Professor Maria Parappilly

2024

Chief Investigator: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant - Einstein -First Project ~$1.5 M (administered by UWA)

Lead Chief Investigator: Australian Government Department of Education Microcredential Funding- Physics Skills Enhancement Micro-C  

2023

Lead Chief Investigator: Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources WISE Grant funding $996,144

2021

Finalist: The 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

2020

Recipient: Medal of Order of Australia, Australia Day Honours 2020

First Runner-Up: 2020 Asia Pacific Engagement Leader of the Year: ACEEU, Netherlands.

2019

Winner: 2019 The Advertiser Woman of the Year- Coriole Top Innovator

Winner: Dean (Education) Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations, College of Science and Engineering

2018

Fellow: Australian Institute of Physics 2018 Elected as a Fellow_AIP

Chief Investigator: Australian Competitive Grants: Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and Science WISE Grant $167,960 Commonwealth Grant

2017

Recipient: The 2017 South Australian Women's Honour Roll Honour roll for popular physics lecturer

Winner: The International 2017 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning (Physics)-STLHE -Canada

2016

The National Science Week Grant: $15,000.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Funding: STEM: Women Branching Out;$18,000

2015

Winner: The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching

Winner: National OLT Citation Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning-The Australian Awards for University Teaching.

Winner: The South Australian Science Excellence Awards: Early Career STEM Educator of the Year –Tertiary Teaching.

Winner: Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching

Recipient: Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Establishment Funding: $20,000

2014

Faculty of Science& Engineering Collaborative Research Initiative Project Grant 2014; $3000.

Faculty of Science & Engineering Research Establishment Funding 2014: $60,000 over three years.

2013

Flinders University ETPPAFYC Grant: $4000.

Faculty Teaching and Learning Innovation Grant:$10,000.

Faculty Scholar, Faculty of Science and Engineering

2012

Science and Mathematics network of Australian university educators-SaMnet Scholar

Grant awarded through the ALTC National Teaching Fellowship 2011 on Inquiry Oriented Learning

2007

Flinders University Transition Grant 2007:

PANIC05 (Particle and Nuclei International Conference, Santa Fe, USA) Student Award 2005