Career Advancement Awards

Application round 1:
February 27 to March 27 , 2023
for research undertaken July 2023 to June 2024

Application round 2:
September 4 to September 25 , 2023
for research undertaken January 2024 to December 2024

Background

During the pandemic, in 2020 ASI introduced an exciting new award category that repurposed funds originally committed to the International Travel Awards (Postgraduate and Postdoctoral categories), the Gordon Ada Senior Travel Award, and the Jacques Miller Senior Travel Award.

These Career Advancement Awards have replaced the previous International Travel Awards and allow for a broader scope and flexibility to apply for support as needed.

There are 4 categories available:

Career Advancement Award - Postgraduate
Career Advancement Award - Postdoctoral
Career Advancement Award - Gordon Ada
Career Advancement Award - Jacques Miller

Postgraduate Career Advancement Award

Purpose:

The purpose is to recognise and further advance the research of student members of ASI at a critical point in their career. The use of the prize money is determined by the awardee but must directly support their research, with a focus on career benefit. Please note that Higher Degree students, Honours students and Research Technicians are all eligible to apply for Postgraduate Career Advancement Awards.

Examples include, but are not limited to:-

Up to AUD 7,000 for PhD completion funding or Post-PhD gap funding (equivalent of ~3 month extension)
Up to AUD 5,000 for travel e.g. international travel for a conference/lab visit or domestic travel and accommodation to perform experiments or learn a new technique
Up to AUD 3,000 for reagents for experiments which are not already covered
Up to AUD 3,000 for publication costs
Up to AUD 3,000 for work-life balance support e.g. childcare cover or to buy out annual leave
Up to AUD 3,000 for attendance of online workshops, training courses
Up to AUD 3,000 for software or computer* please include justification for why your institute/university does not already supply the software or computer

Eligibility:

Higher Degrees students, Honours students and Research Technicians are eligible to apply.
Applicants must have been full (not interim) Ordinary or Student members of ASI in the year preceding the application.
Applicants must have paid their membership subscription before 1st April of the year of application.
Applicants who have previously received an ASI Postgraduate International Travel Award or Postgraduate Career Advancement Award are ineligible.
Applicants cannot apply for multiple items in the same application.
Applicants must include a clear budget in the application, if successful this is the amount awarded.

Application procedure:

Click here to download the Postgraduate Career Advancement Award application form.
Save your file as "LASTNAME YYYY_Postgrad”
Log in to your member profile and click on 'Applications'.

Assessment Criteria:

Degree to which funds and recognition by ASI will make a major difference to career advancement
Scientific excellence and clarity of abstract
C.V. and publication record, taking into consideration any career disruptions and relative to opportunity

The committee reserves the right not to make an award.

Value:

As per the budget outlined in the application.

Successful Recipients - how to claim your ASI Award:

Please log in to your member profile to submit your Newsletter contribution (or brief testimonial), provide receipts to support your claim, and to initiate the reimbursement process. For PhD gap funding or post-PhD gap funding, a timeline and letter of support from your supervisor is required to claim your award.

Purpose:

The purpose is to recognise and further advance the research of early-mid career members (up to 6 years postdoctoral) of ASI at a critical point in their career. The use of the prize money is determined by the awardee but must directly support their research, with a focus on career benefit.

Examples include, but are not limited to:-

Up to AUD 7,000 for PhD completion funding or Post-PhD gap funding (equivalent of ~3 month extension)
Up to AUD 5,000 for travel e.g. international travel for a conference/lab visit or domestic travel/accommodation to perform experiments or learn a new technique
Up to AUD 3,000 for reagents for experiments which are not already covered
Up to AUD 3,000 for publication costs
Up to AUD 3,000 for work-life balance support e.g. childcare cover or to buy out annual leave
Up to AUD 3,000 for attendance of online workshops, training courses
Up to AUD 3,000 for software or computer* please include justification for why your institute/university does not already supply the software or computer

Eligibility:

Postdoctoral investigators with up to 6 years post-doctoral research experience (counted at application deadline). Some career disruptions (such as maternity leave) may be taken into account. Please provide details if you feel that you are eligible to apply.
Applicants must have been full (not interim) Ordinary or Student members of ASI in the year preceding the application.
Applicants must have paid their membership subscription before 1st April of the year of application.
Applicants who have previously received an ASI Postdoctoral International
Applicants cannot apply for multiple items in the same application.
Applicants must include a clear budget in the application, if successful this is the amount awarded.

Application procedure:

Click here to download the Postdoctoral Career Advancement Award application form.
Save your file as "LASTNAME YYYY_Postdoc”
Log in to your member profile and click on 'Applications'.

Assessment Criteria:

Degree to which funds and recognition by ASI will make a major difference to career advancement
Scientific excellence and clarity of abstract
C.V. and publication record, taking into consideration any career disruptions and relative to opportunity

The committee reserves the right not to make an award.

Value:

As per the budget outlined in the application.

Successful Recipients - how to claim your ASI Award:

Purpose

The purpose is to recognise and further advance the research of mid career members (6-14 years postdoctoral) of ASI.
Mid-career researchers (6-14 years post-PhD) are invited to apply for the Gordon Ada Career Advancement award. The use of the prize money is determined by the awardee but must directly support their research, with a focus on career benefit.

Examples include, but are not limited to:-

Up to AUD 5,000 for travel e.g. international travel for a conference/lab visit or domestic travel/accommodation to perform experiments or learn a new technique
Up to AUD 3,000 for reagents for experiments which are not already covered
Up to AUD 3,000 for publication costs
Up to AUD 3,000 for work-life balance support e.g. childcare cover or to buy out annual leave
Up to AUD 3,000 for attendance of online workshops, training courses
Up to AUD 3,000 for software or computer* please include justification for why your institute/university does not already supply the software or computer

Eligibility:

6 to 14 years postdoctoral experience. Some career disruptions (such as maternity leave) may be taken into account. Please provide details if you feel that you are eligible to apply.
Applicants must have paid their membership subscription before 1st April of the year of application
Applicants must hold continually financial membership for at least 2 years prior to the year of application
Previous recipients of an ASI Senior Travel Award or current members of the ASI Executive are not eligible to apply, however, previous recipients of Postgraduate and Postdoctoral International Travel Awards or Career Advancement Awards may apply.
Applicants cannot apply for multiple items in the same application.
Applicants must include a clear budget in the application, if successful this is the amount awarded.

Application procedure:

Click here to download the Gordon Ada Career Advancement Award application form.
Save your file as "LASTNAME YYYY_Ada”
Log in to your member profile and click on 'Applications'.

Assessment Criteria:

Degree to which funds and recognition by ASI will make a major difference to career advancement
C.V. and publication record, taking into consideration any career disruptions and relative to opportunity

The committee reserves the right not to make an award.

Value:

As per the budget outlined in the application.

Successful Recipients - how to claim your ASI Award:

Please log in to your member profile to submit your Newsletter contribution (or brief testimonial), provide receipts to support your claim, and to initiate the reimbursement process.

Purpose

The purpose is to recognise and further advance the research of mid-senior career ASI members.
Mid-senior career researchers (>14 years post-PhD) are invited to apply for the Jacques Miller Career Advancement award. The use of the prize money is determined by the awardee but must directly support their research, with a focus on career benefit.

Applicants can apply for up to AUD 6,000, with an additional AUD 3,000 for childcare-related expenses.
Examples include, but are not limited to:

Conventional international travel award
Publication costs
Attendance of online workshops, conferences, training
Software for data analysis
Or similar

Eligibility:

Greater than 14 years postdoctoral experience
Applicants must have paid their membership subscription before 1st April of the year of application
Applicants must hold continually financial membership for at least 5 years prior to the year of application
Previous recipients of an ASI Senior Travel Award or current members of the ASI Executive are not eligible to apply, however, previous recipients of Postgraduate and Postdoctoral International Travel Awards may apply.

Application procedure:

Click here to download the Jacques Miller Career Advancement Award application form.
Save your file as "LASTNAME YYYY_Miller”
Log in to your member profile and click on 'Applications'.

Assessment Criteria:

Degree to which funds and recognition by ASI will make a major difference to career advancement
C.V. and publication record, taking into consideration any career disruptions and relative to opportunity

The committee reserves the right not to make an award.

Value:

One Jacques Miller Senior Travel Award is granted per year to the value of AUD 6,000, and additional AUD 3,000 for childcare-related expenses CHILDCARE COMPONENT NEW IN 2019

Successful Recipients - how to claim your ASI Award:

Please log in to your member profile to submit your Newsletter contribution (or brief testimonial), provide receipts to support your claim, and to initiate the reimbursement process.