New & Emerging Researcher Award

The ‘New and Emerging Researcher’ Prize was first initiated in 2014. This prize is awarded annually for outstanding research by a Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow, Assistant Research Fellow, or early career academic staff member who are within 8 years of completion of PhD.

Eligibility:

• Candidates should have had less than 8 years of research experience post PhD.

• Supervisors (where applicable) also must be a member of the PSNZ in good standing for 12 months prior to the call for applications, with the ability to pay membership in arrears (i.e. pay membership fee for the previous 12 months).

• Candidates must be members of the PSNZ at the time of presentation.

 How to Apply:

At the time of abstract submission, send your abstract and up to date CV and an indication of your wish to apply for this prize to the PSNZ Secretary.

After Application:

Applications will be assessed by a committee appointed by PSNZ Council.

• Two applicants will be shortlisted and all applicants will be notified of the outcome at least three weeks before the MedSciNZ congress.

• Short-listed applicants will present a 20-minute talk, followed by 10 minutes for questions.

• The quality of the presentation and the ability to answers questions will be judged by the above Committee and will contribute to the selection of the winner.

• The Winner will be announced at the MedSciNZ dinner.

• The Prize is a Certificate and $500.

• The winner will acknowledge PSNZ in their CV.

• No award shall be made if none of the work merits such recognition.

Previous recipients

• 2023 Dr Jui-Lin (Mickey) Fan, University of Auckland

• 2022 Dr Julia Shanks, University of Auckland

• 2021 Dr Joon Kim, University of Otago

• 2020 Dr Annika Winbo, University of Auckland

• 2019 Dr Michelle Munro, University of Otago