Pathology Update 2025

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To enter one of the Trainee oral prizes, you need to first submit an original abstract for pre-selection. Abstracts should be submitted by 7 November 2024.

DS Nelson Oral Prize

Recipients of the DS Nelson Oral Prize will be asked to give an eight-minute PowerPoint presentation with two minutes available for questions.
Three Trainees from any discipline will be shortlisted to present on Friday 21 February 2025 at 5pm.
The winner will be awarded AU$2000. The runner-up will receive AU$500.
Please review the abstract submission form instructions thoroughly prior to proceeded to submit your abstract.

Abstract submission form instructions

Submit your abstract for the DS Nelson Oral Prize

RCPAQAP Oral Prize

Two Trainees will be selected to give a PowerPoint presentation on Friday 21 February 2025 at 5pm.
The winner will be awarded AU$2000.
Please review the abstract submission form instructions thoroughly prior to proceeded to submit your abstract.

Abstract submission form instructions

Submit your abstract for the RCPAQAP Oral Prize

Further information

Shortlisted applicants who are chosen to present onsite will be notified by Friday 22 November 2024.

Unsuccessful applicants can resubmit their abstracts for Scientific E-Poster Prize

For more information on the eligibility and abstract submissions, email events@rcpa.edu.au
If you need help submitting your abstract, contact pathologyupdate@arinexgroup.com

Abstracts of original research
Duplicate abstracts cannot be accepted. Trainees entering multiple prize categories are not permitted to submit the same abstract under different prize categories. A different abstract is required for each prize (eg, DS Nelson, RCPAQAP, BEA, Perinatal Pathology or Roche prizes). Abstracts accepted as Trainee case presentations as part of the Pathology Update Scientific Program cannot also be presented in the prize categories.
Full registration to attend Pathology Update 2025 is required as a condition of submission.
Trainees selected to present onsite will receive complimentary registration for the day they are presenting and reduced rate registration to attend the remainder of Pathology Update (no travel and accommodation entitlements will be provided).
Trainees will present onsite at Pathology Update. Please note that the judging for the prizes will take place at the presentations. Trainees who are not present will not be considered.
If an abstract has been accepted, it is the responsibility of the applicant to keep copies of the acceptance for their PPD records.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the Pathology Update abstract supplement in the RCPA Journal Pathology.
Oral presentations will include a PowerPoint presentation, which must be submitted via the portal as per speaker instructions.

Grants

Prizes

Host city and venue

Trainee Oral Prizes

DS Nelson Oral Prize

RCPAQAP Oral Prize

Eligible Abstract Submissions for oral prizes ▼