Our prizes are awarded to students in all years, including honours and postgraduate coursework.
Most prizes are awarded on merit, so you can't apply for them. Email agriculture@enquire.uq.edu.au for more information.
Australian Society of Animal Production Prize in Animal Science
Established in 1997 and maintained by an annual gift from the Queensland Branch of the Australian Society of Animal Production. The recipient will have submitted the best thesis in an area of relevance to livestock.
Open to: Year 4 undergraduates
Prize: $200
B. & B. Chamala Memorial Prize
Established by a gift from Associate Professor Shanakriah Chamala in memory of his parents, Baliah and Bhumamma Chamala, who came from a remote village in India. They believed in the value of knowledge, the role of agribusiness in sustainable rural community development, in providing services to rural communities, and in encouraging young professionals to work in rural areas. The recipient will have achieved the highest grade point average over the first five semesters of an agribusiness program.
Open to: Year 3 agribusiness undergraduates
Prize: $200
Bell Memorial Medal
Supported by the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability and the Ag Institute Australia, this annual award is to award a student who has completed their final year of study in a relevant program and demonstrated academic achievement. The award is in memory and recognition of the significant contribution to agriculture made by Arthur. F. Bell.
Open to: Students who have completed:
- Their final year of study in an approved undergraduate program OR
- Their equivalent fifth and sixth semesters of study, in a program comprising 4 year Honours.
An approved program is an undergraduate Agricultural Science program, including:
- Bachelor of Agribusiness
- Bachelor of Agribusiness/Wildlife Science
- Bachelor of Agribusiness/Bachelor of Agricultural Science,
- Bachelor of Agricultural Science
- Bachelor of Science (Plant Science) (with a speciality of an agricultural relevance).
- Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) in Plant Science (with a speciality or project of an agricultural relevance).
Prize: $1000 and an Ag Institute Medal. A year’s membership to the AgInstitute and a certificate will also be provided to successful awardees.
Basis for award: Highest overall grade point average in the eligible period.
The winner of this award is not eligible for the Ben Brown Memorial Medal for Agricultural Science, B&B Chamala or the R & A.E. Veitch Prize in the same year.
Ben Brown Encouragement Award for Agricultural Science
Established in 1992 in memory of Ben Brown, a graduate of the former Agricultural Science Faculty. The recipient will have achieved the highest overall grade point average at the end of their first year.
Open to: Year 1 agricultural science undergraduates
Prize: $1,000
Ben Brown Memorial Medal for Agricultural Science
Established in 1992 in memory of Ben Brown, a graduate of the former Agricultural Science Faculty. The recipient will have completed the Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours Class 1 and achieved the highest overall grade point average at the end of their program.
Open to: Year 4 undergraduates
Prize: Medal
John William Tierney Memorial Prize
Established in 1992 in memory of John William Tierney, this fund is maintained by the Australasian Plant Pathology Society and staff who teach botany. The recipient will have obtained the highest marks for their first attempt in the courses Plant Interactions (BIOL3011) and Plant Diseases (BIOL3201).
Open to: Year 3 undergraduates
Prize: $160
R. & A.E. Veitch Prize
Established in 1974 by a bequest of $2,000 from the late Robert Veitch as a memorial to his wife Alice Esmee Veitch and to himself. The recipient will have shown the greatest proficiency in their fifth- and sixth-semester courses, which they will have completed in one academic year.
Open to: Year 3 agricultural science undergraduates
Prize: $383
Note: This prize alternates annually between our School and the School of the Environment, which awards the Faculty of Science student who has shown the greatest proficiency in second-year entomology courses.
Ronald Brownlie Memorial Prize
Established in 1987, and maintained by gifts from the Brownlie family and the University’s agricultural mechanisation staff. The recipient will have obtained the highest mark for their first attempt in the course Agronomy (AGRC2040).
Open to: Year 2 undergraduates on a program that is administered by our School and offers a plant-related discipline
Prize: $150
Russell Grigg Memorial Prize
Established in 1949 by the Queensland Agricultural College through a donation from Mrs C.M. Grigg in memory of her husband, Russell, who lost his life in combat during World War II. Mr Grigg was a past student of the College. The recipient will have obtained the highest overall marks in horticulture courses in their second year of the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Agricultural Science or Bachelors of Agribusiness/Agricultural Science degree programs.
Open to: Year 2 horticulture undergraduates
Prize: $100
W.W. Bryan Memorial Medal
Supported by the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability and the Ag Institute Australia, this annual award is for a high-calibre research project with a clear focus on agriculturally relevant research undertaken as part of a coursework honours or postgraduate coursework program offered by the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability. The award is in memory and recognition of the significant contribution to agriculture made by Dr W.W (Wilf) Bryan.
Open to: Students enrolled in an undergraduate Honours or Masters program comprising an #8 or greater Research Project, with an agriculturally relevant topic.
Prize: $1000 and an Ag Institute Medal. A year’s membership to the AgInstitute and a certificate will also be provided to successful awardees.
How to apply: Email your expression of interest, with your name, program and a copy of your thesis, to agriculture@enquire.uq.edu.au
Applications: Applications open from 19/12/2025 to 31/01/2026
Finalists will be shortlisted and required to submit a recorded video presentation of their research project to the Ag Institute to determine the overall winner.
William Woolcock Memorial Prize
Established in 1928 in memory of Reverend William Woolcock. The recipient will have obtained the highest overall marks in the first-year courses Applied Animal Biology (ANIM1020) or Genes, Cells & Evolution (BIOL1020), and the second-year course Agricultural Biochemistry (AGRC2001).
Open to: Year 2 undergraduates
Prize: $300