ASM Prizes

A Prize will be awarded to the best individual presentation by a CSANZ young investigator in each themed prize session at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.

The themed prizes are as follows:

• Allied Health and Technology Prize
• Cardiac Imaging Prize
• Cardiovascular Genetic Diseases Prize
• Cardiovascular Nursing Prize
• Clinical Trials Prize
• Heart Rhythm Prize
• Heart Failure Prize
• Indigenous Health Prize
• Paediatric and Congenital Prize
• Prevention Prize

Abstracts can be submitted for one or more of the Prizes however, the work may only be presented in one prize final session.

Eligibility

Prizes are targeted to young investigators. Please read the eligibility criteria for each of the prize categories and ensure you comply before submitting your abstract for consideration for a prize.

Applicants for all prizes must be CSANZ members or have submitted an application for membership by the abstract submission deadline.

• For the CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting Prizes eligibility criteria please click here.
• For the Allied Health and Technology Prize eligibility criteria please click here.
• For the Cardiovascular Nursing Prize eligibility criteria please click here.

New Investigator Poster Prizes

Any abstract accepted as a poster that meets the eligibility criteria will be considered for a New Investigator Poster Prize (an application is not required). Please click here to read the New Investigator Poster Prize guidelines.

Application for Prizes

All abstracts submitted for the CSANZ ASM Prizes must be accompanied by a detailed letter of support from the Supervisor or Director of the laboratory or clinical service from which the work has emanated.  The letter must contain the following information:

• the applicant’s position (advanced trainee, researcher, post-doc etc)
• details about the contribution made by the applicant towards the work being presented.
• new work specific to the submission
• any previous presentations of the work
• distinguish work previously performed in the supervisor’s laboratory or department
  
  

The letter of support must be submitted to the CSANZ Secretariat info@csanz.edu.au no later than 15 March 2021. Failure to provide the letter from the Supervisor will result in the paper being withdrawn from consideration for the Prize session.