Awards

A number of awards and scholarships are offered annually by PSANZ. The number of awards may vary from time to time and are offered at the discretion of the board. Awards and scholarships are presented at the annual PSANZ congress and thus the call for applications will be approximately six months prior to or at the time of the annual congress. 

 Links to find out more about the awards can be found at the bottom of this page.

Congratulations to the 2026 Congress Award winners:

New Investigator Awards (NIA)

Allied Health - Poster: Laura Wilkie
Discovery Science - Poster: Sharni Howlett
Epidemiology - Poster: Ebony Quintrell 
Midwifery - Poster: Paola Vasquez 
Neonatal Nursing - Poster: Rebecka Atkinson 
Neonatology - Poster: Natalie Duffy 
Obstetrics - Poster: Emily Whalen 

Allied Health - Oral: Tanith Alexander 
Discovery Science - Oral: Lisa Stinson 
Public Health/Epidemiology - Oral: Claudia Bruno 
Midwifery - Oral: Olga Aleshin 
Neonatal Nursing - Oral: Sonia Lam 
Neonatology - Oral: Joana Sa de Almeida  
Obstetrics - Oral: Diana Bond 

Presidents NIA Award:

Best Oral: Lisa Stinson 
Best Poster: Laura Wilkie 

Cerebral Palsy Award: Oral Prize - May Al-Shaghana 
Cerebral Palsy Award: Poster Prize - Angelica Allermo Fletcher 

PRS Mont Liggins Award: Claudia Bruno 

Judith Lumley Centre Travel Award: Tugba Alarcon Martinez 

Ritchie Centre Award: Paris Papagianis 

PSU Research Award: Oral Prize: Mumtaz Begum 

PSU Research Award: Poster Prize: Nicola D'Souza

 PSANZ J Gupta Scholarship: Getaneh Mulu 

DHS Scholarship: Res McCalman

Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship: Maria Yelland 

ECR Travel Awards:

• Alehegn Geremew
• Alicja Andraszek
• Cecilia Judge 
• Kath Swinburn 
• Zelalem Azeme
• Laura Wilkie
• Stephanie Morakeas
• Getaneh Mulu