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The annual IQ Awards on 10 May will celebrate UWA staff, researchers and students who are developing creative solutions to real-world problems.

Our applicants are helping to drive UWA’s culture of innovation and their amazing stories will inspire others to get involved in creating, doing, and making a contribution to exciting transformations for the future.

Award winners will receive support to take their projects further – including access to funding, publicity, networks and mentors.

Thank you to all who nominated and congratulations to all the finalists for the following awards:

The Research Innovation and Enterprise Award - recognises a UWA researcher who applied learnings from their scholarship to develop an innovative solution to a real-world problem.

FINALISTS:

Test For Real-time Detection of Resistance in Weeds

Roberto Busi, Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI)

A New Highly Sensitive, Diagnostic Method for Leukaemia

Wendy Erber, Kathryn Fuller and Henry Hui (Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences)

A New Surgical Treatment for Glaucoma

Dao-Yi Yu, Lions Eye Institute Physiology and Pharmacology Research Group, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science (COVS)

UWA Innovation Champion – recognises a researcher or staff member who has demonstrated a sustained commitment to promoting a culture of innovation, enterprise and industry engagement at UWA.

FINALISTS:

Melinda Hodkiewicz

Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Kevin Pfleger

Head of Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Liang Cheng

Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Adrian Keating

Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

UWA Student Startup of the Year – recognises and celebrates innovative enterprises launched by UWA student entrepreneurs.

FINALISTS:

Futuristic: Skills of the Future

Conor Mclaughlin (Data Science student)

Unearthed: Empowering through Expression

Taj Dutton (Arts/Business student)

I Can and I Will Project

Kishaini Baskararao (Medical Science student)

The IQ team wish you all good luck and look forward to hearing your pitches at the awards.

Contact Jo Hawkins for more information.