Awards and Fellowships
The Society provides a number of benefits for members, which include support to attend national and international transplantation meetings and reduced fees at meetings sponsored by the Society.
TSANZ LAFFERTY Distinguished Service Award (biennial award)
TSANZ IAN McKENZIE Prize for Outstanding Contribution in Transplantation
TSANZ AVIVA ROSENFELD Award for Excellence in Patient Care in Transplantation
The MARK COCKS Award - Sponsored by Transplant Australia
The biennial JOSETTE ERIS Memorial Award - Sponsored by Astellas (biennial award - not awarded in 2022)
TRAVEL AWARDS to attend International Transplantation Meetings
AIM: These travel awards are made available to facilitate eligible TSANZ Student and Early career Investigator members to attend international meetings relevant to transplantation.
The award will support travel and registration for the meeting.
Eligibility Criteria:
Be a financial member of the Society of 12 months standing from the date of approval of membership to the Society to the date of the meeting
Be a full time or part time student enrolled for a higher degree (student) or Early Career Basic (within 5 years of their highest degree) or Clinical (within 3 years of completing their highest degree/specialist qualification) Researcher.
Senior investigator in a non-clinical position may apply
Be submitting an abstract as a presenting author at a transplantation-oriented meeting (must have abstract accepted to receive the travel grant funds)
Not be in receipt of a bursary from the meeting organisers and must have applied (if eligible) for such a bursary
Attend and present their abstract
No discrimination between oral and poster presentations
Applicants may apply twice in a five-year period
When there are too many eligible applicants, preference will be given to those not previously supported
Council will not score abstracts
Closing Dates There will be two (2) closing dates per year however, ONLY ONE IN 2022:
1st December for meetings held 1 January - 31 May - NOT BEING AWARDED in 2022
1st May for meetings held 1 June – 31 December
Selection Process:
The TSANZ SPEC will review the applications and award travel grants to each eligible applicant up to the value of $2,500.
Successful applicants must supply a brief summary of meeting highlights to the TSANZ office for inclusion in the annual TSANZ newsletter.
A minimum of 4 grants per round will be awarded.
Click HERE to download an Application Form