The CSIRO Trusted Award
This Award recognises and promotes significant contributions to enhancing our research and reputation as a trusted advisor, by engaging with and providing benefit to the Australian community.
2025
CSIRO Future Climate and Hazards Team
For exemplary leadership and impact in delivering Australia’s next-generation climate and hazard information to support evidence-based adaptation and risk planning across government and industry.
The team’s work enables evidence-based decisions that support a safer, more secure, and climate-resilient Australia, creating sustained national impact, exemplifying excellence in scientific leadership and delivery, and reinforcing CSIRO’s role as a trusted advisor on climate science.
Team members: Richard Matear, James Risbey, Michael Grose, Marcus Thatcher, Hamish Ramsay, Vanessa Hernaman, Xuebin Zhang, Julian O’Grady, Damien Irving, Ron Hoeke, Annette Stellema, Tess Parker, Alicia Takbash, Sonny Truong, Benjamin Ng, Rebecca Gregory, Tony Rafter, Stacey Osbrough, Bryan Hally, Claire Trenham, Ian Macadam, Cagil Kirezci, Didier Monselesan, Chloe Mackallah. With partners: David Jones (Bureau of Meteorology) and Shoni Maguire (Australian Climate Service).
2024
GenCost Team
For outstanding performance in positioning GenCost as Australia’s leading source of reliable energy cost data, evidenced by its status as one of CSIRO’s most downloaded publications. This team has solidified trust in both the report and CSIRO through open consultation and extensive stakeholder engagement, thoughtfully integrating feedback to enhance CSIRO’s reputation as a trusted advisor.
Team members: Paul Graham, Jenny Hayward, James Foster, Scott Walker, Amanda Dunne, Lisa Havas
2023
2023 CSIRO Presents: Everyday AI Team
For launching the highly successful ‘CSIRO Presents: Everyday AI’ podcast, bringing together experts and adopters to unpack AI in an engaging, educational, and hype-free way.
Team members: Alexandra Persley, Eliza Keck, Rachel Lee, Henry Stentiford, Eamonn Bermingham, David Ireland, Ivy Wong and Jon Whittle.
2022
2022 JEV Outbreak Response Team
For providing urgent testing, expertise and communications that underpinned Australia’s response to the 2022 Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak (JEV), through a collaborative one-CSIRO approach that was recognised by state and federal agencies.
Team members: Paul De Barro, Keith Hayes, Prasad Paradkar, James Watson, David Williams, Peter Durr, Chris Chelvan, Sian Stringer, Mark Ford, Timothy Bowden, Matthew Neave, Jennifer Harper, Jianning Wang, Naomi Watson, Julie Cooke, Brenda van der Heide, John Bingham, Melynda Hargreaves, Willy Suen, Tristan Reid, Dwane O’Brien, Antonio Di Rubbo, Fiona McFarlane, Brendan Trewin, Peter Caley, Andy Sheppard, Melissa Klein, Sarah Jackson, Axel Colling, Caryll Waugh, Natalie Northam, Kerryne Graham, Kim Newberry, Patrick Mileto, Donna Gillies, Gemma Harvey, Som Walker, Honglei Chen, Ali Al-Saabary, Michelle Hong, Andrea Certoma, Diane Green, Jean Payne, Teresa Eastwood, Kate Maynard, Duane Walters