Close Nav

Conference Awards

ASDR Conference Awards

We offer a large number of awards to support our member and non-member delegates

ASDR Conference Travel Awards

Eligibility

  • Must be a current ASDR member
  • Applicants career stage must be one of the following categories:
    • Enrolled PhD
    • Early-Mid Career researcher with ≤ 7 years post-PhD
    • Clinical/Dermatology Trainee

Application Process

  • Applicants must submit their abstract before the abstract deadline, and awardees are selected from the best scoring abstracts 

Assessment Criteria

  • Applications are assessed according to scientific quality and clarity of abstract. 

Value

  • Up to 3 x awards for the PhD career stage category (valued at AUD 150 if locally-based or AUD 500 if interstate-based, plus complimentary Early Bird registration)
  • Up to 3 x awards for the EMCR career stage category (valued at AUD 150 if locally-based or AUD 500 if interstate-based, plus complimentary Early Bird registration)
  • Up to 3 x awards for the Clinical / Dermatology Trainee category (valued at AUD 150 if locally-based or AUD 500 if interstate-based, plus complimentary Early Bird registration)


ASDR Conference Presentation Awards

Eligibility

  • Must be a current ASDR member
  • Applicants career stage must be one of the following categories:
    • Enrolled PhD
    • Early-Mid Career researcher with ≤ 7 years post-PhD
    • Clinical/Dermatology Trainee

Application Process

  • Applicants must submit their abstract before the abstract deadline, and awardees are selected from the best scoring abstracts 

Assessment Criteria

  • Applications are assessed according to scientific quality and clarity of oral presentation during the conference

Value

  • 1 x award for the PhD career stage category (valued at AUD 250)
  • 1 x award for the EMCR career stage category (valued at AUD 250)
  • 1 x award for the Clinical / Dermatology Trainee category (valued at AUD 250)


ASDR Conference Poster Awards

Eligibility

  • Must be a current ASDR member
  • Applicants career stage must be one of the following categories:
    • Enrolled PhD
    • Early-Mid Career researcher with ≤ 7 years post-PhD
    • Clinical/Dermatology Trainee

Application Process

  • Applicants must submit their abstract before the abstract deadline, and awardees are selected from the best scoring abstracts 

Assessment Criteria

  • Applications are assessed according to scientific quality and clarity of presentation

Value

  • 1 x award for the PhD career stage category (valued at AUD 150)
  • 1 x award for the EMCR career stage category (valued at AUD 150)
  • 1 x award for the Clinical / Dermatology Trainee category (valued at AUD 150)


ASDR Medical Student Bursary

Eligibility

  • May be a current ASDR member or non-member
  • Applicants must be enrolled in a medical degree at a recognised tertiary institution.

Application Process

  • Applicants must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) (max 250 words) expressing their interest in the dermatology field and their motivations to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting.
  • Email in your EOI using the button below, before the Early Bird deadline.

Assessment Criteria

  • Expressions of Interest are assessed and ranked, and the top 3 will be notified.

Value

  • Up to 3 x  Student Registrations for the Annual Scientific Meeting

Former Travel Awardees

2025

Holly Anderton
Jessica McClatchy
Nasim Niknezhad
Marra Aghajani
Yuyang Liu
Katie Lee
Joachim Torrano
Sam Kahler
Yung-Ching Kao

2024

Daniel Buffa 
Sam Kahler  
Ellie Maas
Nicholas M Muller 
Laura Sormani 
Samuel X Tan 
Jiaqi Zhang  
Chenhao Zhou

2023

Chenhao Zhou 
Abbas Shafiee  
Seen Sim  
Ghaz Hashemi 
 Joachim Torrano 
Bonnie Wong 
Chris Chew 
Holly Anderton 
Samuel Tan 
Brigid Betz-Stablein

2022

Angela Ferguson 
Anneliese Ashhurst 
Simranpreet Kaur 
Jack Galbraith 
Peter Murphy 
Christopher Chew 
Ghazaleh Hashemi 
Liam Griffiths 
Rachel Teh 
Yimeng Guan

Former Presentation Awardees

2025

Hannah Triscott
Sam Kahler (PhD Student)
Marra Aghajani (Early-Mid Career Researcher)
Jessica McClatchy (Clinical/Dermatology Trainee)

2024

Lea Dousset  
Yimeng Guan  
Ellie Maas 
Jack Rawlings

2022

Christopher Chew
Anneliese Ashhurst 
Cassandra Styke 

Former Poster Awardees

2025
Thuy Luong (PhD student)
Yingxue He (PhD student)
Brian Oh (Clinical/Dermatology Trainee)

2024
Daniella Gavanescu 
Sam Kahler  
Seen Ling Sim  
Jiaqi Zhang 

Former Medical Bursary Recipients

2025
Eloise Lawrie
Lucinda Connolly
Arona Merchant

The Board reserves the right to not make an award.