Candidates should display attributes across the following criteria:

• Displays personal and professional attributes befitting of the award namesake, eg. adventurous, creative, original and independent thinker, cross disciplinary, collaborative, resilient.
• Shows a broad participation and commitment to the profession, evidenced by activities such as  participation in professional committees, juries, talks and lectures, teaching or other roles in higher education, and contribution to publications.
• A commitment to the development of others, whether through mentoring, sponsorship, education, or other means of support. 
• Influence and impact on the built environment through a significant body of work of 5 or more years. 
• A lack of previous formal recognition by or ineligibility for other awards

Jury composition

There will be a Jury of five, at least three being women and one man, including but not limited to:

• A female member of Chapter Council or female Institute of Architects member appointed by Chapter Council
• Winner(s) of the MMG Prize for the previous year or nominated representative
• An architect
• An academic from a School of Architecture or other relevant discipline such as Fine Arts from a university in NSW

The Jury can include up to two members from the previous year’s Jury. At least one juror should be knowledgeable of Marion Mahony Griffin’s work and principles. The Jury reserves the right not to give a prize in any one year and the Jury’s decision is final. The Jury may make nominations and if so are responsible for requesting the architect to complete the nomination form and provide the required material.

2024 Jury – TBC