These awards are open to current General, Student, Professional and Life members, and typically provide for registration at the forthcoming ANZFSS Symposium.
The same application will be used to assess applicants for Executive and Branch ANZFSS Symposium Awards and as such these applications will be forwarded to your respective branch.
Please note, the matter of Symposium award allocation with consideration to diversity and inclusion has been duly raised. In response Section 8. Diversity and Inclusion has been included in the application form. You are not required to respond to these questions. How this data will be used, if it is in fact used, to assist award selection will discussed by the selection committee during the selection process and make known to the membership to ensure transparency and accountability. If you have any concerns, please contact the Executive or your Branch.
Criteria
Applicants must be:
- a General or Professional member of ANZFSS with at least 24 months of continuous membership at the date of the 2020 symposium (22 September 2020), OR
- a Student member of ANZFSS with at least 12 months of continuous membership at the date of the 2020 symposium (22 September 2020), OR
- a Life member of ANZFSS.
Criteria include involvement in the local Branch and the Society, and the merit of the paper or poster to be presented.
Note that awards may be made to a limited number of non-presenters; applicants must make a statement outlining the personal and professional benefits of their attendance at the Symposium within the application form.
Conditions
For successful applicants who have submitted abstract(s) to the Symposium:
– Acceptance of the abstract/s by the Symposium Scientific Committee;
– Presentation at the Symposium of the poster/oral presentation as outlined in the application (with acknowledgement of ANZFSS support), and;
– Presentation at a local Branch meeting either prior to, or, subsequent to the Symposium.
For successful applicants who are not presenting at the Symposium:
– Preparation of a synopsis of their Symposium attendance (e.g. presentations/posters that stood out, lessons learnt) for inclusion in a future ANZFSS newsletter
These awards are offered every two years to support the attendance of practitioners and students at the Symposium.
2023 Awards
2022 Awards
2018 Awards
2016 Awards