Overview

The John Farrant Prizes were instigated to honour the name of John Farrant and his contribution to the establishment of a thriving electron microscopy community in Australia. The Prizes are funded by a generous gift from Mrs. Patricia Farrant.

The John Farrant Prizes comprising of a certificate and A$500 are awarded for scientifically significant student presentations given at the ACMM – one for Biological or Medical Sciences, and one for the Physical Sciences. All areas of microscopy and areas of research in the chosen filed can be applied for. A panel of national and international microscopists present at the conference will judge the suitability of presentations for award of the Prizes.

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Eligibility:

• Nominees must be undergraduate of graduate students during the year of the award.

• Nominees must be financial members of AMMS at the time of application and award.

• Nommiees shouldn’t be previous award winners of a John Farrant Prize

• use the money to further their career in a way approved by the Society;

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Award criteria:

• Microscopy and/or microscopy data analysis should form a substantial part of study and should have been performed by the student.

• Research presented should be original research conducted by the student.

• Overall quality of the presentation at ACMM

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Obligations of the Award Recipient

• The recipients must submit a one page report following completion of their travel, which is to be published in the AMMS newsletter.

• Write a letter of thanks to the Farrant family