CSL Florey Medal
The CSL Florey Medal
The Florey Medal is awarded biennially to an Australian biomedical researcher for significant achievements in biomedical science and / or human health advancement. In addition to the silver medal, the award currently carries a prize of $50,000 due to the generous support of CSL Limited.
This award was established in 1998 by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science in honour of the Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Sir Howard Florey, who developed penicillin.
The Florey Medal is part of the Tall Poppy Campaign which aims to recognise and promote scientific and intellectual excellence in Australia.
The 2011 CSL Florey Medal winner was Professor Graeme Clark for pioneering the bionic ear
The Medal and prize were presented on 21 November 2011 at the AAMRI national dinner at Parliament House Canberra.
Nominations for the 2013 CSL Florey Medal opens 13 May.
Nominations can be submitted online here.
Read more about previous Florey Medal winners below:
Diagnosis and treatment of genetically inherited disorders that affect children with clinical effects leading to progressive destruction of the brain and other organs
Research towards the development of vaccines against Human Papillomaviruses including cervical cancer and genital warts affecting the lives of millions globally.
Structural biology research, particularly for the discovery of a new class of anti-influenza drug.
2002 – Professor Colin Masters
Work relating to Alzheimer’ disease.
2000 – Professor Jacques Miller
Discovery of the function of the thymus shich signalled a seminal contribution to immumology.
1998 – Dr Robin Warren and Professor Barry Marshall
Discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
The Medal
The Florey Medal is hand sculpted by Michael Meszaros. Michael has lived as a sculptor in Melbourne for nearly four decades, producing a wide range of work ranging from major public pieces to his speciality of medals. He learned this from his father Andor, also a sculptor and medallist of international reputation.
This work is closely based on a portrait medal Andor made when Sir Howard Florey sat for him in 1963, commissioned by the Florey Institute at Melbourne University. Michael met Sir Howard at the time. Using Andor’s original as a guide, Michael has remodelled it in this size, adding a different inscription, designing a reverse and casting it in bright sterling silver.
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