A Sydney Prize is given each three years to honor the best scholarly book published on the history of technology, science or industry during that timeframe. To be eligible for consideration it must demonstrate original research while offering engaging illustrations. Appeal must also extend beyond specialists; general readers and scholars should find its content captivating. It is administered by the Society for the History of Technology with its recipient announced at their annual meeting of study. In addition, this prize also recognizes outstanding articles in their journal History of Technology (which will also receive an award).
At the University of Sydney, a variety of prizes are presented annually. Academic merit awards recognize outstanding undergraduate students (and will appear on your transcript), and literary and creative writing competitions may require applications while some prizes may be determined based on midyear and final year performance.
Elizabeth Spencer is this year’s Sidney Taylor Book Award recipient with The Imaginary Invalids, her memoir that details the restrictive cultural norms she experienced growing up in rural southern Georgia. The selection committee recognized her skillful technique, fearlessness and contribution to expanding 19th-century tradition by exploring South’s beauty and complexity through writing.
Sidney Film Festival provides more than just major categories: it also presents several illustrious awards to emerging and established filmmakers alike, from shorts to feature length films. These prizes are awarded by an independent jury, providing invaluable momentum to filmmakers’ careers over decades.
Most prizes at the university are determined by academic achievement in specific units or programs of study, and generally do not open to external applicants. There are however a number of scholarships and fellowships open to its students – these recipients are chosen by faculty according to midyear and final-year results.
The Kuyper Prize, named in honour of Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper, recognizes scholars who demonstrate commitment to Abraham Kuyper’s Neo-Calvinist vision of religious engagement across society – particularly economy, culture and religion. Past winners have participated in activities including producing Asian-centered teaching materials; organizing student or faculty exchanges with Asian universities; organizing community lectures, book clubs, children’s story hours and museum exhibitions; working towards sister city partnerships and citizen to citizen exchanges; as well as working for sister city partnerships & sister city partnerships/facilitating citizen to citizen exchanges supported by Rimmer de Vries who founded Hillman Foundation; support provided by them with grant from Rimmer de Vries who founded Hillman Foundation.