2025 ACGR Awards for Excellence
The Australian Council of Graduate Research proudly presents the Excellence in Graduate Research Education awards. These awards were made for the first time in 2017 to publicly promote quality in higher degree research (HDR) supervision, leadership and industry engagement.
The awards recognise and reward excellence in Graduate Research Education, contribute to good practice in HDR supervision and leadership amongst all ACGR member institutions and encourage them to establish their own award programs.
The following awards were presented in 2025:
- Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision, sponsored by ProQuest
- Excellence in Graduate Research Leadership, sponsored by Epigeum
- Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research
- Excellence in Graduate Research Programs and Support
- Excellence in Graduate Research Indigenous Excellence and Empowerment
Recipients of each award were announced at the 2025 April National Meeting dinner in Hobart. Read about the work of our 2025 winners below.
Graduate Research Leadership
Sponsored by Epigeum
Professor Samantha Bennett
Australian National University
Graduate Research Supervision
Sponsored by ProQuest
Professor Brett Paull
University of Tasmania
Professor Peter Hoffmann
University of South Australia
Professor Vijay Kumar Mallan
University of Otago
Professor Peter Anderson, Dr Thu Pham, Mr Ashley Fox & Ms Angela Bautista
Griffith University
The ACGR also recognised three Highly Commended recipients in 2025:
- Dr Sharon Saunders, (Programs and Support)
- Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin University (Supervision – sponsored by ProQuest)
- Associate Professor Marnee Shay, University of Queensland (Indigenous Excellence and Empowerment)