Previous Award Winners

Click more information to see profiles of each award winner since 1999.

Railway Professional of the Year Award

The RTSA Railway Professional of the Year Award is offered to a person above the age of 35 who has made an outstanding contribution to the Railway Industry in Australia or New Zealand. NOMINATIONS CLOSE 22 JULY 2022

Young Railway Engineer Award

The RTSA Young Railway Engineer Award is offered annually to reward young professional engineers, technologists and associates in Australia or New Zealand who are under 35 years of age.

Graduate Engineer Award

The RTSA Graduate Engineer Award is made to reward railway engineering practitioners in Australia or New Zealand whose working achievements have taken place within four years of the conferral of their university degree.

Biennial Railway Project Award

The Biennial Railway Project Award is offered biennially by the RTSA, in the year in which a CORE conference is held, to reward an engineering achievement in the railway industry that is considered worthy of public recognition. NOMINATIONS OPEN 4TH JULY

Undergraduate Thesis Award

The Undergraduate Thesis Award is offered annually by the RTSA to the author of an outstanding final year undergraduate thesis on a topic in railway engineering. NOMINATIONS OPEN 4TH JULY

Post Graduate Thesis (PhD) Award

The Post Graduate Thesis (PhD) Award is offered annually by the RTSA to the author of an outstanding doctoral or research masters degree on a topic concerned with the rail industry. NOMINATIONS OPEN 4TH JULY

Post Graduate Thesis (Masters) Award

The Post Graduate Thesis (Masters) Award is offered annually by the RTSA to the author of an outstanding research masters degree on a topic concerned with the rail industry. NOMINATIONS OPEN 4TH JULY

Life Membership
Award

A Life Member of the RTSA, is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a member. There are principal benefits included with this award.

Individual Award

The RTSA Individual Award is offered biennially to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the railway industry.

ARA Young Railway Professional Award

The RTSA is the major sponsor of the ARA Young Rail Professional Award which is awarded annually at the Australasian Rail Industry Awards. This Award aims to encourage young individuals to pursue a career in rail whilst acknowledging their efforts.

Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is the principal and most prestigious means of recognising outstanding members of the community at a national level and nominations are encouraged from all members of the Australian public.

Annual Rail Scholarship

This scholarship is open to applications from railway professionals and technicians who can demonstrate an on-going record of work in the rail industry in Australasia and are desirous of attaining a higher qualification.

RTSA Awards Calendar

RTSA Individual Award
Nominations closed

Undergraduate Thesis Award
Nominations open 4th July 2022

Post Graduate Thesis Award (PhD)
Nominations open 4th July 2022

Post Graduate Thesis Award (Research Masters)
Nominations open 4th July 2022

Railway Professional of the Year Award
Nominations opened 1 March 2022
Nominations close 22 July 2022

Annual Rail Scholarship Award
Nominations closed 24 June 2022

Young Railway Engineer Award
Nominations closed 24 June 2022

Graduate Engineer Award
Nominations closed 24 June 2022

Railway Project Innovation Award
Nominations open 4th July 2022