Queensland’s bright, innovative, and imaginative minds are encouraged to apply for the 2025 Peter Doherty Awards for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education.
The awards are named after Professor Peter Doherty, a Brisbane-born, Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was educated at Indooroopilly State High School and The University of Queensland.
The prestigious awards celebrate the students, teachers, schools, support officers and education partners that make an outstanding contribution to STEM education across eight categories.
Since 2004, 571 Peter Doherty Award recipients have been recognised, including more than 280 students, 170 teachers, and 35 schools.
“The Peter Doherty Awards celebrates the students and teachers who are already making their mark in STEM, with 28 prizes across eight categories,” said Minister for Education, John-Paul Langbroek.Â
“Each year these awards recognise their outstanding innovation and achievements, and it’s exciting to think the young winners of these awards could be the next generation of engineers, mathematicians, technicians and STEM teachers.”
Minister Langbroek said the Government was committed to ensuring all Queensland students received world-class schooling after a decade of Labor inaction to address education standards. Â
“The Crisafulli Government is committed to shifting the focus back to the basics such as Mathematics and English to unleash every student’s full potential, as well as reducing red tape to free up teachers to spend more time in the classroom.”
“Under the former Labor Government, Queensland students were lagging behind other states and failing to meet national standards,” the Minister said.
