ASA award recipients

The ASA awards a range of prestigious prizes, including the Bok Prize for outstanding research in astronomy by an Honours student; the Charlene Heisler Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in Astronomy or a closely related field; the Louise Webster Prize (introduced in 2009) for outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career; the Anne Green Prize for a significant advance or accomplishment by a mid-career scientist (introduced in 2018); the David Allen Prize for exceptional achievement in astronomy communication; and the Robert Ellery Lectureship in recognition of outstanding contributions in astronomy or a related field. Nominations for ASA prizes are also broken down by gender here.

The current percentage of ASA prizes awarded to women are as follows: Bok Prize: 36 % ; Charlene Heisler prize: 25% ; Louise Webster Prize: 33%; the Anne Green Prize: 50%; David Allen Prize: 0%; Robert Ellery Lectureship: 15%.

The Bok Prize

Year	Recipient	Gender
2020
2019	Sam Cree	male
2018	Matthew Keen	male
2017	Madeline Marshall	female
2016	Samuel Hinton	male
2015	Shyeh Tjing (Cleo) Loi	female
2014	Ross Turner	male
2013	Ben Pope	male
2012	Alison Hammond	female
2011	Barnaby Norris	male
2010	Madusha Gunawardhana	female
2009	Peter Jensen	male
2008	Christopher Hales	male
2007	Katie Dodds-Eden	female
2006	Brent Miszalski	male
2005	Patrick Scott	male
2004	Stanislav Shabala	male
2003	Darren Croton	male
2002	(not awarded)	–
2001	Yeshe Fenner	female
2000	Josephine Brown	female
1999	Michael Murphy	male
1998	Malcolm Kennett	male
1997	Jean-Pierre Macquart	male
1996	Lisa Kewley	female
1995	Michael Brown	male
1994	Arthur Street	male
1993	Sally Houghton	female
1992	Kylie Waring	female
1991	Neal Turner	male
1990	Robert Reinfrank	male
1989	Andrew Gray	male
	Percentage of female recipients	36%

The Charlene Heisler Prize

Year	Recipient	Gender
2020
2019	Adam Thomas	male
2018	Anish Amarsi	male
2017	Paul Stewart	male
2016	Vikram Ravi	male
2015	Morag Scrimgeour	female
2014	Justin Bray	male
2013	Emily Wisniosky	female
2012	Anthony van Eysden	male
2011	Max Spolaor	male
2010	Adam Deller	male
2009	Brendon Brewer	male
2008	Simon Campbell	male
2007	Anna Frebe	female
2006	Michael Ireland	male
	Percentage of female recipients:	25%

The Louise Webster prize

Year	Recipient	Gender
2020
2019	Shivani Bhandari	female
2018	Emily Wisnioski	female
2017	Keith Bannister	male
2016	David Nicholls	male
2015	Madusha Gunawardhana	female
2014	Simon Campbell	male
2013	Andy Green	male
2012	Sean Farrell	male
2011	Gayandhi De Silva	female
2010	Michael Ireland	male
2009	Tamara Davis	female
	Percentage of female recipients:	33%

The Anne Green Prize

Year	Recipient	Gender
2019	Mark Krumholz	male
2018	Barbara Catinella	female
	Percentage of female recipients:	50%

The David Allen Prize:

Year	Recipient	Gender
2018	ABC Stargazing Live	Team
2015	Swinburne Astronomy Productions	(3 man team)
2012	Charlie Lineweaver	male
2009	Martin George	male
2003	Fred Watson	male
2001	Jonathon Nally	male
	Percentage of female recipients:	0 %

The Robert Ellery Lectureship

Year	Recipient	Gender
2019	Matthew Bailes	male
2017	Warrick Couch	male
2015	Elaine Sadler	female
2013	Rachel Webster	female
2011	Russell Cannon	male
2009	Jeremy Mould	male
2007	Mike Bessell	male
2005	John Davis	male
2003	Don Melrose	male
2001	Ken Freeman	male
1999	John Storey	male
1997	Ron Ekers	male
1995	Dick Hunstead	male
1993	Dick Manchester	male
1991	Don Mathewson	male
	Percentage of female recipients:	15 %