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Criteria for Awards & Travel Grants

This prestigious award is open to new investigators who were awarded their postgraduate qualification (MSc, FRACP, FRCPA or PhD) within the past 5 years. Special consideration may be made by Council for those people who wish to apply for but who, for other reasons, completed their postgraduate qualification more than 5 years ago.

Conditions:

• Applicants must be financial and either full, trainee or associate members of HSANZ by the time of the Annual Scientific Meeting. You may apply for membership at the same time as you submit your application for this award. Membership forms are available at www.hsanz.org.au
• Only ONE abstract is to be nominated by each applicant.
• Previous winners of the award are ineligible.

All applications will be assessed by a sub-committee of the HSANZ and will be judged on the quality and originality of the work and presentation.

The closing date for applications is the same as for abstract submission (16 July 2007) and the award is announced on the last day of the meeting.

Recipients of travel grants are eligible for the Albert Baikie Award but a separate application must be completed for each.

ANZSBT Presidential Symposium Award
This award will be given for the best oral presentation judged on quality and originality as decided by the Council of the ANZSBT. Judging will take place during the meeting and the winner announced on the last day of the meeting.

Please submit your abstract and indicate your interest in this award via the meeting website by 16 July 2007.

ASTH Scientific Medal
This annual award is intended for new individuals working actively in clinical and laboratory research in the field of thrombosis and haemostasis. The award is judged on the basis of abstracts submitted to the annual combined meeting of the ASTH and the HSANZ and ANZSBT. The award winner receives the ASTH Medal, a solid silver medallion and a prize of A$2,000. In addition, there are two runner up awards of A$500 each.

Conditions of Entry:

• Entrants for the award must be aged 45 years or less on the closing date for submission of abstracts to the annual HAA meeting and be financial members of the ASTH.
• The main author and entrant must be a clinician, nurse, scientist or technologist working actively in the field of thrombosis and haemostasis.
• " The award will be judged on the basis of a) abstracts submitted for the annual meeting and b) an oral presentation. For those entrants submitting posters, there will be an opportunity to present their work to the judging panel.
• Only one abstract can be submitted for the competition by each entrant and invited speakers are not eligible to enter.
• The award will be judged by a panel of experts drawn from members of the ASTH.
• The results of the judging and the award of prizes will take place at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society.

Entrants must submit a copy of their abstract, which has been submitted to the HAA Secretariat, to the award organiser by no later than 5pm on the date set by the HAA as the deadline for receipt of abstracts, with a letter requesting that they be considered for the award.

Further information can be obtained from the award organiser:
ASTH Project Officer
PO Box 217
Glen Iris, VIC 3146
Phone: +61 3 9886 9208
Fax: +61 3 9886 9680
Email: asth@bigpond.com

HSANZ Travel Assistance
HSANZ/Roche New Investigators Travel Award
The Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand, supported an an unrestricted educational grant from Roche, provides a number of travel grants to assist with attendance at Annual Scientific Meetings. To be eligible, all applicants must be current, financial members of the Society, have been awarded their postgraduate qualification (MSc, FRACP, FRCPA or PhD) within the past 5 years, and must submit an abstract and register for the meeting. All applicants must be proposed and the proposer's contact details provided. Applicants may also apply for the Albert Baikie Award, by completing the appropriate application form.

HSANZ Medical Laboratory Scientists and Nurses Travel Assistance
This year, 3 travel grants will be awarded to members who are medical laboratory scientists working in hospital or private service haematology laboratories, and 3 grants awarded to nurses. To be eligible, all applicants must be current, financial members of the Society, submit an abstract and register for the meeting.

Applications will be assessed by the HSANZ Council and applicants will be advised four weeks before the meeting.

Please complete your application (including proposer's details) and submit by the abstract submission date, 16 July 2007. To join the Society, complete the application form available at www.hsanz.org.au

ANZSBT Travel Assistance
Applicants must be current financial members of the Society, must submit an abstract and register for the meeting. The ANZSBT Council will decide on travel grants. Applicants will be informed of the outcome by the ANZSBT Secretariat. The ANZSBT gratefully acknowledges the support of Baxter Healthcare in respect of these grants.

ASTH Travel Assistance
Applicants must be current financial members of the Society, must submit an abstract and register for the meeting. The ASTH Council will decide on travel grant and applicants will be informed of the outcome by the ASTH Secretariat.

For all travel grants, please submit your abstract and indicate your interest in a travel grant via the conference website by 16 July 2007.

HAA 2007 Travel Assistance for Non-Members
At the discretion of the Conference Organising Committee, a small number of travel grants may be awarded to non-members to help defray annual meeting travel expenses. These awards are open to registrants from Australia and New Zealand and from abroad. The awards are co-funded by HSANZ, ANZSBT and ASTH. Awards are intended for those who demonstrate a need for financial assistance with preference for those who submit an abstract. A covering letter should be provided, including sufficient detail for the Conference Organising Committee to determine the level of assistance required.