Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, announced winners of the Scopus Researcher Awards 2017 in three categories at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia. The awards are open to and recognise the academic contribution of Australia and New Zealand's researchers who are building a career in academic research, and help them gain broad recognition at home and abroad for their work.
First launched in 2010, the awards aim to help support early career researchers in their quest to advance the frontiers of science across disciplines.
This year, Elsevier introduced three new award categories - Excellence in Innovative Research Award; Excellence in Sustainability Research Award; and Women in Research Award - to recognise innovative and original research across different fields of science.
The Women in Research Award was created to inspire and encourage more female researchers who choose to pursue academic work in response to the findings of Elsevier's benchmark report, 'Gender in the Global Research Landscape', which highlights that despite their lower scientific output when compared to their male counterparts, female researchers in Australia are on par in research quality.
The award ceremony was held at the Powerhouse Museum and attended by guests representing Australia and New Zealand's top scientific fraternity, including guest-of-honour, Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Director of Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at UNSW Australia, who was one of the award presenters.
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