The academy honours, “leading Australian innovators”

 ACT: Elanor Huntington (ANU). Steve Jefferies (ex Grains Research & Development Corp).

NSW: Trevor Danos (Northern Sydney Local Health District). Renate Egan (UNSW). Stuart Khan (UNSW). Sarah Pearce (CSIRO). Simon Ringer (Uni Sydney). Cordelia Selomulya (UNSW). Daichao Sheng (UTS). Mark Stewart (Uni Newcastle). Hala Zreiqat (Uni Sydney). Willy Zwaenepoel (Uni Sydney).

Victoria: Richard Bolt (Swinburne). Sally Gras (Uni Melbourne). Robert Klupacs (Bionics Institute). Gordon Naylor (retired president, vaccine maker Seqiris)

SA: Andre Luiten (Uni Adelaide). Anton van den Hengel (Uni Adelaide).

WA:  Liang Cheng (UWA). Kingsley Dixon (Curtin U). Vanessa Torres FTSE (mining company South32).

Queensland: Vicki Chen (Uni Queensland). Alice Clark (Uni Queensland). Darren Martin (Uni Queensland). Shazia Sadiq (Uni Queensland).