2027 TSANZ Travel Grants

AIM: To facilitate eligible TSANZ members to attend international meetings relevant to transplantation

TSANZ's first round of 2027 Travel Grants are for meetings being held from 1st January – 31st May, 2027

OPENING: 1st November, 2026
CLOSING: 1st December, 2026

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Available to all current financial members of the TSANZ who have held membership for at least 12 months (calculated from the date of membership approval to the date of application)

2. Preference will be given to applicants within 5 years of conferral of the highest attained postgraduate research degree, or full-time equivalent where a career disruption exists* at the closing date of the grants.

3. Priorities will be given to applicants who are trainees, full time students or work predominantly (greater than 50%) in a research or laboratory/scientist role with applicants required to provide a letter confirming this from their supervisor/manager.

4. Be submitting an abstract as presenting author at a transplantation-oriented meeting and must have abstract accepted to receive the travel grant funds. Priority will be given to those with oral presentations.

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

6. Must attend and present their abstract.

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

8. When there are multiple applicants, preference will be given to applicants who have not received prior funding from TSANZ

*Career Disruption: A career disruption involves a prolonged interruption (generally considered as continuous absence for 90 calendar days or more 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 either a travel Grant or an Early Career 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 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.

Please forward the completed application form together with a copy of the submitted abstract(s), a brief CV, a letter of support from your supervisor and any other supporting documentation to [email protected]

Selection Process: The TSANZ SPEC will review the applications and award travel grants to each eligible applicant up to the value of $5,000.

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

A maximum of 8 grants per year will be awarded