(Apply through meeting website when submitting abstract)
ESA Gail Risbridger Junior Scientist Award
Paul Lee Best Basic Abstract Award
ESA Best Clinical Abstract Award
AWE Outstanding Abstract Awards
ESA Clinical Weekend – Best Case Study Award
ESA Travel Grants to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting
Application Deadline: 11 July 2025
Conditions of award
This award recognises the best basic or translational science presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting by an advanced trainee or higher degree candidate (PhD, MD, FRACP).
The value of the award is $5000.
The Applicant must:
Applications for the award will submit an abstract for presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of ESA, confirming their interest in being assessed for this award on the abstract submission page.
Applicants will be judged initially on the basis of their submitted abstract (based on the averaged score [ranking from 1-10] from at least 3 independent reviewers appointed by the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting Program Organising Committee, and a short list of up to six (6) highest ranked abstracts will be chosen to present in a dedicated awards session.
Selection
During the award session, finalists will be assessed by at least three non-conflicted ESA council members and/or assessors outside council appointed by the POC on the scientific quality of their project (50% weighting) , scientific or translational impact (20% weighting) presentation quality (15% weighting), and handling audience questions (15% weighting). The selection committee has a duty to apply the criteria equitably to all applicants.
The award will be presented at the dinner associated with the Annual Scientific Meeting, to which all the finalists will be invited and expected to attend.
Apply online
(Apply through meeting website when submitting abstract)
Include:
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2024 - Haitong LUAN |
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Application Deadline: 11 July 2025
This award recognises the best clinical research presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting by an active member of the Endocrine Society of Australia early in their career.
The value of the award is $3500
The Applicant must:
Applications for the award will submit an abstract for presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of ESA, confirming their interest in being assessed for this award on the abstract submission page.
Applicants will be judged initially on the basis of their submitted abstract (based on the averaged score [ranking from 1-10] from at least 3 independent reviewers appointed by the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting Program Organising Committee, and a short list of up to six (6) highest ranked abstracts will be chosen to present in a dedicated awards session.
During the award session, finalists will be assessed by at least three non-conflicted ESA council members and/or assessors outside council appointed by the POC on the scientific quality of their project (50% weighting), scientific or translational impact (20% weighting) presentation quality (15% weighting), and handling audience questions (15% weighting). The selection committee has a duty to apply the criteria equitably to all applicants.
The award will be presented at the dinner associated with the Annual Scientific Meeting, to which all the finalists will be invited and expected to attend.
Apply online
(Apply through meeting website when submitting abstract)
Include:
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2024 - Annabelle Warren |
2010 - Jeremy Hoang 2009 - Paul Lee 2008 - Anne McCormack 2007 - Morton Burt 2006 - Jui Ho 2005 - Carolyn Allan 2004 - Sonia Davidson |
Application deadline: 11 July 2025
This award recognises the best original scientific abstract submitted to the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting.
Eligibility
The Applicant must:
Abstracts submitted to the ASM will be will be judged on the basis of their submitted abstract (based on the averaged score [ranking from 1-10] from at least 3 independent reviewers appointed by the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting Program Organising Committee. The selection committee has a duty to apply the criteria equitably to all applicants. The award will be given to the highest ranked basic abstract (excluding selected finalists for the Gail Risbridger Junior Scientist and Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Awards and recipients of the Young Investigator Scientific Article Award in the same year).
Award Presentation
The award will be announced at the time the abstract is presented during the conference.
2024 - Sunita De Sousa
2023 - Moe Thuzar
2022 - Charmaine Cheung
2021 - Valentina Rodriquez Paris
2020 - Nandini Shankara-Narayana
2019 - Jennifer Chen
2018 - Warrick Inder
This prize is no longer awarded.
This award recognised outstanding scientific abstracts submitted by women to the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting. This award was supported by the Australasian Branch of Women in Endocrinology.
During the poster session of the Annual Scientific meeting, a judging committee selected by ESA Council comprising at least 3 non-conflicted referees will award a prize for the best poster in each of the categories:
Award criteria include scientific quality (60% weighting), clarity of presentation (20% weighting) and handling questions (20% weighting).
In order to be eligible, presenters must attend their poster during the poster session and be prepared to summarise their poster within 2 minutes, and answer any questions that the judging committee may have.
Basic Science Poster
2024 - Ashley Meakin
2023 - Ben Lawrence
2022 - Isabel Everard
2021 - Nicholas Choo
Clinical Research Poster
2024 - Mahesh M Umapathysivam, Tomasz J Block
2023 - Emma Boehm, Chrislyn Ng
2022 - Matti Gild
2021 - Elisabeth Ng
Bioscentifica -EDM-Case reports
2022 - Annabelle Hayes
2021 - Huajing Ni
Endocrinology advanced trainees are invited to submit a single case report each for presentation ESA Clinical Weekend meeting.
The winner of this presentation will receive complimentary registration to next year’s Clinical Weekend and a contribution of up to $1,000 towards publication charges in an appropriate peer reviewed journal.
Past recipients
2024 - Kirsty Fisher (ESA) and Sarah Dixon (ANZBMS)
2023 - Brenda Ta
Full case studies 2023
2022 - James Nolan
Full case studies 2022
2021 - Lauren Tyack
Full case studies 2021
2020 – Annabelle Warren
Full Case studies 2020
2019 - Albert Kim
Full case studies 2019
2018 - Emily Brooks
Full case studies 2018
2017 -
Full case studies 2017
Applications Close: 11 July 2025
The purpose of these awards are to provide financial support to members to present their work at the ESA annual Scientific Meeting (ASM).
Eligibility
The applicant must:
The categories of applicant in order of decreasing priority for consideration are:
The supervisor may be contacted by ESA to certify the category and advise whether any other specific support is available from the institution, i.e. travelling scholarship/grant.
Generally ineligible for a travel grant are:
Applications are to be submitted online. These must include:
All documents to be uploaded in word (.doc or .docx) or PDF format.
Applications are assessed by a Selection Committee selected by ESA Council or their delegates. The assessment committee has a duty to apply the criteria equitably to all applicants.
Applicants will be assessed on the basis of their abstract and CV.
Applications involving ENSA (Endocrine Nurses Society of Australasia) who are also ESA members are encouraged.
Successful applicants will be notified by email.
(Apply through meeting website when submitting abstract)
Endocrine Society of Australia
145 Macquarie Street
Sydney. NSW. 2000
Email: ijohnson@endocrinesociety.org.au
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