APEG ASM 2017 - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACTDeadline for Abstract Submission: 7th August 2017 Midnight (NSW time)
IMPORTANT NOTE: There will be NO extension to the abstract deadline this year. This is in line with APEG policy to strictly adhere to deadline dates.
Abstract submissions are welcome for the following categories for presentation at the APEG ASM in Hobart:
Oral presentation*
Oral or Poster
Young Investigators Oral Presentation*
Poster Presentation
* Not all abstracts for these categories will be accepted as oral presentations. The best abstracts will be selected for oral presentations and others as posters.
For the very first time, at the 2017 APEG ASM, APEG on behalf of the Association will be awarding a best poster prize.
FORMATTING YOUR ABSTRACT
Abstracts should be formatted as follows:Paper Title - (CAPITAL CASE, Arial, font size 12 Bold)
Full Author List - (Title Case, Arial, font size 10 Bold) with the presenting author's name underlined
List of Author affiliations and country - (Title Case, Arial, font size 10 italics)
Descriptive text including tables - (Sentence Case, Arial font size 10). * Note that characters and symbols must be inserted into the document using the INSERT SYMBOL function, not by changing the font, and please do not use document styles.
The abstract, without subheadings, should be in the following form: Aims, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
Cite references in numeric order in parentheses according to first mention in the text (Arial font size 10).
Overall word count, excluding titles and affiliations must not exceed 400 words.
Figures are NOT acceptable.
TRAVEL GRANTS AND AWARDS
The deadline for travel grant applications will be strictly adhered to ensure a fair system is open to all members. All Grants are assessed by an independent committee selected by APEG Council.APEG Travel Grants will be open to all financial APEG members, who are within 5 years of completing their FRACP (or equivalent), who are either Australian or New Zealand citizens or who have been a resident in Australia for one or more years at the time of the ASM and have submitted an abstract which has been accepted (to the ASM). Travel grants are not open to those persons who are only attending the Fellows Meeting.
Salaried consultants are not eligible for a grant.
Your head of department will be contacted to check your eligibility for the grant.
Please indicate when you submit your abstract if you would like to apply for a travel grant and an APEG representative will be in contact closer to the conference date to confirm if your request was approved and to advise of the value of the grant awarded.
An allotment of money is put aside each year for travel grants. This is then shared amongst those who apply and fulfil the criteria. Therefore, there are no funds available for late applications.
You must indicate your application for the travel grant at the time of submitting your abstract. You must also declare any other requests for funding you have received, or applied for.
DEADLINE: 7th August 2017
APEG YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
This award is presented at the annual scientific meeting of APEG to the best scientific presentation by an APEG member who is within 5 years (or equivalent full time*) of completing their specialist qualifications (eg: FRACP, PhD, MD etc, whichever is earliest) and is an emerging researcher. APEG members with established research track records as evidenced by publications and/or success in research grant funding would not normally be considered appropriate candidates for this award.The award is made on the advice of a committee, which consists of at least 3 people appointed by APEG Council. Candidates are assessed according to their project's scientific merit and originality, the contribution of the YI to the study,the clarity of their presentation and their response to questions from the audience.
Persons who have previously won the award will not be eligible to apply.
* justification of the equivalent full time period may be requested
DEADLINE: 7th August 2017
