[6] The University of South Australia describes Gould as "a professional with long experience in governance and leadership and a comprehensive understanding of the nexus between education, innovation, the community and business.
The grant is offered to Honours and PhD students who seek to undertake hands on research, including the collection and analysis their own data for publication.
[8] Gould is deeply committed to the advancement of the mining industry in South Australia and has worked to that end through leadership positions on several government advisory boards and committees.
[9] In 2007 he told Ian Henschke of the ABC: "It will be the greatest concentration of known uranium resources in the world, in South Australia.
"[11] In April 2012, Gould described the political landscape for the mining industry in South Australia while using the analogy of a football club, with the resources sector as its star player.
"[13] Gould is a present and former member of numerous key government advisory bodies at state and federal levels.
Gould is chair of the St Andrew's Hospital board, vice president of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Central Operations[4] and was a member of the South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Council (2006–2007).
[2] The Sir Willis Connolly Medal "for excellence in communication in the technological sciences" was awarded to Gould in 2003 by the AusIMM and Barbarians.