Technical Paper Awards
Technical Paper Awards
These awards recognise technical excellence in published papers.
The Best Paper Prize
This prize (first awarded in 2011), may be presented to a resources sector professional who has prepared and published a technical paper through an AusIMM conference during the year.
Criteria
To be eligible, the paper must have been;
- presented at an AusIMM Conference
- peer reviewed
AusIMM membership preferred.
Nomination/selection process
The Conference Committee for each AusIMM Conference will select the best three papers to be nominated.
The Committee may choose the nominated papers directly and/or poll attendees.
The paper will be reviewed by the Paper Review Panel of at least three AusIMM members (of whom at least two are Fellow or Member grade members).
The GB O’Malley Medal
This award was created in 1987 in honour of GB O’Malley, a long-standing AusIMM member dedicated to the development of resources sector education. The award recognises the best peer-reviewed paper prepared by one or more students as lead authors.
Criteria
To be eligible, the paper must have been;
- Published in any peer-reviewed journal or published through peer-reviewed conference proceedings
- Must provide novel insights into an area of relevance to the minerals industry
Non-members are welcome.
Nomination/selection process
Any student supervisor may nominate their student’s paper.
Nominations are to be made through the completion of the online nomination form.
The paper will be reviewed by the Paper Review Panel of at least three AusIMM members (of whom at least two are Fellow or Member grade members).
The AusIMM Student Paper Prize
This was initiated in 2022 in recognition that postgraduate and undergraduate papers required separate consideration.
Criteria
To be eligible;
- Must be a final year (four-year undergraduate course) or honours year (three-year undergraduate course) dissertation or thesis etc
- Papers must be complete documents, not posters or PowerPoint presentations etc.
- Must provide insights into an area of relevance to the minerals industry
AusIMM membership preferred.
Nomination/selection process
The student's supervisor must nominate the paper for consideration within a year of its submission.
Only one nomination per course or discipline per institution per year.
Nominations are to be made through the completion of the online nomination form.
The paper will be reviewed by the Paper Review Panel of at least three AusIMM members (of whom at least two are Fellow or Member grade members).