Awards

AMMA Awards will be presented at the 2018 AMMA Conference Dinner

Conference Presentation Awards

 

Weary Dunlop Award – $750

The Australasian Military Medicine Association is committed to supporting military medicine, and as a result, present the Weary Dunlop Award for the best original presentation given at the annual Conference. The award is open to all presenters at the Conference and is named in honour of Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop, who passed away in 1993.

The award prize is …… and publication of the paper in the association’s journal; Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health. It is open to all presenters, whether or not they are members of AMMA and must be an original presentation to which they have intellectual property rights.  Delegates must advise if they wish to be considered for this prize.

 

Best Presentation by a Junior Officer – $500

This Award is open to any junior ranked officer from any Service presenting at the 2017 AMMA Conference. For presentations where there is more than one presenter, both presenters must be junior ranked officers to be eligible. If a presentation with multiple presenters is deemed the best presentation, the award and prize money will be presented to the group.

Presenters nominating for this category will have their eligibility confirmed by Council before their name is added to the voting form.

 

Best New Presenter – $500

This Award is open to any presenter at the 2017 AMMA Conference who has not previously presented at an AMMA Conference, workshop, or symposium.

For presentations where there is more than one presenter, both presenters must be new presenters. If a presentation with multiple presenters is deemed the best presentation, the award and prize money will be presented to the group.

Presenters nominating for this category will have their eligibility confirmed by Council before their name is added to the voting form.

 

Best Other Ranked Presenter – $500

This Award is open to any Other Ranked presenter.

For presentations where there is more than one presenter, both presenters must be other ranked. If a presentation with multiple presenters is deemed the best presentation, the award and prize money will be presented to the group.

Presenters nominating for this category will have their eligibility confirmed by Council before their name is added to the voting form.

 

Conference Poster Award – $250

The Conference Poster award is open to those whose abstracts have been accepted as a Poster submission. It is open to all presenters, whether or not they are members of AMMA and must be an original presentation to which they have intellectual property rights.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE

A presenter cannot win more than one award for a single presentation. However, if the author presents multiple presentations, each one can be judged separately for each relevant category.

In the event a single presentation is the winner of multiple categories, it is at the discretion of the Council as to how the awards will be allocated.