Student grants

The Genetics Society of Australasia is pleased to have recently awared the 2022 Student Research Grant scheme in support of the GSA postgraduate student community.

In this grant, we have partnered with Illumina and the Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics to provide an exciting prize including an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 S1 Flowcell and library construction (for up to: 24 WGS samples or 16 total RNAseq samples or 24 mRNAseq samples), valued at over $15,000!

Application forms for our 2023 grant will become available later in the year, with a submission date of 5pm AEDT on 30th November 2023.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a current member of GSA and must be enrolled in a postgraduate degree at an institution in the Australasian region.

Past Recipients

2022

Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award: Lorenzo Bertola (JCU)

2021

Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award: Oliver Stuart (ANU)

2020

Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award: Ruby Oberin (Hudson Institute / Monash University)
Point of Care Diagnostics Award: Megan Iminitoff (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)

2019

Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award: Johanna Jones (University of Tasmania)
Point of Care Diagnostics Award: Andrew Baldi (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Brightside Scientific Award: Laura Cook (University of Melbourne)

GSA thanks the following companies for their generous support and sponsorship of these grants: