The Georgina Sweet Awards for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science were created by Professor Leann Tilley as part of her Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship program to promote and support female scientists who demonstrate excellence in the area of Quantitative Biomedical Science.

Quantitative Biomedical Science is Biological/Biomedical Research that employs a quantitative approach, particularly in areas such as Computational Biology, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Genomics, Structural Biology, Cell Biology etc.

Two awards were established in 2016 and available each year until 2020:

• Georgina Sweet Award for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science: Four awards of $25,000 each were made to Australian female researchers who demonstrated excellence in the area of quantitative biomedical science. Diversity is an essential part of the Award mission, so applications were welcome from women of culturally diverse backgrounds
• In 2020, an additional two awards of $25,000 each were made for Excellence in Inclusivity, recognizing Women in Biomedical Science who had a strong track record in research and who had demonstrated the importance of inclusion and diversity. Applications are now closed. 

• Georgina Sweet Travel Support for a Female Keynote Speaker in Quantitative Biomedical Science:  Up to five awards of $3,000 each were available each year to support the attendance of a female keynote speaker at an Australian conference. Applications are now closed.