The TM Cherry Prize
A student prize was introduced in 1969 at Victor Harbor, and is awarded annually to the best student paper presented at the Conference. In May, 1976, ANZIAM (then the Division of Applied Mathematics) adopted the title "T.M. Cherry Student Prize" in honour of one of Australia's leading scientists, Professor Sir Thomas MacFarland Cherry, Kt., Sc.D., F.A.A., F.R.S.
For an extensive history on Professor Cherry we recommend the article published in the records of the Australian Academy of Science Vol.1 (1966–9). The following is a brief summary of the career of this renowned scientist.
| 1st Class Honours, University of Melbourne | 1918 |
| Graduated B.A. (Cambridge) | 1922 |
| Ph.D. (Cambridge) | 1924 |
| Fellow Trinity College | 1924–8 |
| Chair of Mathematics – University of Melbourne | 1929–63 |
| Pollock Memorial Lecturer – Sydney University | 1948 |
| Sc.D. (Cambridge) | 1950 |
| Lyle Medallist, Australian National Research Council | 1951 |
| F.R.S. | 1954 |
| Foundation Fellow of Australian Academy of Science | |
| 1st President of AustMS | 1956 |
| President of A.A.S. | 1961–65 |
| Honorary D.Sc. A.N.U. & University of W.A. | 1963 |
| Knight Bachelor | 1965 |
Winners of the T.M. Cherry Prize
| 1969 | Mr R. Jones (Adel) |
| 1970 | Mr J.A. Rickard (Lond) |
| 1971 | Ms J. Jones (Mt Stromlo?) |
| 1972 | Not offered |
| 1973 | Not offered |
| 1974 | Mr R.P. Oertel (Adel) |
| 1975 | Mr E. Robinson (Syd) |
| 1976 | Mr J.P. Abbott (ANU) |
| 1977 | Mr J. Finnigan (CSIRO) and Ms S. Bhaskaran (Adel) |
| 1978 | Mr B.D. Hughes (ANU) and Mr P. Robinson (Qld) |
| 1979 | Mr J.R. Coleby (Adel) and Mr B.D. Hughes (ANU) |
| 1980 | Mr M. Lukas (ANU) |
| 1981 | Mr A.W. Plank (UNSW) |
| 1982 | Mr G. Fulford (Woll) and Mr J. Gear (Melb) |
| 1983 | Mr P. Korvesi (UWA) |
| 1984 | Mr A. Kucera (Woll) and Mr S. Wright (Qld) |
| 1985 | Mr G. Fulford (Woll) and Mr F. Murrell (Melb) |
| 1986 | Ms A. Becker (Mon) and Mr K. Thalassoudis (Adel) |
| 1987 | Mr M. Rumsewicz (Adel) |
| 1988 | Ms W.M. Henry (ANU) |
| 1989 | Ms M.R. Myerscough (Oxf) and Mr J.A.G. Roberts (Melb) |
| 1990 | Mr J.P. Best (Woll) |
| 1991 | Mr S.K. Lucas (Syd) and Ms A. Tordesillas (Woll) |
| 1992 | Mr S. F. Brown (Syd) |
| 1993 | Mr D. Standingford (Adel) |
| 1994 | Ms B. Barnes (Mon) |
| 1995 | Mr A.V. Buryak (ANU) |
| 1996 | Mr A. Gore (Newc) and Mr D.C. Scullen (Adel) |
| 1997 | Ms S. Cummins (Mon) |
| 1998 | Mr J. Clark (Syd) and Mr T.P. Gourlay (Adel) |
| 1999 | Ms E. Ostrovskaya (ANU) |
| 2000 | Mr C. Reid (Massey) |
| 2001 | Mr M. Haese (Adel) |
| 2002 | Mr V. Gubernov (ADFA) and Mr W.M. Megill (UBC/Woll) |
| 2003 | No competition held as ANZIAM2003 subsumed into ICIAM 2003 |
| 2004 | Mr K. Mustapha (UNSW) |
| 2005 | Mr J. Looker (Melb) |
| 2006 | Mr C. F. Fricke (Melb) |
| 2007 | Ms S. A. Harper (Massey) |
| 2008 | Ms E. Button (Melb) and Mr M. Haythorpe (UniSA) |
| 2009 | Mr S. Cohen (Adel) |
| 2010 | Mr L. Mitchell (Syd) |
| 2011 | Mr S Butler (Syd) and Mr J Caffrey (Melb) |
| 2012 | Mr J Nassios (Melb) |
| 2013 | Mr D Khoury (UNSW) and Mr T Vo (Syd) |
| 2014 | Mr M Chan (Syd) and Mr D Khoury (UNSW) |
| 2015 | Hayden Tronnolone (Adel) |
| 2016 | David Arnold (Adel) and Adrianne Jenner (Syd) |
| 2017 | Claire Miller (Melb) and Eric Hester (Syd) |
| 2018 | Nabil Fadai (Oxford) and Eloise Tredenick (QUT) |
| 2019 | Conway Li (UWA) and Elle Musoke (Auck) |
| 2020 | Rose Crocker (Adel) |
| 2021 | Alex Browning (QUT) and Rahil Valani (Monash) |
| 2022 | Adriana Zanca (The University of Melbourne) and Michael Denes (UNSW) |
| 2023 | Sarah Vollert (QUT) and Kyria Wawryk (Monash) |
| 2024 | Patrick Grant (QUT) |
