Travel Awards

Application Round 1:
March 11-25 2024 for travel during Jul 1st 2024 - Jun 30th 2025.

Application Round 2:
September 2024 for travel during Jan 1st - Dec 31st 2025.

Postgraduate Travel Awards

Purpose:

To support student members of ASI who wish to travel domestically or internationally for career-related purposes.  For example this may include, but not be limited to, travel for conferences (excluding the ASI Annual Scientific Meeting), establish new collaborations, and/or learn a new technique. These awards are offered twice a year. 
Please note that Higher Degree students, Honours students and Research Technicians are all eligible to apply for Postgraduate Travel Awards.

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 Travel Award are ineligible
• Applicants who have previously received an ASI Career Advancement Award for travel are ineligible.

Application procedure:

1. Click here to download the Postgraduate Travel Award application form.
2. Save your file as "LASTNAME YYYY_TAPostgrad”
3. Log in to your member profile, click on 'Applications' and follow the prompts. 

Assessment Criteria:

• Scientific excellence and clarity of abstract
• C.V. and publication record, taking into consideration any career disruptions and relative to opportunity
• Likely career benefit of the proposed travel

The committee reserves the right not to make an award.

Value:

A variable number of prizes will be awarded per annum, subject to funding availability, between the Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Travel Awards.  Each prize may be worth up to AUD $5,000.

Successful Recipients - how to claim your ASI Award:

Please log in to your member profile to submit your e-Newsletter contribution, provide receipts to support your claim (flights and proof of attendance, e.g. scanned copy of name badge), and to initiate the reimbursement process.

Postdoctoral Travel Awards

Purpose:

To support early-mid career members of ASI who wish to travel overseas for career-related purposes.  For example this may include, but not be limited to, travel for conferences (excluding the ASI Annual Scientific Meeting), establish new collaborations, and/or learn a new technique. These awards are offered twice a year. 

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 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 Travel Award’ are ineligible. 
• Applicants who have previously received an ASI Career Advancement Award for travel are ineligible.

Application procedure:

1. Click here to download the Postdoctoral Travel Award application form.
2. Save your file as "LASTNAME YYYY_TAPostdoc”
3. Log in to your member profile, click on 'Applications' and follow the prompts. 

Assessment Criteria:

• Scientific excellence and clarity of abstract
• C.V. and publication record, taking into consideration any career disruptions and relative to opportunity
• Likely career benefit of the proposed travel

The committee reserves the right not to make an award.

Value:

A variable number of prizes will be awarded per annum, subject to funding availability, between the Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Travel Awards.  Each prize may be worth up to AUD $5,000.

Successful Recipients - how to claim your ASI Award:

Please log in to your member profile to submit your e-Newsletter contribution, provide receipts to support your claim (flights and proof of attendance, e.g. scanned copy of name badge), and to initiate the reimbursement process.