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Leadership

• ATSE Clunies Ross Eureka Prize for Leadership in Business Innovation

• Mr Dick Davies - 

  For outstanding leadership in the globalisation of strategic research alliances in the mineral industries.

• CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science

• Professor Ian Frazer - 

  For clarity of vision, perseverance and quality leadership in bringing to fruition seminal research into the prevention of cervical cancer, one of the most common cancers in women worldwide

Research & Innovation

• British Council Eureka Prize for Inspiring Science 

• Dr Anthony Hannan - 

  For outstanding research of immense theoretical and practical importance into nature, nurture and neurology: gene-environment interactions in the healthy and diseased brain.

• Australian Catholic University Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics

• Associate Professor James Franklin - 

  For research that defends an objectivist ethic based on the worth of persons, at both pure and applied levels.

• Australian Computer Society Eureka Prize for ICT Innovation

• Professor Jon Patrick - 

  For development of Scamseek, a langauge technology computer system for automatic detection of financial scams on the Internet.

• The Australian Skeptics Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking

• Professor David Henry , Amanda Wilson - 

  For 'Media Doctor'.

• Botanic Gardens Trust Eureka Prize for Biodiversity Research

• Professor Mark Burgman - 

  For developing and applying quantitative methods of risk assessment to conservation.

• Land & Water Australia Eureka Prize for Water Research

• Mr Mike Young, Mr Jim McColl - 

  For developing a framework that combines well-established research findings and insights into a highly innovative framework for improving systems of water rights in Australia.

• Ministry for Science and Medical Research Eureka Prize for Bioinformatics Research

• Dr Antonio Reverter - 

  For the development of novel statistical, mathematical and computational models for the bioinformatics analysis of large-scale gene expression datasets resulting from biotechnology applications to Australian livestock species.

• Royal Societies of Australia Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Scientific Research

For pioneering research on the stromatolites (living rocks) of Western Australia.

• Sherman Eureka Prize for Environmental Research

• Dr Rod Fensham, Russell Fairfax - 

  For innovative research into biodiversity and woodland dynamics that underpins a range of conservation measures to protect native vegetation threatened by broad-scale clearing in northern Australia.

• Voiceless Eureka Prize for Research which Replaces the Use of Animals or Animal Products

• Dr Alecia Jenkins - 

  For developing a new model to explore the mechanisms of angiogenesis using adult human arteries instead of animal arteries.

School Science

• Holmes à Court – UTS Eureka Prize for Science Teaching

• Mr Graeme Roberts - 

  For fostering students in their passion for exploring and making sense of the world around them; for giving them the confidence to take risks and reach their potential; for empowering them with the knowledge, skills and values to participate constructivel

Science Communication & Journalism

• Pfizer Australia Eureka Prize for Health and Medical Reserach Journalism

• Ian Townsend - 

  For 'Sick Sperm Syndrome'.

• NewScientist Eureka Prize for Photographic Journalism in Science, Technology and the Environment

• Mr Barry Slade - 

  For a series providing a breathtaking photographic exploration of the scale and beauty of the ‘Morning Glory’ roll cloud phenomenon experienced in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the dedicated group of glider pilots who “surf” this little-known wonder.

• Australian Government Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science

• Emeritus Professor John de Laeter, Professor David Blair - 

  For creation of the Gravity Discovery Centre.

• Australian Government Eureka Prize for Science Journalism

• Deborah Smith - 

  For overall journalistic performance reflected in prolific reporting that is consistently accurate, entertaining and of high impact.

• Australian Government Peter Hunt Eureka Prize for Environmental Journalism

• Asa Wahlquist - 

  For comprehensive, informative and influential coverage of Australia’s water crisis.

• Department of Environment and Conservation Allen Strom Eureka Prize for Sustainability Education