Melbourne 2025 Symposium Awards

Awards are advertised by the Executive and Branches to encourage and facilitate study and travel by members to advance their work in forensic science. Several awards are in memory of those highly respected and loved individuals who have shaped forensic science. Below are the awards and the background to some of these the awards. Please contact the respective Branches or with any queries.

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 2025 symposium (12 October 2025), OR
  • a Student member of ANZFSS with at least 12 months of continuous membership at the date of the 2025 symposium (12 October 2025), OR
  • a Life member of ANZFSS.
  • Criteria include the 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;
  • Provide a recorded presentation at a local Branch meeting either prior to, or, subsequent to the Symposium.
  • Provide an article for the website/newsletter.
  • Funds must be claimed within the same financial year as the conference.

For successful applicants who are not presenting at the Symposium:

  • Provide a recorded presentation at a local Branch meeting either prior to, or, subsequent to the Symposium.
  • Provide an article for the website/newsletter.
  • Funds must be claimed/finalised within the same financial year as the conference.

These awards are offered every two years to support the attendance of practitioners and students at the Symposium.

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