{"id":584,"date":"2026-02-25T14:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/?p=584"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:15:22","slug":"summer-student-award-2026-call-for-abstracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/summer-student-award-2026-call-for-abstracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Student Award 2026 – Call for Abstracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce the Call for Abstracts for the Summer Student Research Award<\/strong> at the 277th Scientific Meeting of the Society.<\/p>\n

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This will occur between 5.00 \u2013 7.30 pm on Wednesday 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0April, 2026 in the Barnett Lecture. An option for attending and presenting via Zoom will also be offered.<\/p>\n

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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 (best speaker) and Faculty of Biomedical Sciences (runner-up).<\/p>\n

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To be eligible for the award you must:<\/p>\n

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  1. have not previously won this award<\/li>\n
  2. report the results of health-related research that you have made a major contribution to, and which was performed during the most recent summer research fellowship under the auspices of the University of Otago, Dunedin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    For details on how to enter and abstract preparation guidelines, please see <\/span>our blog page\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/abstract-submission\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Abstract submission closes at\u00a05pm on<\/b>\u00a0Monday<\/b>\u00a016th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2026<\/b><\/p>\n

    N\u0101u te rourou, n\u0101ku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi<\/p>\n

    (With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)<\/p>\n

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