+ The Robinson Research Institute Award for Excellence in Reproductive Biology Research

To recognize an excellent contributor working in the field of Reproductive Biology who is a member of the SRB. This outstanding award is conferred to an established researcher and in the past has been won some of our most outstanding leaders in reproductive biology. This award is based on the candidate’s overall research career excellence. Recipients must be less than 15 years post-receipt of their Doctorate at 30th June 2023 and agree to attend and present at the 2023 SRB annual meeting if application is successful. Time away from research will be taken into account within the time limit, based on career disruption recognised as per NH&MRC guidelines.

Criteria: The successful applicant will have demonstrated a substantial and sustained contribution to research in the field of Reproductive Biology. Evidence of such contribution to be considered includes:

• Peer-Reviewed Publications
• National and International Awards
• National and International Invited Presentations
• Student Completions
• Grant Awards
• Commercial and/or clinical translation
• Institutional Responsibilities
• Service to profession

Award: $3000 cash prize announced at the Society for Reproductive Biology meeting, and on SRB website and in Annual Conference Proceedings

Application:

1. Curriculum vitae of up to 3 pages and 1 page Executive Summary addressing selection criteria (sent by applicant to Committee Chair), Applications that are more than 4 pages in total will not be accepted.
2. Two letters of reference (suggested maximum of 2 pages each; sent from referee directly to Selection Committee Chair).
3. Winner will be invited to present their research at the SRB RCRH symposium at the 2022 SRB Annual Meeting

Send all documents by email to: A/Prof Fiona Brownfoot, University of Melbourne, by 5 pm EST 11th August 2023.

+ Mercy Perinatal Mid-Career Women’s Health Medal

To recognize an individual with an impressive body of work in the field of women’s health. This individual will have made a significant impact with their work in reproduction. This award is based on the candidate’s overall research career excellence. Recipients must be less than 15 years post-receipt of their Doctorate at 30th June 2023 and agree to attend and present at the 2023 SRB annual meeting if application is successful. Time away from research will be taken into account within the time limit, based on career disruption recognised as per NH&MRC guidelines.

Criteria: The successful applicant will have demonstrated impact of their work in the field of reproduction. Evidence of such contribution to be considered includes:

• Impact of the work in reproduction
• Peer-Reviewed Publications
• National and International Awards
• National and International Invited Presentations
• Student Completions
• Grant Awards
• Institutional Responsibilities
• Service to profession

Award: $3000 cash prize and an invitation to present at the Australian Reproduction Update (flights and accommodation included) announced at the Society for Reproductive Biology meeting, and on SRB website and in Annual Conference Proceedings Application:

1. Curriculum vitae of up to 3 pages and 1 page Executive Summary addressing selection criteria (sent by applicant to Committee Chair), Applications that are more than 4 pages in total will not be accepted.
2. Two letters of reference (suggested maximum of 2 pages each; sent from referee directly to Selection Committee Chair).
3. Winner will be invited to present their research at the SRB Mercy Perinatal Women’s Medal symposium at the 2022 SRB Annual Meeting

Send all documents by email to: A/Prof Fiona Brownfoot, University of Melbourne, by 5 pm EST 11th August 2023.

+ Newcastle Reproduction Emerging Research Leader Award

To recognize an emerging and excellent contributor working in the field of Reproductive Biology who is a member of the SRB. This highly contested award is conferred to an early career researcher for the best oral presentation, with consideration of the applicant’s track record. The quality of talks is always excellent and the distinction of this award is reflected by the outstanding careers of past winners. Recipients must be more than 2 years and up to 8 years post-receipt of their Doctorate at 30th June 2023 and if shortlisted for the final, agree to attend and present at the 2023 SRB annual meeting in the Newcastle Reproduction Award Session. Time away from research will be taken into account within the time limit, based on career disruption recognised as per NH&MRC guidelines. Applicants must be an SRB member at the time of the award session.

Criteria: The successful applicant will have demonstrated a substantial contribution to research in the field of Reproductive Biology relative to opportunity. Evidence of such contribution to be considered includes:

• Peer-Reviewed Publications
• National and International Awards
• National and International Invited Presentations
• Student supervision
• Grant Awards
• Commercial and/or clinical translation
• Institutional Responsibilities
• Service to profession

Award: $1000 cash prize

Application:

1. Curriculum vitae of up to 2 pages and 1 page Executive Summary addressing selection criteria (sent by applicant to Committee Chair), Applications that are more than 3 pages in total will not be accepted.
2. Two letters of reference (suggested maximum of 2 pages each; sent from referee directly to Selection Committee Chair).
3. Three finalists will be invited to present their research at the Newcastle Reproduction Emerging Research Leader symposium at the virtual SRB symposium.

Send all documents by email to A/Prof Fiona Brownfoot, University of Melbourne, by 5 pm EST 25th August 2023.

+ David Healy New Investigator Award

This award is given to the best oral presentation at SRB by an Honours, MSc, MD or Ph.D. student, or an early career researcher within 2 years of receiving their PhD award on 31st of July 2023.

Sponsored by the Monash University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and The Richie Centre in honour of the late Prof. David Healy, who was the Head of the Department and a great supporter of reproductive biology research for our young investigators.

All shortlisted applicants/presenters within the session (6 presenters) will receive $500 from Merck.

David Healy New Investigator Shortlisted Presenter Prize Sponsored by

Award: The winner will receive a $1000 cash prize and will travel to the UK up to the cost of $3000.00 to attend the 2023 SRF Annual Meeting.

Applicants must be an SRB member at the time of the award session. They must complete the 100 word statement decribing their career stage (i.e. degrees and date of award) and progress toward PhD or beyond and their supervisor's details during abstract submission.

+ ANZPRA New Investigator Award

This award is given to a presenting author who is a current ANZPRA member for the best oral by an Honours, MSc, MD or PhD. student or an early career researcher within 2 years of receiving their PhD award on 31st of July 2023. The applicants research for this award must be focused on placental biology.

Applicants must be current members of the Society for Reproductive Biology and ANZPRA. A short list of applicants will be selected from the submitted abstracts to present in the dedicated ANZPRA Emerging Investigator Award session.

Award: $500 cash prize

Applicants must be an SRB member at the time of the award session. They must complete the 100 word statement describing their career stage (i.e. degrees and date of award) and progress toward PhD or beyond and their supervisor’s details during abstract submission.

ANZPRA - Australian and New Zealand Placental Research Association Please see the ANZPRA website here

+ ART Lab Solutions Gametes and Embryo Award

This award is given to the best oral presentation at SRB by an Honours, MSc, MD or Ph.D. student (pre-award of MSc, MD or PhD on June 30th 2023) working on gametes (oocytes or sperm) or embryos.

Award: The winner will receive a $500 cash prize

Applicants must be an SRB member at the time of the award session. They must complete the 100 word statement describing their career stage (i.e. degrees and date of award) and progress toward PhD or beyond and their supervisor’s details during abstract submission.

+ Male Contraceptive Initiative Award

The Male Contraceptive Initiative (www.malecontraceptive.org) is a not for profit organisation whose mission is to provide research and advocacy support for the development of new methods of non-hormonal, reversible male birth control in order to empower men and couples with the resources they need to meaningfully and equitably contribute to family planning goals.

The Male Contraceptive Initiative award will be given to the best abstract on research that informs the development or uptake of male-based contraceptives.

Award: $500 cash prize announced at the Welcome of the Society for Reproductive Biology meeting.

Applicants must be an SRB member at the time of abstract submission. They must complete the 100 word statement describing their career stage (i.e. degrees and date of award). While judged relative-to-opportunity, it is anticipated that awardees will be within 15 years post-PhD.

+ Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research "Award for Excellence" for best ECR and MCR posters

Two awards are given to presenting authors who are SRB delegates for the best poster presentations in reproductive biology.

SRB early-career poster Award (students and postdocs up to 2 years on June 23)

SRB mid-career poster Award (from 2 years up to 10 years postdoc, on June 23)

Award: $500 cash prize announced at the Annual Dinner of the Society for Reproductive Biology meeting.

Applicants must be an SRB member at the time of the award session. They must complete the 100 word statement describing their career stage (i.e. degrees and date of award) and progress toward PhD or beyond and their supervisor’s details during abstract submission.

+ RFD-SRB publication of the year award

Did you publish an article in Reproduction, Fertility and Development over the last 18 months? Are you a current SRB member? If so, the SRB-RFD Publication of the Year award is for you! Winning this award will not only result in fame and glory when the award is announced later this year, but Reproduction, Fertility and Development will make your paper freely available online to increase its accessibility and improve your citation rates.

Please send your entries to Caitlin Wyrwoll - caitlin.wyrwoll@uwa.edu.au with the full paper reference and a brief paragraph outlining the major findings of the work, and how each author contributed to the paper (noting which authors are SRB members). Please see below for the full guidelines. The closing date is 31st August 2023.

RFD-SRB Publication of the Year Guidelines:

1. This prize shall be awarded to the best research publication by an SRB author in Reproduction, Fertility and Development each year.
2. Papers with an SRB member as first or last author (or both) shall qualify.
3. The author must have been an SRB member for at least 6 months at the time of nomination.
4. The award in 2023 has no monetary value.
5. To be entered into the award papers must be nominated by the authors themselves. Papers must be published online by the nomination deadline to qualify in a particular award year.
6. For the 2023 award, papers published over the preceding 18 months (December 2021 – June 2023) shall be considered.

+ SRB Male Contraceptive Initiative Travel awards

There are 2 travel grants of $250 value to be awarded to researchers working on research that informs the development or uptake of male-based contraceptives. These grants can also be used on costs of conference registration.

To apply, please fill out the SRB Male Contraceptive Initiative Trave Award details during abstract submission.

Applicants must fulfil all of the following requirements:

• Must indicate that they are applying for the SRB Male Contraceptive Initiative Trave Award
• Must confirm that they are working on research that informs the development or uptake of male-based contraceptives
• Complete the 100 word statement describing their career stage (i.e. degrees and date of award)

Applicants must be an SRB member at the time of submission & applications received by no later than 1st September 2023.

+ SRB Student Travel Grants

All students who will attend the conference in person and are financial members or who have applied to be members are eligible to apply for travel grants to attend the Annual Scientific Conference. For eligibility requirements see below. To apply, please fill out the SRB student travel grant tab during abstract submission.

Applicants must fulfill all of the following requirements:

• I am a full-time Postgraduate or Honours student.
• I am a financial member of the SRB or have submitted an application for membership since the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Society and will become financial prior to the 2024 SRB meeting.
• I am the presenting author of an abstract submitted for the 2024 Annual Conference of the SRB.
• I am not qualified as a physician.

Value of Student Travel Awards:

• Australia (VIC, NSW) - $200
• Australia (WA, NT, TAS, QLD) - $300
• Australia (SA) - $0
• New Zealand (All) - AUD 300

All recipients MUST have attended the conference in person.

You will be reimbursed at the conclusion of the conference via the registration portal.