Purpose of the Award
The award recognises high research achievement in human biology of a scientist early in his or her research career. The award scheme is intended to stimulate research in human biology in general and encourage students to present their work at the highest possible level.
Administration
The award will be administered by a subcommittee (Student Presentation Prize Committee) appointed by the Executive Committee of the ASHB. It will liaise with the Local Organising Committee and Programme Organising Committee of the ASHB Annual Scientific Conference, call for entries from scientists who are early in their career, ensure that their presentations are appropriately scheduled into the Conference and judge the entries.
Conditions for entry
Abstracts
Abstracts should adhere to the following specifications:
Department of Western Australia)
Aboriginal people in the remote Kimberley region have experienced a rapid transition in lifestyle during the past ...
Judging
The award will be made on the basis of the abstract submitted before the Conference and on the oral presentation delivered at the Conference. The presentation and abstract will be rated according to overall content and quality including: adequacy of rationale, experimental design, analysis, methods, technical expertise, validity of conclusions, originality and innovation. The oral presentation will be judged on the clarity and quality of the presentation, content, and handling of question time. An award will only be made in any one year if an entry reaches a sufficiently high quality.
The Award
Applicants must complete the student prize registration form in the Conference Information Pack. The successful entrant will receive a prize to a value to be determined by the Executive Committee each year, and a Student Presentation Prize certificate. (Each year the prize is decided by the conference organising committee; in 2007 it was $200 plus a free conference dinner).
Enquiries
Please direct enquiries to the conference organisers.
The award recognises high research achievement in human biology of a scientist early in his or her research career. The award scheme is intended to stimulate research in human biology in general and encourage students to present their work at the highest possible level.
Administration
The award will be administered by a subcommittee (Student Presentation Prize Committee) appointed by the Executive Committee of the ASHB. It will liaise with the Local Organising Committee and Programme Organising Committee of the ASHB Annual Scientific Conference, call for entries from scientists who are early in their career, ensure that their presentations are appropriately scheduled into the Conference and judge the entries.
Conditions for entry
- The award is designed to recognise high research achievement by a scientist early in their career.
- Candidates will normally be enrolled for a postgraduate research degree or be within 12 months of completing their degree.
- Candidates must be members of ASHB.
- Each applicant should enter only ONE presentation for consideration for the Student Presentation Prize and should be the sole or senior author of the presentation.
- The applicant will deliver an oral presentation of the work at the Conference.
- The applicant must also submit an abstract of the work in the approved form determined by the Programmme Organising Committee of the ASHB Conference (see below).
- Previous winners of an ASHB Student Prize are ineligible for entry in subsequent years.
Abstracts
Abstracts should adhere to the following specifications:
- Use minimal formatting (no capitals, bold, underline, italics,
superscripts, paragraph formatting etc) unless required by convention
(eg acronyms, species names etc) - Use no more than 250 words in the body of the text.
- Separate title, authors and body of the text with a single blank line.
For example:
Stress hormones and lifestyle in Aboriginal Australians.
Department of Western Australia)
Aboriginal people in the remote Kimberley region have experienced a rapid transition in lifestyle during the past ...
Judging
The award will be made on the basis of the abstract submitted before the Conference and on the oral presentation delivered at the Conference. The presentation and abstract will be rated according to overall content and quality including: adequacy of rationale, experimental design, analysis, methods, technical expertise, validity of conclusions, originality and innovation. The oral presentation will be judged on the clarity and quality of the presentation, content, and handling of question time. An award will only be made in any one year if an entry reaches a sufficiently high quality.
The Award
Applicants must complete the student prize registration form in the Conference Information Pack. The successful entrant will receive a prize to a value to be determined by the Executive Committee each year, and a Student Presentation Prize certificate. (Each year the prize is decided by the conference organising committee; in 2007 it was $200 plus a free conference dinner).
Enquiries
Please direct enquiries to the conference organisers.