ASM Grants & Awards

SOMANZ ASM Awards and Travel Grants

The Society makes available a number of awards at the Annual Scientific Meeting. Applications are called for as part of the abstract submission process, and are judged at the ASM. 

NOTE:  You must also send a brief letter of support from your supervisor or department head to the SOMANZ Secretariat on email sneylon@somanz.org.  You can use one letter to support more than one award or grant.

SOMANZ Claire McLintock Memorial Award

The SOMANZ Claire McLintock Memorial Award will be given to the best oral clinical presentation by an early career* SOMANZ member at the Annual Scientific Meeting.  The award is for A$1000 and will be judged by an expert panel throughout the meeting and awarded on the final day.

 

SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award

The SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award will be given to the best oral scientific presentation by an early career* SOMANZ member during the meeting.  This award is for A$1000 and will be judged by an expert panel throughout the meeting and awarded on the final day.

 

SOMANZ Best Poster Awards

The SOMANZ Best Poster Awards will be available during the Annual Scientific Meeting. Please indicate if you wish to be considered for the Poster Awards during the abstract submission process. You must be a SOMANZ member to apply and must be standing by your poster at the time of the poster session. The SOMANZ Poster Award is to the value of A$750 and is intended for early career* members.

 

SOMANZ Travel Grants

Applications are invited from early career* SOMANZ members to apply for a Travel Grant to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting.  The travel grants will be up to the value of A$500 each. Applicants must be a financial member of SOMANZ at the time of application and be presenting at the meeting. Applications (in the form of a brief letter from a supervisor or department head) should be sent to the SOMANZ Secretariat via email to: sneylon@somanz.org  Please use “SOMANZ Travel Grant Application” in the subject line of your email.

Applications from Rural and Remote locations will be prioritised and may attract a larger grant value.

Applications for 2024 close on Monday 30 September 2024.

Early Career

Early Career is defined by SOMANZ as either a trainee, or enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree (BScMed, MSc, PhD, MD), or within 5 years post completion of a higher degree (PhD, MD, FRACP, FRANZCOG) i.e. between 5 years of their PhD conferral date, excluding career disruptions.

 

SOMANZ International Travel Grant

The Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) would like to offer educational travel grant to medical practitioners from low-middle income countries to attend their Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). Attendance at the ASM is designed as a collaboration between Obstetricians and Physicians to foster learning and research in the areas of Obstetric Medicine.

We welcome applications for this grant of up to A$5,000 which is intended to cover airfares, accommodation and registration to our conference.

Applicants need to describe, in less than 500 words, their current area of practice and how attendance at our conference might benefit the hospital or community they work in.  The application should also provide comment on any research involvement. The successful applicant will give a 10-20 minute talk at the conference on maternal health in their country. They will also be expected to provide feedback post conference to their local colleagues as well as send a brief report on their experience at the Congress for possible publication on websites and in newsletters.

Applications in the form of a brief letter (no more than 2 pages) should be sent to the SOMANZ Secretariat, on email admin@somanz.org.  Please put International Travel Grant and your surname as the Subject.  A budget MUST be provided with the application quoting anticipated costs associated with your attendance at the meeting. Please note that funds will not be provided in advance.

Applications for 2025 have not opened yet.

 

2024 SOMANZ ASM Grant and Award Recipients

  • SOMANZ Claire McLintock Memorial Award – Claire Shi
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award (Posters) – Natasha de Alwis and Claire Richards
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Awards – Jill Parkes-Smith (Clinical)
  • SOMANZ Educational Travel Awards – Arunima Jain, Jennifer Green, Maleeka Ladhani, Jessica Burk
  • SOMANZ International Travel Grant – Dr Marilyn Morris, Papua New Guinea

2023 SOMANZ ASM Grant and Award Recipients

  • SOMANZ Claire McLintock Memorial Award – Arunima Jain
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Natasha de Alwis
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Awards – Piyumi Abeyawardana (Clinical), Sarah Noonan (Scientific)
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Emily Stevenson, Liesel Woon, Vanessa Heron, Jessica Han, Stevie Young
  • SOMANZ International Travel Grant – Dr Paula Zzferio, Papua New Guinea

2022 SOMANZ ASM Grant and Award Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Jessica Deitch
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Bianca Fato 
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Awards – Jessica Phillips (Clinical), Hannah Christie (Scientific)
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Emily Fergusson, Zohara Mendis, Jessica Han, Zaynab El-Hamawi, Jie Shang, Wai Kit Lee, Tessa Weir, Dimity Archer, Dhnanjay Soundappan, Katherine Wyld, Dianna Luong, Maryon Jones, Nishanta Tangirala, Juliana Yang, Lisa McTavish
  • SOMANZ International Travel Grant – Dr Thushara Matthias, Sri Lanka

2021 SOMANZ-ADIPS Joint Virtual ASM

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Belinda Stallard
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Monica Zen
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Awards – Jessica Phillips (Clinical), Akhil Gupta (Scientific)

2020 SOMANZ-ADIPS ASM was cancelled

 

2019 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Catherine Brumby
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award –Renuka Shanmugalingam
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Awards – Helen Robinson (Scientific), David O’Keefe (Clinical)
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Natalie Cromer, Akhil Gupta
  • SOMANZ International Travel Grants – Delly Babona, Geita Morea

 

2018 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Catherine Brumby
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award –Renuka Shanmugalingam
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Award (Scientific) – Madeline Duke (Spooner), Katherine Poulsen
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Emily Aldridge, Jarrad Hopkins, Stella Ho, Natalie Cromer, Jessica Gehlert, Angela Teh, Charissa Joy

 

2017 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Renee Eslick
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Katrina Chau
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Award – Amanda Beech
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Annie Cox, Monica Zen, Katie Powell, Megan Jensen, Melinda Lam, Kewei Zhang, Catherine Brumby.

 

2016 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Julie Chemmanam
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Marloes Dekker Nitert
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Award – Chih-Ching Hu
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Madeline Spooner, Jade Ecles-SMith, Annie Lu, Jessica Gehlert, Emily Hartman, Amanda Yao, Lucy McBride.

 

2015 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Ben Stephens
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – May Ching Soh
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Award – Marloes Dekker, Shilpa Jesudason
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Krupali Bulsari, May Ching Soh, Ben Stephens, Sigrid Theordore

 

2014 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Ruth Hughes
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Luke Grzeskowiak
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Award – Narelle Kennedy
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Selina Boughton, Luke Grzeskowiak, Kristine Matusiak

 

2013 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Franziska Pettit
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Lauren De Luca
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Award – Jessica Phillips-Yelland
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Fiona Britten, Flavian Grace Joseph, Heather McKay, Harish Venugopal

 

2012 SOMANZ ASM Grants and Awards Recipients

  • SOMANZ President’s Award – Ruth Hughes
  • SOMANZ Andrew Phippard Memorial Award – Natalie Davidson
  • SOMANZ Best Poster Award – Rahmah Saaid
  • SOMANZ Travel Grants – Natalie Davidson, Madeline Denham, Claire Parker, Tristan Hardy, Ruth Hughes