New TSANZ Grants for Eligible Members

Society Awards @ TTS2026

Note: the intent is for people early in their careers in clinical, science and research fields, and the criteria aim to be inclusive of a range of career paths and trajectories. More senior members undertaking later-career research degrees are not eligible.

1. Early Career Awards
 The top 10 highest scoring abstracts in both Clinical/Public Health/Health Services research & Basic Science research

Eligibility - must:

  • be a current financial member of the Society

  • must not be receiving a TTS2026 Mentee/Mentor Award, bursary, or any other funding from the meeting organisers, and must have applied for a bursary if eligible

  • be within 3 (Clinical Researchers) or 5 (Basic Science Researchers) years of conferral of a specialist qualification/postgraduate research degree, or full-time equivalent where a career disruption exists* at the closing date of the awards

  • indicate TSANZ membership at the time of abstract submission and have an abstract accepted for oral presentation at TTS2026.

  • attend and present their abstract

Award
Return economy airfare (best lowest fare) from city of origin plus registration fee (or registration fee only for applicants from same state of meeting, unless from a regional area, where they may be able to receive some assistance with travel expenses)

2. President’s Prize: Clinical, Public Health and Health Services & Basic Science
The top 4 highest scoring Early Career Awardees in each category of Clinical/Public Health/Health Services & Basic Science research will be invited to give an oral presentation in the President’s Prize Symposium at the TTS2026 Conference. The presentations will be judged, and two President's Prize awards will be given by TSANZ, one to the best Clinical/Public Health/Health Services research and one to the best Basic Science research.

Award
Up to the value of $5,000 to attend an overseas scientific meeting. The money is to offset the cost of travel, registration and accommodation and must be used within two years of winning the prize. An additional $500 prize for personal use is provided.

*Career Disruption: A career disruption involves a prolonged interruption (generally considered to be >=90 days FTE) to an applicant’s capacity to work, due to as examples pregnancy; major illness; carer responsibilities including parental leave and care for immediate family (e.g., spouse, children or elderly parent), or work within industry (with no capacity to be involved with medical research). Note that clinical work cannot be taken into consideration for career disruption if applying for the Clinical Researcher Award, and teaching roles (within a university or Clinical environment) cannot be taken into consideration for career disruption for any award. Any relevant career disruptions need to be clearly outlined in a separate word document submitted with your abstract and be approved by the supervisor(s). The intent of the TSANZ definition of career disruption is to align with definitions used by national health research entities e.g. NHMRC.

If applications exceed available funding, the TSANZ Board will use its discretion to determine the final allocation of awards.