Congratulations to Professor Michelle Coote on being awarded an ARC Future Fellowship (Level 3) in 2010.

Future Fellowships provide four-year fellowships to outstanding Australian mid-career researchers. In addition, the ARC may award the Administering Organisation up to $60,000 of non-salary funding per annum which may be used for personnel, equipment, travel and field research costs directly related to the Future Fellow's research.

The Medal shall be awarded annually to a member of the RACI who, in the opinion of the RACI Board, has contributed most to the development of some branch of chemical science; this contribution will be judged by research work published or accepted for publication during the ten years, or equivalent relative to opportunity, immediately preceding the award.
Candidates may apply or be nominated. The successful candidate will deliver a lecture on an occasion convenient to the recipient and the RACI, and may be invited to lecture to other Branches.

Megan O'Mara was awarded the Young Australian Biophysicist Award in 2009 for her talk "Linking bacterial structures to human multi-drug transporter function". The award carries a cash prize of $500

Dr Lara Malins was awarded the College prize for Excellence at Boston University. Dr Malins was recognised as the graduate with the highest academic achievement record.

The premier award of the RACI Inorganic Division. The Award is based on the candidate's scientific work published in the past 10 years, together with other evidence of his or her standing in the international community.

Congratulations to Professor Michelle Coote on becoming a Rennie Memorial Medallist Awardee in 2006. The Rennie Memorial Medal is awarded by the RACI for excellence in research in Chemical Science.

It is awarded annually to a financial member of the RACI with less than eight years of professional experience since completing their most recent relevant qualification of a BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc or PhD, who has contributed most towards the development of some branch of the chemical science. The contribution is judged by the research work published during the 10 years immediately preceding the award.

Further details available on the RACI Website