The Genetics Society of Australasia coordinates an annual Student Research Grant scheme in support of the GSA postgraduate student community.
In 2023, we were delighted to have partnered with Illumina, the Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics and AgResearch to provide two exciting prizes: The Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award (for students at an Australian Institution) and The AgResearch Illumina Award (for students at Institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand or other Asia-Pacific countries).
Each of these prizes included 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 and award details for our 2024 grant will be available later in the year, with a submission date of 5pm AEDT on 30th November 2024.
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
2023
Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award: Sanjay Kumar Pradhan (Western Sydney University)
AgResearch Illumina Award: Mary Hawkes (University of Otago)
2022
Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award: Lorenzo Bertola (James Cook University)
2021
Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics Illumina Award: Oliver Stuart (Australian National University)
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:
