Awards & 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.

WA Department of Health New Investigator Prize

We are pleased to once again offer a $2000 prize for our New Investigator Award, designed to support the travel of postgraduate or early career research scientists, currently residing in Western Australia, to attend and deliver their results at a national or international conference.

For full terms and conditions, and specific instructions for applicants, please see the dedicated page here.

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

The Centre for Crop and Disease Management has generously sponsored a $500 Student Presentation Prize for CBSM 2025.

We would like to thank Decode Science for kindly providing $300 Poster Prize for CBSM 2025.

We would like to thank Rowe Scientific for kindly sponsoring a Poster Prize at CBSM 2025 valued at $300.

We would like to thank the Curtin Medical Research Institute for generously sponsoring a $500 Oral Presentation Prize as well as a $300 Poster Prize for CBSM 2025

We would like to thank the Perron Institute for generously providing a $500 Oral Presentation Prize.

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

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

Our sincere thanks to The Big Picture Factory for their valued sponsorship of the $200 Best Image Prize for CBSM 2025.

More prizes to be announced – please check back soon!