ASA Research Grants

Annual grants of up to $25,000 to support original research have been made available by the Australian Society of Antimicrobials (ASA). Grants may/may not be awarded annually at the discretion of the ASA Executive Committee. The following conditions apply:

• Funding is limited to ASA financial members
• The Principal Investigator (PI) must have been an ASA member for at least twelve months
• The successful applicant will present their work at an ASA annual scientific meeting
• If applicable the PI will submit an article for the ASA newsletter and website
• ASA will be acknowledged on all resulting publications and presentations
• 12 and 24 month progress reports must be submitted to the ASA committee

The application must be performed on line via the ASA website Research Grant Application Form and must include:

• A copy of the PI's CV.
• Head of Department confirmation of the application and the Department has the resources required to undertake the project.

The grant application and CV will be assessed by a panel of at least six independent reviewers using a standardised scoring system. Applicants will be informed of the decision one week before the ASA annual scientific meeting "Antimicrobials 2013".

The closing date for 2013 is Friday 25^th October.

Click here for the Research Grant Application Form.

For further enquiries please contact the ASA secretary on info@asainc.net.au

2013

Randomised Controlled Trial of Meropenem versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Definitive Treatment of

Bloodstream Infections Due to Ceftriaxone Non-Susceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp .

David Paterson, Queensland University

2012

Complete Sequencing of Selected, Informative Multi-resistance Plasmids from Enterobacteriaceae

Clinical Isolates.

Sally Partridge, Westmead Hospital

2011

VANESSA (VANcomycin Efficacy in Staphylococcal Sepsis in Australasia): A Prospective, Multi-centre, Observational Cohort Study of Outcomes in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia

Natasha Holmes, Austin Health