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Researchers, teachers and students at The University of Western Australia won every available award in the 2008 WA Premier's Science Awards.

In the categories applying to universities - Scientist of the Year, Young Scientist of the Year, Excellence in Science Communication Outside the Classroom; and Science Student of the Year: University - all 11 finalists were from UWA.

The 2008 Scientist of the Year is Professor Jorg Imberger, an environmental engineer and Director of UWA's Centre for Water Research.  He was chosen from two other UWA finalists: Professor Leigh Simmons of UWA's Centre for Evolutionary Biology; and Professor Cheryl Praeger, Professor of Mathematics.  All are known internationally for contributions on the world stage.

The 2008 Young Scientist of the Year is Dr Ben Corry of UWA's School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Science. Dr Corry was selected from a group of UWA researchers including Dr Oliver Rackham and Dr Kevin Pfleger, both from the UWA affiliate, the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research.

In the category of Excellence in Science Communication Outside the Classroom, the award went to SymbioticA, the UWA Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts. The only other finalist was Yvonne Van Der Ploeg from the UWA-based ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.

The Science Student of the Year (University) is Astronomy and Astrophysics student, Jacinta Delhaize. She won the award ahead of other UWA students, Advanced Science student, Matilda-Jane Oke, and Conservation Biology and Management student, Claire Foster.