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PhD Student Award 2025 – Call for Abstracts

Kia ora koutou,

The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce the Call for Abstracts for the PhD Award at the 275th Scientific Meeting of the Society.

This will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 13th August 2025 (venue to be advised). An option for attending and presenting via Zoom will also be offered.

A panel of judges will award $500 to the best speaker, and the runner-up will be awarded $250, with prize money kindly supported by Otago Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and Leica Biosystems.

To be eligible for the award you must:

  1. have not previously won this Award
  2. either,
    1. have not graduated with your PhD, or
    2. have graduated with your PhD in the calendar year of the meeting
  3. report the results of health-related research that you have made a major contribution to as part of your PhD, and which was performed under the auspices of the University of Otago, Dunedin.

For details on how to enter and abstract preparation guidelines, please see our blog page https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/omsrs/abstract-submission/

Abstract submission closes at 5pm on Monday 14th July 2025

 

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi

(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)”