Professor Gottfried Otting was awarded the ARC Federation Fellowship in 2002-2007.

Federation Fellowships are Australian professorial research fellowships that were instigated by the Australian Government as part of its Backing Australia's Ability initiative. They were initially designed to compete with prestigious overseas grants in an attempt to lure back high-profile Australian researchers from foreign institutions. The first round of Fellowships in 2001 were awarded to 15 researchers, 6 of whom were working overseas at the time.

New funding to the scheme ceased in 2008, with existing fellowships continuing as before. It was replaced by the Australian Laureate Fellowships.

A donation was made by David Syme of Melbourne in 1904 for the foundation of an annual prize to be given for the best original research work produced in Australia during the preceding two years in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, or Geology.

Preference is given to original research of value to the industrial and commercial development of Australia.

Congratulations to Professor Michelle Coote on being awarded the ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2002.

Congratulations to Professor Michelle Coote on being awarded the IUPAC Young Scientist Prize (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) in 2001.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) awards the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists for the best Ph.D. thesis in the chemical sciences, as described in a 1000-word essay. The winners will each receive a cash prize of USD 1000 and a free trip to the IUPAC Congress, 1-6 July 2001, Brisbane, Australia. Each prize winner will also present a poster at the IUPAC Congress describing his/her award winning work.

The medal, bearing the words "For a Thesis on Chemical Research", is designed to give recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry and to promote chemical communication.

The Board of the RACI awards the Cornforth Medal in honour of the work of Sir John Cornforth AC CBE FRS - an Australian-British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975.

The medal is awarded to the candidate who is judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in a branch of chemistry, chemical science or chemical technology under the auspices of an Australian University; and whose degree has been approved, but not necessarily conferred, in the previous 13 months.

The award requires nomination by the deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) of an Australian University or person holding the equivalent office at the University. The nominated candidate is required to be a current member for a minimum of one year.

There is only one medal awarded each year, and if the committee considers that none of the theses submitted reach an appropriate standard, no award will be made.

The award is given to a financial member of the RACI, with no more than 12 years of professional experience since completing their most recent relevant qualification, for contributions to the development of organometallicchemistry.The eligibility period may be extended, to take into account interruptions, consistent with Australian Research Council (ARC) guidelines. The contribution will be for research work published, or accepted for publication, including patents and industrial reports. The work covers the period of ten years immediately preceding the award, with the majorproportionbeing carried out in Australia. The award is for any area of organometallic chemistry encompassing synthesis, structure, catalysis, environmental, industrial materials, main group, transition metal and f-block chemistry and bioorganometallics.