Prizes and Awards

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

The region is currently offering a travel grant for the International Biometric Conference (IBC) to be held in Florianopolis, Brazil, in December 2010. See below for further details.

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.

Closing date for applications is Friday 19 February 2010. 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.

In 2009 the International Biometric Society Australasian Region offered up to two awards to students who intended to present their research at the Biometrics on the Lake regional conference in Taupo in November-December 2009. A similar arrangement will probably be in place for the next regional conference

The region is currently offering 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) to be held in Florianopolis, Brazil, in December 2010. Details are in IBC 2010 travel grant.doc. Closing date for applications is Friday 14 May 2010.

We expect to make one award, but if there is more than one outstanding application, there is a possibility that two awards will be made.

Other scholarships

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