Undergraduate prizes and awards


General prizes

Envirohealth Pty Ltd Prize in Occupational Medicine

This award consists of a series of prizes ($600, $250 and $150) for the top three students in fourth, fifth or sixth year as determined by the results of a special examination in occupational health.

First-year prizes

Faculty Prize

A prize of $200 is awarded by the faculty to the top two students in first year.

Professor Wallace Ironside Prize in Behavioural Sciences

This prize of $200 is awarded to the student who achieves the highest aggregate mark in the combined semester one and semester two 'Health, illness and human behaviour' subject.

Second-year prizes

Faculty Prize

A prize of $200 is awarded by the faculty to the top two students in second year.

Mark Barnett Prize

This prize, of an engraved medal and $200, is awarded by the Department of Pathology and Immunology to the student who achieves the highest aggregate mark in the MED2052 (Tissue injury, neoplasia and inflammation) histopathology exam.

The William M Crosby Prize

This prize is awarded by the Department of Physiology to the student who achieves the highest aggregate mark in the subject MED2011 (Cardiovascular and respiratory medicine).

Stephen James Zanon Memorial Research Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to the second-year student who achieves the highest aggregate mark in the subject MED2052 (Tissue injury, neoplasia and inflammation) and entitles the student to undertake scientific research within the Department of Pathology and Immunology at the Alfred Hospital.

Third-year prizes

Faculty Prize

A prize of $200 is awarded by the faculty to the top two students in third year.

Australian Medical Association Medical Officers of Health Prize

A prize of $150 awarded for the best medical student in third year.

AMMG Prize for Clinical and Communication Skills

A prize of $250 is awarded by the Association of Monash Medical Graduates to the student obtaining the highest aggregate marks in MED2061/MED2062 and MED3051/MED3052 (Clinical and communication skills I and II) in second and third year.

Paul Boyce Prize

This prize, valued at $200 is awarded to the third-year student, selected by their peers, who has contributed most to the first three years of the Monash medical course and who has some of the qualities which won the late Paul Boyce the respect and admiration in which he was held. The prize may be a book voucher or a stethoscope.

ICI Pharmacology Prize

This prize is awarded to the student who achieves the highest mark in the third-year subject MED3042 (Basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology II).

Solly Faine Prize

This prize of $100 and an engraved medallion is awarded to the student who achieves the highest mark in the infectious diseases component of MED3062.

David Rosenthal Memorial Prize

This prize is awarded to the student with the highest aggregate mark for the first three years of the medical course.

Bachelor of Medical Science prizes

Harry Garlick Prize

This prize of $5000 and a certificate is awarded to the most able student to join the BMedSc program in the Department of Medicine in any year.

G D Thorburn Prize

This prize of $200 is awarded annually by the Department of Physiology to the top BMedSc/BSc Honours student in Physiology.

Fourth-year prizes

Medical Defence Union Elective Bursary

A bursary of $800 is awarded to the student or students with the highest results following the completion of a multiple-choice question paper set by the Medical Defence Union. This bursary is awarded to assist students with their elective term in the fifth year of the MB BS course.

John Cade Memorial Medal

A memorial medal to the fourth-year student with the highest aggregate of marks in 'Psychological medicine'.

McInnes Prize in Clinical Subjects

A prize of $200 to the fourth-year medical student who demonstrates the highest ability in the clinical subjects of 'Medicine' and 'Surgery' as determined by the results of a separate clinical examination.

Belinda Farrell Community Medicine Prize

A prize of $200 to the fourth-year student who obtains the highest marks in the communication skills component of fourth year.

Fourth-year Faculty Prize in Clinical Studies

A prize to the value of $200 to the fourth-year student who obtains the highest aggregate of marks in the subject 'Clinical studies 4000'.

Nairn Medal in Pathology

A prize of a medal and $200 to the student who demonstrates the highest ability in pathology, determined by the highest mark in the pathology component of the fourth-year laboratory exam, or the most deserving student as determined by the head of department.

Jean Tolhurst Prize in Microbiology

A prize to the fourth-year student who achieves the highest mark in the microbiology component of the fourth-year laboratory exam.

Fifth-year prizes

Carl Wood Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

A prize of $200 awarded to the fifth-year student who obtains the highest mark in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Final-year prizes

Sophie Davis Memorial Prize

A gold medallion and $75 for the student who obtains the highest aggregate marks in the award of the MB BS degree with honours.

The Novartis Prize

This prize, comprising the Ciba collection of medical illustrations by Dr Frank Netter (thirteen volumes), is awarded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd to the final-year student who obtains the highest aggregate of marks in the final-year examinations.

Monash Medical Centre Award in Paediatrics

A prize of $100 to the sixth-year student who submits the best longitudinal study of the development of an infant.

Alfred Hospital Residents' and Graduates' Association Prize

A prize of $200 to the sixth-year student who, after studying in the Alfred Hospital Clinical School, obtains the highest aggregate of marks in the sixth-year examinations.

Monash Medical Centre Board of Management Prize

A prize of $100 and a medallion to the sixth-year student from the Monash Medical Centre Clinical School who obtains the highest aggregate of marks in the award of the MB BS degree with honours.

Association of Monash Medical Graduates' Prize

An award of $250 together with a medallion to the sixth-year student who is judged by his or her colleagues to be the outstanding student during the course of the MB BS degree.

Monash Medical Centre Senior Medical Staff Prize in Psychological Medicine

A prize of $250 to the sixth-year student who obtains the highest aggregate of marks, or the most deserving student as determined by the head of unit in the sixth-year psychological medicine rotation at the Monash Medical Centre Clinical School.

Alfred Hospital Psychiatry Unit Prize

A prize of $300 to the sixth-year student who obtains the highest aggregate of marks, or the most deserving student as determined by the head of unit in the sixth-year psychological medicine rotation at the Alfred Hospital Clinical School.

Australian Medical Association Prize

An award of $1000 to the sixth-year student who obtains the highest aggregate of marks in the sixth-year examinations.

Neil Carson Prize in Community Medicine

An award of $250 to the sixth-year student who is the most deserving as determined by the head of department, based on marks archieved in community medicine.

Sir Edward Hughes Medal and Prize

An award for the highest aggregate mark in surgery as determined by fifth and sixth-year assessments aided by, when required, a separate clinical examination.

Medical Defence Union Electives Prize

A prize as determined by the Medical Defence Union to the student or students who submit the best elective reports from the fifth year of the course as selected by a subcommittee represented by all fifth and sixth-year teaching departments.

Australasian College of Dermatologists Prize in Dermatology

A prize of $400 and a textbook awarded to the student who obtains the highest marks in an examination conducted by the Victorian faculty of the college.

Harriet and Robert Power Scholarships in Medicine and Surgery

The trustees of a fund established in memory of the late Harriet and Robert Power have granted a scholarship, awarded annually, to encourage the acquisition of sound practical knowledge of the principles of medicine and surgery. The awards are open only to final year students from the Alfred Hospital Clinical School and are determined by a written exam, followed by a vive voce for selected candidates, arranged by the clinical supervisor on behalf of the Alfred Hospital board.

Harry Hindlip Green Scholarship in Medicine

A fund established by Frederick Richard Green to commemorate the naming of his son. Awarded annually for excellence in the area of medicine. The award is open only to final-year Alfred medical students and is determined by results in the final-year OSCA.

RACP Victorian State Committee Prize in Clinical Medicine (MMC and Alfred)

Prizes of a plaque and a $100 book voucher, one each at MMC and Alfred Clusters, for the top final-year students in clinical medicine at each cluster determined by the highest mark in the final-year clinical exams (long case and OSCA).

Monash Medical Centre Senior Medical Staff Prize

A prize of $250 and a plaque to the sixth-year student who, after studying at the Monash Medical Centre Clinical School, obtains the highest aggregate of marks in the sixth-year examinations..

Prince Henry's Prize in Surgery

This prize is awarded to the sixth-year student at Monash Medical Centre who achieves the highest aggregate mark in surgery as determined by the results of the fifth-year surgery rotation and the final-year clinical exams.

Arthur Clark Award in Paediatrics

A prize of $200, a certificate and a literary book to the student who in paediatrics demonstrates the highest ability as assessed by the results of a clinical examination. The five students obtaining the highest marks overall in the fifth-year paediatrics assessment are selected as candidates for this clinical examination, scheduled for the following year.

Bryan Hudson Prize in Medicine

A prize of a medal and a scroll awarded by the Department of Medicine (Monash Medical Centre) for the best student essay on a patient seen during the fifth year of the course.

Sigma Award in Neonatal Paediatrics

A prize of $100 awarded each year to a sixth-year student following selection for an examination in neonatal paediatrics.

Queen Victoria Medical Centre Staff Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

A prize of $200 awarded to the sixth-year student who obtains the highest aggregate mark in obstetrics and gynaecology as determined by the combined results of the fifth year obstetrics and gynaecology rotation and the obstetrics and gynaecology stations in the final-year OSCA exams.