The ASA awards a range of prestigious prizes, including the Bok Prize for outstanding research in astronomy by an Honours student; the Charlene Heisler Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in Astronomy or a closely related field; the Louise Webster Prize (introduced in 2009) for outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career; and the Robert Ellery Lectureship in recognition of outstanding contributions in astronomy or a related field.
The current percentage of ASA prizes awarded to women are as follows: Bok Prize: 32 % ; Charlene Heisler prize: 16% ; Louise Webster Prize: 66%; Robert Ellery Lectureship: 0%.
- The Bok Prize:
Year Recipient Gender 2011 Barnaby Norris male 2010 Mudusha Gunawardhana female 2009 Peter Jensen male 2008 Christopher Hales male 2007 Katie Dodds-Eden female 2006 Brent Miszalski male 2005 Patrick Scott male 2004 Stanislav Shabala male 2003 Darren Croton male 2002 (not awarded) – 2001 Yeshe Fenner female 2000 Josephine Brown female 1999 Michael Murphy male 1998 Malcolm Kennett male 1997 Jean-Pierre Macquart male 1996 Lisa Kewley female 1995 Michael Brown male 1994 Arthur Street male 1993 Sally Houghton female 1992 Kylie Waring female 1991 Neal Turner male 1990 Robert Reinfrank male 1989 Andrew Gray male Percent of women recipients: 32 %
- The Charlene Heisler prize:
Year Recipient Gender 2011 Max Spolaor male 2010 Adam Deller male 2009 Brendon Brewer male 2008 Simon Campbell male 2007 Anna Frebe female 2006 Michael Ireland male Percent of women recipients: 16 %
- The Louise Webster prize:
| Year | Recipient | Gender |
| 2011 | Gayandhi De Silva | female |
| 2010 | Michael Ireland | male |
| 2009 | Tamara Davis | female |
| Percent of women recipients: | 66 % | |
- The Robert Ellery Lectureship:
| Year | Recipient | Gender |
| 2011 | Russell Cannon | male |
| 2009 | Jeremy Mould | male |
| 2007 | Mike Bessell | male |
| 2005 | John Davis | male |
| 2003 | Don Melrose | male |
| 2001 | Ken Freeman | male |
| 1999 | John Storey | male |
| 1997 | Ron Ekers | male |
| 1995 | Dick Hunstead | male |
| 1993 | Dick Manchester | male |
| 1991 | Don Mathewson | male |
| Percent of women recipients: | 0 % | |
