He is well known for his work on myxomatosis and the myxoma virus in the 1940s in conjunction with Professor Frank Fenner.
He completed a PhD at Harvard in 1941 as a Lehman Fellow, and worked for the Australian Government in Washington DC where he joined CSIRO in 1944.
It is an annual award of up to $20,000 per recipient, supporting PhD students or early-career researchers in their work.
The funding covers research expenses, educational courses, and travel costs.
[13] By sponsoring this award, Dr. Day recognized the support he received as a young researcher.