A.G. Lyne Award
The A.G. Lyne Award celebrates the life of Gordon Lyne (1919–1986), a long-standing member of the Society and past president. The award is given to the best poster presentation by a student member at an Annual Scientific Meeting.
The award consists of a certificate and a monetary prize of $300. The mode of payment will be determined by the Council and payment arranged with the student after the conference.
Conditions
- Only student members of the Society are eligible for the award.
- The applicant must be the sole or senior author of the paper for which the award is made.
- In the case of multiple authors, students must provide to Council a statement describing the contribution of other authors to the research.
- Submitted applications will be short-listed by the Council for consideration for the award prior to the Annual Meeting.
- A judging panel will be appointed by the Council to assess short-listed applicants for the award at the Annual Scientific Meeting.
- A. G. Lyne Award recipients are eligible for a Student Travel Award but not the John Seebeck Award.
How to apply
To apply, please complete the Student Awards application form, providing an extended abstract of 450–500 words, including background, methods, results and discussion for your study (N.B. the extended abstract is submitted separately from abstracts provided to the Annual Scientific Meeting organising committee).
Applications for the A. G. Lyne Award must be submitted along with the conference abstract submission (as two separate documents submitted together) by 30 August 2022 to the AMS president (amspresident@australianmammals.org.au).
A. G. Lyne Award Recipients
2022 Hayley Winter, Murdoch University
2021 Jess Ziyun Li, Monash University
2020 Tahlia Pollock
2019 William Terry, Southern Cross University
2018 Not awarded
2015 Phoebe Burns, University of Melbourne
2014 Kylie Soanes
2013 Aaron Greenville, University of Sydney
2012 not awarded
2011 Jemma Cripps, University of Melbourne
2010 Leila Brook, James Cook University
2009 Greta Frankham, University of Melbourne
2008 Martin Breed, Uppsala University
2007 Lisa Warnecke, University of New England
2006 Delphine Verrier, University of Melbourne
2005 Susan Campbell, University of Melbourne
2004 Angela Nation, University of Melbourne
2003 Vera Weisbecker, Eberhard Karls University
2002 Nicole Griffith, University of Melbourne
2001 Julie Schofield, University of Adelaide
2000 Duncan Sutherland and Martin Predavec
1999 Adam Munn
1998 Dorian Moro
1997 Mandy Lock, Deakin University