Awards & Prizes

NEW FOR CBSM 2026 – Two New Investigator Prizes (AUD $2,000 each)

CBSM is pleased to introduce two New Investigator Prizes, each valued at AUD $2,000, recognising outstanding emerging researchers in the biological and biomedical sciences.

Eligibility

  • Open to all postgraduate students and early career scientists.
  • Applicants must have less than five years of postdoctoral experience at the time of application.

How to Apply
To be considered for a New Investigator Prize, applicants must:

  1. Register to attend the Combined Biological Sciences Meeting.
  2. Download and complete the Abstract Template.
  3. Submit their abstract via the Submit Abstract page, selecting “New Investigator” as the author type.
  4. Download and complete the New Investigator Application Form.
  5. Email the completed application form to cbsmwa@gmail.com.

All application materials must be submitted by the abstract submission deadline listed on the Submit Abstract page.

Poster and Oral Presentation Prizes

The CBSM committee gratefully acknowledges the generous support received from the professional societies and organisations listed below in making these prizes possible.

To be eligible for these prizes, please ensure you have submitted your abstract by the deadline.

This year we are pleased to offer a Student Oral Presentation Award valued at $500 on behalf of Fisher Biotec.

The Centre for Crop and Disease Management has generously sponsored a $500 Student Oral Presentation Prize for CBSM 2026.

We would like to thank The Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (ANZSCDB) for kindly providing $500 Student Presentation Prize and a $300 Poster Prize for CBSM 2026.

We would like to thank Sapphire Bioscience for kindly sponsoring a Poster Prize valued at $300 for CBSM 2026 .

We’re excited to offer a Student Oral Presentation Prize valued at $500 and a $300 Poster Prize made possible by the generous sponsorship of The Australian Society for Microbiology!

We gratefully acknowledge the Pakair for their support in offering a Poster Prize valued at $300.

Our sincere thanks to ASI for their valued sponsorship of a $300 Poster Prize for CBSM 2026.

We would like to thank the New Phytologist Foundation for their generous sponsorship of a $300 Poster prize for CBSM 2026.

CBSM gratefully acknowledges Plants For Space for its valued sponsorship of the $300 Poster Prize for CBSM 2026

We would like to thank the Australasian Gene and Cell Therapy Society for generously providing a $300 Poster Prize.

More prizes to be announced – please check back soon!