South Wales | Sydney | Semiconductor physics | |
| 2004 | Marcela Bilek | University of Sydney | Sydney | Applied Physics | |
| 2003 | Howard M. Wiseman | Griffith University | Brisbane | Quantum physics | |
| 2002 | Sergey V. Vladimirov | University of Sydney | Sydney | Plasma physics | |
| 2001 | Brian P. Schmidt | Australian National University | Canberra | Astrophysics | |
| 2000 | Anthony B. Murphy | CSIRO | Sydney | Applied physics | |
| 1999 | C. Martijn de Sterke | University of Sydney | Sydney | Optics, photonics | |
| 1999 | Raymond R. Volkas | University of Melbourne | Melbourne | Particle physics | |
| 1998 | Igor Bray | Curtin University of Technology | Perth | Theoretical physics | |
| 1998 | Yuri S. Kivshar | Australian National University | Canberra | Nonlinear optics | |
| 1997 | Murray T. Batchelor | Australian National University | Canberra | Mathematical physics | |
| 1996 | Robert G. Elliman | Australian National University | Canberra | Solid state physics | |
| 1995 | Peter A. Robinson | University of Sydney | Sydney | Neurophysics | |
| 1994 | Peter T. H. Fisk | CSIRO | Lindfield, NSW | Metrology | |
| 1993 | Stephen T. Hyde | Australian National University | Canberra | Materials physics | |
| 1992 | David J. Hinde | Australian National University | Canberra | Nuclear physics | |
| 1991 | Andrew E. Stuchbery | Australian National University | Canberra | Nuclear physics | |
| 1990 | W. K. Hocking | University of Western Ontario | London, Ontario, Canada | Astronomy | |
| 1989 | Keith A. Nugent | University of Melbourne | Melbourne | X-ray optics | |
| 1988 | Ian N. S. Jackson | Australian National University | Canberra | Geophysics | |
| 1987 | John W. V. Storey | University of New South Wales | Sydney | Astrophysics, optics | |
| 1986 | Barry Luther-Davies | Australian National University | Canberra | Nonlinear optics | |
| 1985 | Richard M. Pashley | Murdoch University | Perth | Water resources | |
| 1984 | Peter R. Wood | Australian National University | Canberra | Astronomy | |
| 1983 | Michael A. Dopita | Australian National University | Canberra | Astronomy | |
| 1982 | James A. Piper | Macquarie University | Sydney | Photonics | |
| 1981 | Martin A. Green | University of New South Wales | Sydney | Photovoltaics | |
| 1980 | John E. Norris | Australian National University | Canberra | Astronomy | |
| 1979 | Gregory J. Clark | CSIRO | Sydney | Nuclear Physics | |
| 1978 | Richard N. Manchester | CSIRO | Epping, NSW | Radioastronomy | |
| 1977 | Jacob N. Israelachvili | University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, California, US | Fluid mechanics | |
| 1976 | W. Miller Goss | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Socorro, New Mexico, US | Radioastronomy | |
| 1975 | Rodney J. Baxter | Australian National University | Canberra | Statistical mechanics | |
| 1974 | Donald B. Melrose | University of Sydney | Sydney | Astrophysics, plasma physics | |
| 1973 | Bruce H. J. McKellar | University of Melbourne | Melbourne | Theoretical physics | |
| 1972 | Ken C. Freeman | Australian National University | Canberra | Astronomy, astrophysics | |
| 1971 | Barry W. Ninham | Australian National University | Canberra | Physical chemistry | |
| 1970 | Rodney A. Challinor | Sigma Group | Saint Helier, Jersey | ||
| 1969 | Kenneth G. McCracken | CSIRO | Canberra | Astronomy | |
| 1967 | Robert M. May | Oxford University | Oxford, UK | Population biology |