The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)

Abstracts are open for the ASMR WA Annual Scientific Meeting 🔬
📅 7 August 2026 | The Hub, Bentley
⏳ Abstracts close 5pm, 22 June
🏆 Prizes up to $2,000 for ASMR Members
Students & EMCRs — submit your work and join WA's research community for the day.
asmr.org.au/wa/

What do grant reviewers actually look for? 🔍
Join Dr Phil Batterham (winner of the inaugural NHMRC Peer Review Excellence Award) for an honest conversation about navigating the review process.
📅 Wed 13 May | 4–5pm AEDT | via Instats
Free to register 👇
asmr.org.au/cpd-events-wor…

The ASMR South Australian Scientific Meeting is on 23 Sept at U City Adelaide. A multidisciplinary, collegial space for researchers at every career stage, plus prestigious prizes for ASMR members. SA colleagues, share with your networks 🔬 asmr.org.au/sa/ #MedicalResearch

Securing funding is one of the hardest parts of a research career. ASMR's new partnership with @TheGrantedGroup is designed to change that, with 50% off on-demand grant development support for ASMR members, and more to come.
Details: asmr.org.au/partners/
#MedicalResearch

In a new piece for The Australian, ASMR CEO Dr Shane Huntington OAM writes about a funding crisis decades in the making, and what it means for the people on the ground.

Read the full article: asmr.org.au/news/asmr-in-t…