Georgina Sweet Awards for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science

The Georgina Sweet Awards for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science  were created by Professor Leann Tilley as part of her Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship program to promote and support female scientists who demonstrate excellence in the area of Quantitative Biomedical Science.

Quantitative Biomedical Science is Biological/Biomedical Research that employs a quantitative approach, particularly in areas such as Computational Biology, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Genomics, Structural Biology, Cell Biology, etc.

Two new awards were established in 2016:

1.  Georgina Sweet Award for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science: Four awards of $25,000 each will be made to Australian female researchers who demonstrate excellence in the area of quantitative biomedical science. Diversity is an essential part of the Award mission, so applications are welcome from women of culturally diverse backgrounds.

• In 2020, an additional two awards of $25,000 each will be made for Excellence in Inclusivity, recognizing Women in Biomedical Science who have a strong track record in research and who have demonstrated the importance of inclusion and diversity. Applications for this year’s award open on 1 May and will close on 31 May 2020. Download the guidelines (application form will be available when the scheme opens).  

2.  Georgina Sweet Travel Support for a Female Keynote Speaker in Quantitative Biomedical Science:  Up to five awards of $3,000 each are available each year to support the attendance of a female keynote speaker at an Australian conference. Once all awards have been allocated for the year, further applications will not be accepted.  Applications are currently closed for conferences for this year, preference will be given to conferences that have not previously received funding. Download the guidelines and application form.

All enquiries about the awards should be directed to gslf-tilleyadmin@unimelb.edu.au.