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PhD Student Award 2026 – Call for Abstracts

Kia ora koutou

The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce the Call for Abstracts for the PhD Speaker Awards at the 279th Scientific Meeting of the Society.

This will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday, 12th August 2026, in the Barnett Lecture. An option to attend and present 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, kindly supported by Otago Medical Research Foundation and Leica Biosystems.

To be eligible for the award, you must:

  1. Have not previously won this Award
  2. Have either,
    1. not graduated with your PhD, or
    2. have graduated with your PhD in 2026
  1. 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 5 pm on Monday, 13th July 2026