Awards and Grants

ESA Awards (presented at the ASM):

• Novartis Junior Scientist Award
• Servier Young Investigator Award
• ESA / Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award

ESA Travel Grants:

• ESA / IPSEN International Travel Grants
• AWE Travel Awards
• ESA Travel Grants to attend the ASM

ESA Scholarships and Fellowships:

• ESA Postdoctoral Award
• ESA Research Higher Degree Scholarship

Other:

• Pfizer Australia Paediatric Endocrine Care Research Grants * NEW *
• Cardiovascular and Lipid Research Grants * NEW *
• GSK Don Chisholm Diabetes Research Fellowship * NEW *
  

Novartis Junior Scientist Award

The Novartis Junior Scientist Award is given for the best presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting by an advanced trainee or a person enrolled for a higher degree (PhD, MD, FRACP). Nominees must be members of the Endocrine Society of Australia. Applicants will be judged initially on the basis of their Abstracts and a short list of applicants will be chosen to present in a special session. Applicants will be informed of the session in which they are to present when acceptances of Abstracts are sent out.

In addition to submitting their abstract to the above address
(ESA-SRB@asnevents.net.au), applicants should email their abstract, a brief CV and a supporting letter from their supervisor as attachments to:

Dr Helen MacLean
Department of Medicine
University of Melbourne
Austin Hospital
Studley Road
Heidelberg. VIC. 3084.
Email: hmaclean@unimelb.edu.au

Application Deadline: 16 June 2008

Past Winners:

Servier Young Investigator Award

The Servier Award is made annually to recognise the best scientific
paper published in the 12-month period preceding the closing date for
abstracts for the Annual Scientific Meeting by an active member of the
Endocrine Society of Australia early
in their career.

The award is given for a single publication although up to two
additional papers may be submitted in support of the application.

Eligibility:
Society members who are within 8 years of having obtained a higher
degree or diploma (i.e. PhD, MD, FRACP) and who are currently financial.

Regulations:

1. The Servier Young Investigator Award is made by a subcommittee of
   Council consisting of the President, Treasurer and Secretary.
2. The award will be presented at the dinner associated with the Annual Scientific Meeting to which the awardee is invited and expected to attend.
3. The value of the award supported by Servier Laboratories Australia is
   $1000.
4. The deadline for applications is the same as that for abstracts to the Annual Scientific Meeting.
5. The application must be sponsored by a financial member of the Society who may write a letter in support of the application.
6. Work submitted for publication, but not yet accepted for publication is not eligible for the award.
7. The work must have been performed predominantly in Australia.
8. The applicant should submit a statement from the department head, or head of research group, signed by all co-authors, which outlines the applicant's role in
1. Planning the design of the work
2. Experimental and analytical work
3. Writing and revision.
9. The winner may be invited by the Program Organizing Committee to present the work at the Annual Scientific Meeting.
10. The subcommittee has a duty to apply the criteria equitably to all applicants.

Applications:
Applications in 5 copies should be sent to the Secretary and must include the relevant publication. Page proofs are acceptable. If the work is 'in press', written documentation of final acceptance must be provided.

The applications to be sent to:
Prof David Phillips
Endocrine Society of Australia
145 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Applications Close: 16 June 2008

ESA / Bryan Hudson
Clinical Endocrinology Award

The ESA Mayne Pharma Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award will recognize the best clinical research presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting by an active member of the Endocrine Society of Australia early in their career. It will be made on an annual basis.

Eligibility:
Society members who are less than 45 years of age, or are within 10 years of obtaining professional qualifications and who are current financial members of at least 12 months standing.

Regulations:

1. Applicants for the award will submit an abstract for presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of ESA. The Program Organising Committee of ESA will select up to six (6) abstracts as finalists for oral presentation at a special session of the Annual Scientific Meeting.
2. A subcommittee of Council consisting of the President, Treasurer, Secretary, or their delegates will judge the quality of the finalist presentations. 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.
3. The value of the award supported by Mayne Pharma Australia is $3500.
4. The deadline for applications is the same as that for abstracts to the Annual Scientific Meeting.
5. The work must be performed predominantly in Australia.
6. The applicant should submit a statement signed by all co-authors, which outlines the applicant’s role in planning the design of the project, experimental and analytical work, writing and revision.
7. The applicant must spend the stipend in the advancement of clinical endocrine research, with the proposed expenditure being approved by the ESA Council.
8. The subcommittee has a duty to apply the criteria equitably to all applicants.

Applications:
In addition to submitting their abstract to the above address via the normal mechanisms (e.g. ESA-SRB@asnevernts.net.au), applicants should email their abstract, a brief CV and supporting materials as attachments to:

Dr Helen MacLean
Department of Medicine
University of Melbourne
Austin Hospital
Studley Road
Heidelberg. VIC. 3084.
Email: hmaclean@unimelb.edu.au

Applications Close: 16 June 2008

Past Winners:
2007 - Morton Burt
2006 - Jui Ho
2005 - Carolyn Allan
2004 - Sonia Davidson

ESA / IPSEN International Travel Grant Award

Aim:
To support younger members of the society to travel to international meetings, laboratories and/or clinics to further their training and knowledge in Endocrinology.

Awards:

• One award of $3500 will be granted to assist with the costs of international travel to a Eurpoean destination. Deadline: 1 March 2008.
• One award of $3500 will be granted to assist with the costs of international travel. Deadline: 1 March 2008.
• One award of $3500 will be granted to assist with the costs of international travel. Deadline: 1 August 2008.

All travel for the awards to take place within 9 months of the award deadline.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must have been financial members of ESA for at least 12 months prior to the closing date for applications.
• FRACP Advanced Trainees not enrolled in a higher degree are eligible, but all other applicants must possess a higher degree (MD or PhD), and be within 5 years of the award of that degree, or be currently enrolled in a higher degree by research program.
• Applicants must be attending a recognized meeting of a learned society or organization within the general field of Endocrinology.
• All travel for the ESA/IPSEN awards to take place within 9 months of the award deadline.
• Each applicant can only apply once for each meeting.
• Previous winners of this award will be ineligible to reapply for 2 years.

Preference will be given to applicants who meet the following additional criteria:

1. who are giving a presentation at the meeting they wish to attend;
2. who will visit a laboratory(ies) and/or clinic(s) associated with their field of endocrinology;
3. who are active members of the society as evidenced by attendance and presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting and other activities;

Compensation:
Compensation will be given for those applicants who have spent periods outside the workforce (due to illness, family leave etc). In these cases the criterion of 5 (five) years fulltime equivalence will be applied, and the applicant must verify their absence from the workforce in the application.

Applications:
Applications are to be submitted electronically by email to the ESA Secretariat by the deadline. The application should include:

• a covering letter outlining the proposed itinerary and what benefits the applicant intends to obtain from the travel,
• a letter of support from their supervisor (who preferably is a member of the Society), details of the meeting they wish to attend (including submitted abstracts), details of the laboratories/clinics they wish to visit (including letters of invitation, where appropriate), and
• a brief CV (highlighting degrees, awards and published works).

Where an applicant is claiming the consideration of an extension of the time from the award of a higher degree (see eligibility criteria), they should provide supporting evidence of their reason for extension.

Send applications via email to:
Ivone Johnson
Endocrine Society of Australia
esa@racp.edu.au

Selection:
A panel comprising the President, President-Elect, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer shall rank the applicants using the above criteria. If any member of the panel is unavailable, the council of ESA may co-opt another member of the society to the panel.

Past Winners:
2008 - Elif Ekinci and Andrew Siebel
2007 - Lisa-Marie Atkin, Elspeth Gold and Michael Stark
2006 - Kevin Pfleger and Erosha Premaratne
2005 - Stuart Ellem and Jayne Sierens
2004 - Gordon Howarth, Sophie Chan and Vincenzo Russo
2003 - Emma Ball and Peter Mark

Download Flyer:
Download the ESA-IPSEN Travel Grant flyer (52KB) contains all above information

Australian Women in Endocrinology (AWE)
2008 Travel Awards

Purpose: To provide financial support to younger women involved in Endocrine-related training and/or research who are presenting an abstract at the ENDO Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA June 15-18th 2007.

Eligibility: Preference is given to Postdoctoral trainees (first three years) and PhD students in their 3rd or 4th year of training at an Australian or New Zealand-based Institution. Depending upon sponsorship levels, applications will be considered from Post-Doctoral Trainees up to 5 years and PhD students. Applicants must be the presenting author on an abstract accepted for presentation at the Endocrine Society meeting (USA). Applicants must be current members of the Australasian Branch of Women in Endocrinology, with either financial membership of the ESA or NZSE. For details of membership of AWE, please see details below.

AWE Travel Award 2008 recipients must attend the annual AWE awards ceremony, which will be held during the AWE Reception on Sunday August 24th 2008 from 7pm on the Melbourne Convention Centre following the opening reception for the ESA-SRB Annual Scientific Conference.

It is also expected that successful applicants of the AWE Travel Awards will attend the Annual WE Dinner held during the ENDO conference on Sunday June 15th Westin San Francisco Market Street from 6.30pm. Please note that AWE will reimburse the cost of the WE dinner ticket at ENDO 2008 and that the AWE Travel Award recipients will be invited guests of AWE at the AWE 2008 Reception).

Applications must be accompanied by a supporting letter from your PhD Supervisor or Post-Doctoral Advisor. The sponsor's letter should discuss the merits of the applicant, in what way it will be of assistance to their career, explaining the need for this support and indicate what other travel funds are available.

AWE Travel Awards will be based on merit, however, preference will be given to those who have concurrently applied for but not necessarily been awarded a travel grant from AWE, WE or ENDO. Please note that applications for WE Awards are due March 31st 2008 see http://www.women-in-endo.org/awards/#younginvest. NB - Applications for ENDO travel awards for 2008 closed at the time of abstract submission in January.

What to Send: One copy of the following material
• Completed Application Form (118KB)
• One page brief CV including publications
• Abstract submitted to the 2008 Annual meeting of the Endocrine Society
• Letter from sponsor (PhD supervisor or postdoctoral advisor)
• Budget Justification

Deadline: Postmarked no later than 4 April 2008

Where to Submit: Send by post or email (preferred).
Email application: send one email with all required documents attached as PDF files (preferred). Microsoft Word or RTF will also be accepted if you cannot convert them to PDF.

Dr Kathy Gatford
Director, Australasian Branch of Women in Endocrinology
Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health
University of Adelaide, SA, 5005
Australia
FAX: +61 8 8303 4099
Phone: +61 8 8303 4158
Email: Kathy.gatford@adelaide.edu.au

Past Winners:

ESA Travel Grants

Requests for travel grants to the Annual Scientific Meeting should be addressed to:

David Phillips
Endocrine Society of Australia
145 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000

The applications should include 5 copies each of:

• The Application Form (37KB)
• submitted abstracts
• a brief CV.

Applications Close: 16 June 2008

Eligibility:

• Only members of the society may be awarded travel grants. (Membership must be ratified by Council.)
• The categories of applicant in order of decreasing priority for consideration are:
  • Full time student (postgraduate) presenting an abstract
  • Research assistant/research officer (NH&MRC scale) presenting abstract
  • Full time student (postgraduate)
  • RA/RO.
    
    

  The supervisor should 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:
  • Members in higher positions than RO
  • Members who are physicians or PhDs more than 7 years post-doctorate
  • Members resident in a country other than Australia.

ESA Postdoctoral Award

The inaugural ESA members Postdoctoral Award is offered for the first time in 2008 arising from the contributions of Society members and sponsors

Conditions of award
The purpose of the Award is for research in any area of endocrinology by recent post-doctoral scientists. The research must be conducted in Australia.

At the conclusion of the recipient’s study, the recipient must submit his/her research findings for presentation at the Endocrine Society of Australia annual scientific meeting.

Eligibility
The postdoctoral fellow must be a member of the ESA and can have either a clinical or basic science qualification.

Applicants may have already commenced their postdoctoral studies. Postdoctoral fellows must be less than 5 years since graduating from a PhD. Academic transcript detailing date of PhD or MD graduation must be provided.

Applicants will not be eligible for an Award if they do not have ethics approval for the project. Evidence of ethics approval must be provided by the time of commencement of the award.

Selection Criteria
Applicants will be assessed on;

1. Track record: publications or abstracts, awards and achievements, extra curricular expertise such as scientific membership, administrative expertise, work experience in research
2. Project proposal assessed on scientific quality, relevance to endocrinology and clinical and scientific impact

Tenure
The award is for a period of two years, conditional on a satisfactory progress report 12 months into the Award. A 12 monthly report will be required for each year of tenure and is due on the 30th November each year. The report must be emailed to the ESA Secretariat esa@racp.edu.au

Following completion of the project, a full report is to be submitted to ESA Council by 31 January with copies of publications and abstracts included.

Awardees must attend the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting each year of tenure.

Application
Applications are to be submitted using the ESA Research Foundation Application Form.
Applications must be accompanied by:

• The names of two referees who can comment on the personal, clinical and scientific suitability of the candidate. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that referee’s reports are emailed to ESA by October 31, 2007.
• A report from the Head of the Department where the research will be conducted, indicating the availability of suitable facilities and scientific support
• A letter from the relevant Ethics Committee confirming approval for the proposed project. The ethics approval may be pending at the time of application but the scholarship will not be awarded until a certificate of ethics approval is provided to the ESA secretariat.

Applications are assessed by a Selection Committee selected by ESA Council.
Application Deadline: 31 October 2007

Download:
ESA Postdoctoral Award info and application form (198KB)
Conditions of Award for ESA Scholarships and Fellowships (45KB)

Administration of the Scholarship
The award recipient must be undertaking work within a hospital, university department, research institute or other approved institute. The financial administration of the award will be through the appropriate finance office of the institution.

Stipend and allowances
For the Postdoctoral award, the annual stipend will be $25 000. This will be used at the awardees’ discretion for either salary support or research expenses.

Publications
Any publications (papers or conference abstracts) derived from the project must acknowledge the financial support of the Endocrine Society of Australia

ESA Research Higher Degree Scholarship

Conditions of award
The purpose of the Scholarship is for research in any area of endocrinology. The research must be conducted in Australia.

At the conclusion of the recipient’s study, the recipient must submit his/her research findings for presentation at the Endocrine Society of Australia annual scientific meeting.

Eligibility
The principal supervisor of the research higher degree (RHD) student must be a member of the ESA (i.e. Fellows and Members). The principal supervisor can only submit one PhD or MD application per year. RHD students can have either a clinical or basic science qualification and be eligible for entry into a PhD or MD program. Awardees must join ESA when accepting the award.

Applicants may have already commenced their higher degree and be in the first year of study when applying. Academic transcript detailing date of enrolment must be provided. Funding will only be provided for 2 years if the applicant is in the second year of the higher degree program when accepting the award.

Applicants will not be eligible for an ESA scholarship if they are awarded or presently hold a scholarship such as an APA or Dora Lush scholarship or scholarship from a private foundation such as the Asthma Foundation.

Applicants will not be eligible for an ESA scholarship if they do not have ethics approval for the project.

Tenure
The Scholarship is for a period of three years, conditional on a satisfactory progress report 12 months into the Scholarship. A 12 monthly report will be required for each year of the scholarship tenure and is due on the 30th November each year. The report must include a submission from the Principal supervisor confirming student progress. The report must be emailed to the ESA Secretariat esa@racp.edu.au

Following completion of the project, a full report is to be submitted to the Research Foundation by 31 January with copies of publications and abstracts included. This report will be reviewed by the Board of Directors and the Scholarship Selection Committee.

Awardees must attend the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting each year of tenure.

Application
Applications are to be submitted using the ESA Research Foundation Application Form (download below).
Applications must be accompanied by:

• The names of two referees who can comment on the personal, clinical and scientific suitability of the candidate (one referee must be the project supervisor, the other an independent referee with expertise in the area of research). It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that referee’s reports are emailed to ESA by the application deadline.
• A report from the Head of the Department where the research will be conducted, indicating the availability of suitable facilities and scientific support.
• A letter from the relevant Ethics Committee confirming approval for the proposed project. The ethics approval may be pending at the time of application but the scholarship will not be awarded until a certificate of ethics approval is provided to the ESA secretariat.

Applications are assessed by the Scholarship Selection Committee of the ESA Council.
Application Deadline: 31 October 2007

Download:
ESA Research Scholarship info and application form (210KB)
Conditions of Award for ESA Scholarships and Fellowships (45KB)

Administration of the Scholarship
The Scholarship is to be undertaken in a hospital, university department, research institute or other approved institute.

Stipend and allowances
For the PhD scholarships, the annual stipend will be $20 000. A travel allowance of $500 per year will be included. The total value of the scholarship will therefore be $20 500.

Publications
Any publications (papers or conference abstracts) derived from the PhD project must acknowledge the financial support of the Endocrine Society of Australia

Pfizer Australia Paediatric Endocrine Care Research Grants

Applications are now open for the Pfizer Australia Paediatric Endocrine Care Research Grants (APEC Research Grants).

Pfizer Australia will allocate AUD$150,000 per annum to this initiative as part of their continued commitment to Paediatric Endocrinology research in this country.

This research grants program is open to medical graduates who have obtained specialist qualifications within the last five years, or are currently in advanced training. Applications will also be considered on a case by case basis from graduates returning to research after an appropriate break. Applicants may apply for up to AUD$55,000 (including GST) in research funding. Each grant is for 12 months.

Application Deadline: 30 May 2008

For an application form and further information visit:
Website: www.apecgrants.com.au

Cardiovascular and Lipid Research Grants

Grants of up to $55,000 (incl. GST) to be awarded for 2009

The Pfizer Australia Cardiovascular and Lipid Research Grants program is looking for medical graduates who have entered the field of research (or have returned to research after an appropriate break) within the last 5 years. Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents and the majority of research must be conducted within Australia.

Research funding is awarded for clinical research across the fields of (but not necessarily confined to):

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Stroke
• Lipid Disorders

Application Deadline: 23 May 2008

For an application form and further information visit:
Website: www.cvlgrants.com.au

GSK Don Chisholm Diabetes Research Fellowship

The Garvan Institute is one of Australia’s leading medical research institutions with approximately 400 scientists, students and support staff working in research programs including Cancer, Diabetes & Obesity, Immunology & Inflammation, Osteoporosis, and Neuroscience.

The Institute is pleased to call for applications from Clinician-Researchers for this newly established Diabetes Research Fellowship generously funded by GlaxoSmithKline Australia.

Purpose:
To advance the career of a Clinician-Researcher and enhance clinically relevant diabetes research at the Garvan Institute.

Diabetes Research at Garvan is at the forefront of international diabetes research and interests of the team range from basic molecular, through invivo animal experimentation, to human studies of pathophysiology or therapeutic intervention.

Areas of major interest relate to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes and include:
- Obesity and insulin resistance
- Mechanism of insulin action and cellular glucose transport
- Beta cell biology, survival and differentiation
- Regulation of energy balance

Eligibility: Applicants should:

• Be a medical graduate of good standing, registered or registrable with the NSW Medical Board and be a FRACP or equivalent.
• have completed a PhD or have significant research experience.
• be able to undertake at the Garvan Institute a research project of at least one years duration, related to diabetes and appropriate to the interests and expertise of the Institute; the project may be self generated or developed in liaison with Senior Garvan Researchers, and may be basic or clinical.
• The appointment is for one year but a successful candidate could re-apply for a second year.

Stipend:
The value of the one year Fellowship is $90,000 with an allocation to personal remuneration in the range of $60-$75,000 depending on qualifications, with the remainder allocated to the support of the research activity.

Applications: should be addressed to Human Resources, Garvan Institute and be received not later than 30th May 2008. Applications must include a cover letter of not more than two pages indicating briefly the nature of the project together with a full CV and three named referees with their contact details. Short listed candidates will be interviewed before the end of July and notification of outcome is expected to be made by the 10 August.

Application Deadline: 30 May 2008

Enquires: may be directed to Professor David James, Director of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, or one of the Senior Clinicians involved in Diabetes research at Garvan: Associate Professor Katherine Samaras (Head of the Clinical Diabetes Research Group), Professor Lesley Campbell, Dr. Jerry Greenfield, Dr Jenny Gunton.

Garvan Institute of Medical Research
384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010
Fax: (02) 9295 8151
Phone [02] 92958100
Email: hr@garvan.org.au
Website: www.garvan.org.au