Dr Kirstine Shrubsole, School of Health and Human Sciences,for her research in the field of speech pathology
Dr Naomi Wells, School of Environment, Science and Engineering,for her research in the field of biogeochemsistry
Dr Christopher Stevens,School of Health and Human Sciences, for his research in the field of exercise and sports science
Dr Kathomi Gatwiri, School of Arts and Social Sciences,for her research in the field of African women's and children's health and wellbeing
Dr Judith Andrea Rosentreter, School of Environment, Science and Engineering,for her research in the field of coastal biogeochemistry
Community Impact
Dr Gregory Peel Smith, School of Arts and Social Sciences,for his impact in the fields of out-of-home care and homelessness
Assoc. Prof. David Lloyd, School of Environment, Science and Engineering,for his work with Save Indonesian Endangered Species (SIES)
Janine Dunleavy, Sheldon Harrington, Tali Abraham, Fintan Magee, Virginia Ingham, Aunty Irene Harrington, and Prof. Norm Sheehan, GNIBI, and Marisa Snow, Lismore Quadrangle, Craig Walsh, Artist, and Brett Canning, Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School, for the design and production of creative work, Dungarimba Wandarahn (Lismore place of learning)
Dr Kristin den Exter, Partnerships, Assoc. Prof. Adele Wessell, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Brett Adlington, Claudie Frock and Sarah Harvey, Lismore Regional Gallery, for the production of Thursday Night Live!
James Tucker, Prof. Isaac Santos, and Adjunct Assoc. Prof. Paul Butcher, National Marine Science Centre,for their research on the burial of whale carcasses on Australian beaches
Social Justice
Nicola Best, Victoria Drury, Simone Balzer, Jimzeena LeCerf, Stephen Garvey, Cathy Burton, Equity and Diversity Office, for the Schools Outreach Program that encourages wider participation in post-school studies
Dr Louise Whitaker, Dr Mandy Hughes, Prof. Barbara Rugendyke, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Jane Gustus-Callanan and Roslyn Felsch, Anglicare North Coast, for 3Es to Freedom program that empowers refugee and migrant women