ASCEPT Lecture Award

Supports a BTS Member to travel to the ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting to deliver the BTS keynote presentation and build collaborations by visiting other institutions.

Biennially on a competitive basis.

• Deliver the BTS Keynote Lecture at the ASCEPT Meeting.
• Return flight (best economy fare) from UK to Australasia (covered by BTS).
• Up to AUS $5000 towards travel, accommodation and subsistence whilst attending the ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting and visiting other institutions in Australasia (covered by ASCEPT).

• Full BTS member for at least 2 years prior to the application deadline.
• Application supported by 2 BTS members.
• Awardee must present the BTS Keynote Presentation at the ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting and should arrange to deliver additional lectures in other institution(s) during their visit to Australasia.
• Once awarded, the successful applicant cannot apply again for 3 years.
• Open to all members and is independent of age, career stage or place of employment.

The candidate should send the following information to the BTS Secretariat (bts@execbs.com) by the published deadline:

• Brief Description (of no more than 1000 words) of the candidate’s achievements in the field of toxicology.
• Summary (of no more than 200 words) of the candidate’s plans to visit other institutions during their time in Australasia.
• Full CV.
• List of peer-reviewed publications or significant pieces of work.
• The names and contact details for two BTS members supporting the application.

• Applications should be submitted to the BTS Secretariat (bts@execbs.com) in response to a call to the Membership normally in January of the year of the award with a deadline normally by the end of April.
• Applications will be reviewed by the Nominations Sub-Committee (NSC), which makes recommendations for approval by the Executive Committee.
• The successful applicant will be notified by the President by the end of May preceding the ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting (which is generally held in November/December).
• ASCEPT will send a formal letter of invitation to the awardee.
• The awardee will receive instructions from ASCEPT for attending the Annual Scientific Meeting, and will be responsible for arranging travel and accommodation for visits to other institutions whilst in Australasia.
• Expense claims are to be submitted to BTS for the return flights and to ASCEPT for ground costs incurred whilst in Australasia.
• All expense claims to BTS must be in-line with the BTS Travel Policy.
• Upon return, the awardee will provide a reflective account of experience for the BTS website and/or a review article for submission to the journal Toxicology Research.