The International Biometric Society
Australasian Region

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Prizes and Awards

Our society offers scholarships and travel awards on a regular basis to students and/or early career members of the society. Details of these follow.

For example, the region offers a travel grant for the International Biometric Conference (IBC) in Kobe, Japan, in 26-31 August 2012, as described below.

Scholarships for Honours and coursework Masters students

The Australasian Region of the International Biometric Society wants to attract enthusiastic and talented graduates, or near graduates, in statistics, mathematical statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics or biometrics, to career paths in biostatistics and biometrics. The society is offering scholarships for suitably qualified students who intend to undertake a fourth or honours year of study, or a coursework Masters, in statistics, mathematical statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics or biometrics.

Scholarships are for one year and are valued at AUD$1500. Applicants should have completed a third year of a relevant bachelors degree course, or equivalent, with a major in statistics, mathematical statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics or biometrics, and must have a strong academic record, potential for a career in research, a strong interest in applications of mathematics and statistics to the biosciences, and good communication skills.

The current closing date for applications is Friday 24 February 2012. The links to the relevant documents are below:

Application Form   Referee Form   More Information

Travel grants

Occasionally we offer travel awards to assist outstanding students or early career researchers resident in the Australasian region who are interested in attending regional or international meetings but need financial support. A condition of the award is the requirement to present a talk at the meeting of interest.

The value of these awards varies and depends on the conference and the number of awards on offer.

The region offers a travel award of up to AUD$3000 to assist a student member of the society or an early career regular member who intends to present a talk or poster at the International Biometric Conference (IBC) in Kobe, Japan, in 26-31 August 2012. Details are in IBC 2012 travel grant.doc and the closing date for applications is Friday 23 March 2012.

Similarly, the International Biometric Society Australasian Region will be offering up to two awards to students who intend to present their research at the next Biometrics regional conference in Western Australia in November/December 2013. Details will be available in 2013.

Other scholarships

Other scholarships and awards of relevance to our members will be listed here when details are available.

Last updated 19 March 2012