Detailed below is a brief description of the various research scholarships, prizes, awards and travelling fellowships available to CSANZ members.
For further enquiries please phone the CSANZ office on +61 2 9226 7900 or email us
International Travelling Fellowships for Scientific Sessions
The Travelling Fellowships are intended to provide an opportunity for young investigators in the early stage of their research career to present at the American, European and Asian Scientific Sessions.
Applicants:
- must be current financial CSANZ members at the time of application and have been a CSANZ member for at least one year by application close by date.
- must be no more than five years post their most recent post graduate qualification.
- have already had an abstract accepted for presentation at the Scientific Session.
Preference is given to those attending their first Scientific Session of that meeting.
American Heart Association 2024 Scientific Session in Chicago, Illinois USA 16 – 18 November.
Download application information at this link
2025 CSANZ Postgraduate Research Scholarships
Applications are now open for 2025 CSANZ Postgraduate Research Scholarships.. The Scholarships will be awarded only to applicants whose research is to be conducted in Australia or New Zealand. Applicants must be current financial CSANZ members at the time of application and have been a member of CSANZ for at least one year by application close by date.
The value of the Scholarship will be equivalent to that of the NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (depending on the candidate’s academic qualifications).
Download the 2025 Instructions for Applicants and 2025 Application Form for further eligibility requirements.
CSANZ Awards
There are three CSANZ Awards; Distinguished Service, President’s Medal and Distinguished Career Achievement Awards. If you know someone who has made a significant contribution to any of these categories, you may nominate them for a CSANZ Award.
To find out more about each of these awards, click on the link below:
CSANZ ASM Travelling Fellowships
The Fellowships are designed to help defray the costs of registration, travel and accommodation to the CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting. Applicants must be current financial CSANZ Members (nurse, allied health, trainees) at the time of applying, have been a member for at least one year, and be the presenting author of the accepted paper. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of abstract grading. Equal preference will be given to oral and poster presentation.
Applications for 2024 have now closed.
CSANZ ASM Cardiovascular Nursing Council Awards
The Cardiovascular Nursing Council (CNC) is committed to recognising and celebrating new and early career nurse researchers and clinical cardiovascular nurses.
Applications for the 2024 Cardiovascular Nursing Council Awards are now closed.
CSANZ ASM Indigenous Travel Scholarship
Applications for Indigenous Travel Scholarships assist Indigenous Members of CSANZ to attend the CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
The awards will enable talented individuals’ attendance at the ASM to further develop research and clinical knowledge and expertise and to build professional networks.
Applications for the 2024 Indigenous Travel Scholarships are closed.
CSANZ ASM Clinical Development Award (CDA)
The Awards are intended to further develop the successful candidate through an increase in their clinical knowledge and expertise, an increased awareness of research and evidence-based practice and will also allow the successful candidate to build on their professional network. In particular, this strategy addresses succession planning for leadership positions in cardiovascular practice, research, education and management. Candidates applying for a CDA are not required to have an abstract accepted for presentation at the CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting. Applicants must be current financial CSANZ Members (Nurse, Allied Health or research scientists) for at least one year as at application close by date
Applications for the 2024 Clinical Development Award (CDA) are now closed.
Ralph Reader Prize
The Ralph Reader Prize was originally the Young Investigators Award and was first presented in 1980. It was named after Dr Ralph Reader as a tribute to his encouragement of young investigators during his time as Medical Director of the National Heart Foundation from 1961-70 and as Director and Chief Executive from 1970 until his retirement in 1980.
The Ralph Reader Prize remains the most prestigious research award to young investigators by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).
Finalists will be selected in either the Clinical Section or the Basic & Translational Science section, to present their work in the Ralph Reader prize final at the CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting. The Ralph Reader Prize is awarded to the best individual presentation in each prize session.
In addition to submitting their extended paper to the CSANZ office, applicants for the Ralph Reader prize should submit an abstract of their study via the CSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting portal. This will ensure that your abstract can be considered for other prizes at the ASM, however, the study can only be presented in one prize final.
Submissions have closed for the 2024 Ralph Reader Prize
NB: please read carefully as some of the criteria has changed this year.
Download the historical list of previous Ralph Reader Winners and their study titles here
2024 RT Hall Prize
The R T Hall Prize is the most prestigious research award of CSANZ and recognises the achievements of senior and established investigators. The Prize is awarded in open competition and is directed towards recognition of sustained and outstanding research achievement.
The R T Hall Prize will be awarded to an individual investigator for a coherent body of work, which advances knowledge of the cardiovascular system and its diseases. In exceptional circumstances, the Prize may be awarded to a small group for an outstanding contribution in the field of cardiology. The work must have been published in a scientific journal or journals. Work published in book-form and thesis, which has been accepted for higher degrees, may also be submitted. The investigator must be a CSANZ member who has shown a commitment to the Society over the course of their career, and the work must have been substantially undertaken in Australia or New Zealand.
Submissions have closed for 2024
Find out who has won the R T Hall Prize – Recipient List from 1965 to date.