SRF offer a number of Grants and Prizes to assist those wishing to attend the conference.  For full details please visit the SRF website at http://www.srf-reproduction.org

New Investigator

SRF members or those whose applications are under consideration, who are within 10 years of being awarded their PhD are eligible.  The recipient of this award is expected to present their paper as an oral presentation in the SRF/SSR New Investigator session at the SRF Annual Conference and the SRF/SSR Transatlantic Lecture at the SSR Annual Conference in the SAME year.

Please nominate colleagues that members feel are suitably qualified to be a recipient of this prestigious award which affords the winner the opportunity of showcasing their research at the annual meetings of both SSR and SRF.

From 2004, recipients of the SRF New Investigator Award will be selected from a short-list of eligible candidates on the basis of their abstract submission to the Annual Conference, their curriculum vitae and letters of support from senior colleagues. Eligible candidates will have completed ten years (or less) of post-doctoral research.

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Student

The society offers an award for its postgraduate student members (SRF student prize). To be considered for the award, students must submit an abstract to be presented at the annual conference. Submitted abstracts are reviewed by an independent panel and a maximum of six abstracts are then short listed for the prize. The short listed students present their work in an oral session during the conference (SRF student prize session). The prize is awarded based on a combination of criteria which include content, presentation, delivery and discussion of the work. The award value of this prize is £250.

Students who qualify for this prize should tick the relevant box when submitting their abstract to the annual SRF conference via the online Abstract Submission Form.

Closing date for abstracts is 5pm GMT, Tuesday 6th April 2010.

Postdoctoral Scientist

The ‘Postdoctoral Scientist Prize’ is aimed at postdoctoral scientists who are within four years of having obtained their PhD. To be considered for the award, postdoctoral scientists must submit an abstract to be presented at our annual conference.

Submitted abstracts are reviewed by an independent panel and a maximum of three abstracts are short listed for oral presentation during the Postdoctoral Scientist Prize session at the annual SRF conference.

Each presentation is given a total of 20 minutes during the session (15 minutes for presentation of the research and 5 minutes for discussion). The prize is awarded based on a combination of criteria which include content, presentation, delivery and discussion of the work. The award value of this prize is £300.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS - 5pm GMT, Tuesday 6th April 2010.