the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Foundation. 2010. Department of Science and Technology award for being the most distinguished women scientist. President of South African Association of Botanists (2009–2010). Awards In 2010, Farrant was awarded the €100,000 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for her research into resurrection plants. In 2012, she received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science, along with a USD $100,000 prize. References External links Resurrection plant video How we can make crops survive without water, TED 2015 Year of birth missing (living people) L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates 20th-century South African botanists Living people 21st-century South African women scientists 21st-century South African botanists South African women botanists 20th-century South African women scientists