Eligibility Criteria for Student Prizes and Subsidy

Please note that eligibility criteria for the student prizes differs from eligibility criteria for the student travel subsidy. Both are outlined below.

General Eligibility Criteria for all AMSA awards

Must be a financial student member of AMSA and can be enrolled either part time or full time.
The work presented has to have been done as the research project to fulfil the requirements of the award of a research degree (i.e. PGDiploma, Honours, Masters or PhD) and presented within 18 months of thesis submission.
Students must be identified and vouched for by their supervisor(s).

Additional Criteria

Student Prizes at Annual Conference

Must have been a financial member of AMSA since the date of the close of abstracts for the conference at which the presentation is to be made.
A Student Prize Application form (pdf 80kb) must be submitted with your abstract, or no later than the commencement of the conference. This enables the committee to organise judges to be in the session in which you are presenting. Late applications therefore cannot be considered.

Please note: all students are eligible and, if no longer a student at the time of the conference, can be considered for prizes if presenting work done for their research degree if it was submitted within the eighteen months preceding the conference.

Travel Subsidy to Annual Conference

Each of the following criteria must be met:

applicant must be have been a fully paid student member of AMSA for the previous year as well as the year of the conference, with a joining date prior to 31st December of the year before the conference for which travel subsidy is to be applied.
the student must be making a contribution to the annual conference in the form of an oral or poster presentation.
applications for student travel subsidy close at the same time as close of abstracts and a Student Travel Certification form (Word - 312kb) (pdf - 86kb) must be completed, signed by the student's supervisor and either sent to AMSA at PO Box 8, Kilkivan Qld 4600 or handed in at the Conference Registration Desk, to include:
- advising detail of travel funds provided by other sources when claiming the subsidy.
- supplying a Tax Invoice for the travel to the Treasurer (or representative) during the conference.

Travel subsidy will be paid within four (4) weeks of the conference to a nominated bank account (BSB and Account number to be provided). No late applications will be accepted.

Allen Award ($2,500)

Be a graduate research student enrolled at an Australian University who has, by the application deadline, either:
? not yet submitted their thesis; or
? submitted their thesis no earlier than the calendar year preceding the deadline for applications.
Be presenting a paper or a poster on their own research at the international conference they propose to attend. Payment of the prize to the winner will be conditional on their paper being accepted for presentation at the conference.
Be attending the international conference during the membership year (1 June - 31st May) following the closing date for applications.