SOMANZ and ADIPS
ASM Awards 2025

The abstract submission portal is OPEN

The deadline to submit is Friday, 4th July.

Please contact the Conference Secretariat with any enquiries.

The Societies make 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.

Some awards are targeted at Early Career members. Early Career is defined 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.

Applying for a SOMANZ Award

In addition to ticking the applicable boxes at abstract submission, 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.

The SOMANZ Awards include

  • Claire McLintock Memorial Award

  • Andrew Phippard Memorial Award

  • Best Clinical Poster

  • Best Scientific Poster

  • Educational Travel Awards

  • International Travel Grant

See the SOMANZ society website for further details:

Applying for an ADIPS Award

In addition to ticking the applicable boxes at abstract submission, you must also submit a brief letter of support from your supervisor or department head ONLINE through the ADIPS society website at www.adips.org

You may submit a brief CV in lieu of a support letter if you are not early career or do not report to a department head.

The ADIPS Awards include:

  • Graz Clock Award

  • Emerging Investigator Award

  • Educator, Nurse, Allied Health Presentation Award

  • ADIPS Nutrients Presentation Award

  • Outstanding Poster Award

  • Educational Travel Awards

See the ADIPS society website for further details and to submit your application:

Submitting an Abstract

Click below to view abstract submission guidelines and instructions.