To be eligible the applicant must be a full or student member of the Society and under 35 years of age on 31st March prior to the conference and have completed their PhD less than 2 years prior to this date (if PhD held) and be the first senior author of the paper and be presenting his first or second technical presentation as a member at the Society's annual conference.
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| 2000 | IS Tarbotton |
| 1999 | D Pacheco-Rios |
| 1998 | JM McGrath and FM Miller |
| 1997 | JG Jago |
| 1996 | JL Dick |
| 1995 | CR Burke |
| 1994 | RE Hovey |
| 1993 | RJ Knutson |
| 1993 | CJ Morrow and RJ Knutson |
| 1992 | S McDougall |
| 1991 | RA Dynes and HN Jabbour |
| 1990 | SM Francis |
| 1989 | J Orleans-Pobee |
| 1988 | JGE Thompson |
| 1986 | MD Bown and LA McClelland |
| 1985 | GJ Cruickshank |