Awards

ASSCR Travel and Prize Award Guidelines

Conference Travel Awards and Prizes available for Postgraduate students and ECRs 

The National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia (NSCFA) together with the ASSCR is generously sponsoring a large number of Postgraduate students and early career researcher (ECRs) to attend and present their research at the 2025 Annual meeting. ASSCR will also provide two conference travel awards for Postgraduate students and ECRs from New Zealand institutions. These Awards will contribute to the cost of attending the meeting (full registration fee and an average airfare cost based on the geographical location of awardees).

Eligibility

To be eligible, Postgraduate students and ECRs from Australia and New Zealand must be current members of ASSCR and submit an abstract by 1st August 2025, regardless of requests for oral or poster presentations as all abstracts will be peer reviewed.

NOTE: Prior recipients of ASSCR conference travel award are eligible to apply, but priority will be given to those not awarded last year.

NOTE: ECR is defined as someone who is within 6 years of the award of the PhD (PhD awarded on or after 1st August 2019 and will take into consideration career disruption as defined by ARC guidelines).

Application process

Applicants can apply for ASSCR membership now or during the abstract submission process.

All applicants must complete the applicable questions with their abstract submission and seek approval from your Supervisor by Midnight EST 1st August 2025. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and ranked to select the travel award recipients.

Please complete all sections in the online form with your abstract submission and seek approval from your Supervisor. 

Notification and Award Conditions

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of travel award applications at the time of abstract acceptance. Awardees must acknowledge the support of the NSCFA and ASSCR on their oral and poster presentations. A logo and acknowledgement slide will be emailed to all awardees. Successful applicants may also be contacted to provide photographs and/or testimonials. All awardees are expected to attend for the duration of the conference including the closing ceremony.

Best Oral and Poster Presentation Prizes

There will also be Prizes for the best oral and poster presentations by Postgraduate students and ECRs. These will be determined by a team of oral and poster presentation judges and will be announced in the final session of the conference. If you wish to be considered for these Prizes, please tick the appropriate box in the application form.