Travel Awards

As part of its commitment to supporting professional development, TSANZ offers a range of member benefits, including assistance to attend transplantation meetings.

TRAVEL AWARDS - UPDATE

The Transplantation Society Meeting – TTS 2026 will be held in Sydney from September 20 to 23. To help as many members attend what will be a fantastic meeting with cutting edge research and clinical practice updates, the majority of TSANZ Travel Awards in 2026 will be allocated to support eligible members to attend this conference.

Eligibility Criteria for TTS 2026:

  • Eligibility Criteria, Award Amounts, and Number of Awards: To be confirmed

  • Application Opening and Closing Dates: To be confirmed

  • Selection Process: Applications will be assessed by the TSANZ SPEC, with travel grants awarded to eligible applicants.

Successful recipients will be required to submit a brief summary of meeting highlights for inclusion in the TSANZ annual newsletter.

The Application form will be available soon

A reduced number of travel awards (up to the value of $2,500) for international transplantation meetings will also be offered.  These will be for meetings being held between January 1 and June 30, 2026

Eligibility Criteria for International Transplantation meetings being held between January 1 to June 30, 2026:

1.    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

2.    Eligible applicants (any of the following criteria):

a) Full time or part time student enrolled in a degree (student), OR
b) Early Career researcher (within 5 years of their highest degree), OR
c) Nursing or allied health members, OR
d) Academic and research members in non-clinical positions

3.    Be submitting an abstract as a presenting author at a transplantation-oriented meeting (must have abstract accepted to receive the travel grant funds)

4.    Not be in receipt of a bursary from the meeting organisers and must have applied (if eligible) for such a bursary

5.    Attend and present their abstract

6.    No discrimination between oral and poster presentations

7.    Applicants may apply twice in a five-year period

8.    When there are too many eligible applicants, preference will be given to those not previously supported

9.    The Board will not score abstracts

Selection Process: The TSANZ SPEC will review the applications and award travel grants to each eligible applicant

Successful applicants must supply a summary of meeting highlights to the TSANZ office for inclusion in the annual TSANZ newsletter

Closing date: January 5, 2026

Travel Grant Application form for meetings being held between January 1 and June 30, 2026