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The Bryan Found Memorial Symposium Award
Dr Bryan Found was a true champion of forensic science, incredibly passionate for improvement and development. As an internationally respected caseworker, researcher, and the inaugural Chief Forensic Scientist of VIC Police, across a 29-year career, he instigated significant progress in many areas of document examination, pattern evidence and education. His impact in bringing cognitive issues to the fore will be felt for years to come, and his influence on document examination globally has been phenomenal. Bryan was a long-standing member of the VIC Branch, former President, and the Chair of the Organising Committee for the 2008 Melbourne Symposium – arguably the first of the new breed of successful symposia. He was also responsible for the infamous cask wine, now an ANZFSS tradition. He was accepted as a Life Member of the Society just weeks before his sudden death at home on 23 October 2016.
In memory of Bryan, the Found family has established a Memorial Scholarship in his name that is awarded to a graduate or post-graduate student to attend the Symposium. The award is open to full-time students in a graduate or postgraduate course in a topic related to forensic science. Please contact the vicbranch@anzfss.org for more information.
Criteria:
The selection criteria are not limited to, but will include, the following:
- The applicant is an enrolled full-time student in a graduate or postgraduate course in a topic related to forensic science. Research or study programs aimed at improving and/or developing forensic science in the areas of validity, cognitive factors and education will be prioritised, but any student in any area of forensic science may apply.
- The successful applicant will be required to provide an article for the ANZFSS newsletter summarising their experiences at the Symposium.
- The applicant may be required to make a presentation to the Symposium either on the benefits of the award or their research.
The Award will consist of $2500 to be used to fund the successful applicant’s attendance at the ANZFSS Symposium in the year of awarding.
If no suitable application is received the Award may not be presented, or may be otherwise distributed at the discretion of the family.
Year | Recipient | State |
2023 | Ciara Devlin | NSW |
2018 | Bethany Growns | NSW |