APS HUPO 2026 TRAVEL AWARDS
APS is offering travel awards to support members attending the HUPO 2026 World Congress in Singapore (27 September – 1 October 2026).
Key Dates
AHUPO award deadline for students/ECRs: 24 April 2026
Early bird registration: 19 June 2026
APS award application deadline for MCRs: 29 May 2026
Student Members and ECRs (via HUPO website)
Supervisor support statement required
ECRs ≤5 years post-PhD
Total award value: $1,000 AUD
Attendance at minimum 1 Lorne/APS Proteomics Meeting in the past 2 years (2025–2026)
MCR Members (via APS application)
5–15 years post-PhD (career disruptions considered)
Total award value: $1,500 AUD
Attendance at minimum 2 Lorne/APS Proteomics Meetings in the past 3 years (2024–2026)
Submission Requirements
Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages): Outline your academic and professional background
Proof of Status: University letter, supervisor statement, or employment verification (For direct HUPO submissions only)
Evidence of attendance at Lorne/APS Proteomics Meetings (as outlined above)
Conditions of Award
Proof of current APS membership
Submitted abstract + proof of submission
Maximum of 2 awards per laboratory
Applicants must reside in Australia or New Zealand
Proof of abstract acceptance and HUPO registration required
Submission of a post-meeting report (including presentation photo)
Attendance at the next APS Annual Conference (Joint APS–AO HUPO 2027)
Preference will be given to applicants who have not received a travel award in the past 2 years
Only MCR applicants should email their applications to melanie.white@sydney.edu.au
APS LIFE MEMBERS
RICHARD SIMPSON
Life member since 2017
LINDSAY SPARROW
Life member since 2017
ROBERT MORITZ
Life member since 2020
APS AWARD WINNERS
2026
Simpson Lecturer - Kathryn Lilley (University of Cambridge)
APS Career Development Award – Benjamin L Parker
SoAPS Presentations - Charlotte Williams, Godfrey Mwiti, Mohammadreza Dorvash, Julia Broadbent, Molly Talbot
Student Oral Awards - Breyer Woodland, Fatemeh Pakdaman, Benjamin Eberand, Kristian Karlic, Aiden Brennan, Mitchell Jenzen, Ilisia Ow, Haoyun Fang, Nikkita Maxwell, Nicola Karakatsanis, Hung Lee, Minh Quoc Ha
Student Poster Awards - Ellen Hayhoe, Sara Osorio Quinones, Larissa Meyer, Cheng Shen, Heather McDonald-Haynes
HUPO Awards - Patricia Illing, Joshua Fehring, Reza Dorvash
AOHUPO Award - Shulei Liu
2025
Ken Mitchelhill Young Investigator - Kirti Pandey(Monash University)
APS Career Development Award – Nichollas Scott
HUPO Awards - Joy Seitanidou, Leigh Donnollan, Marco Jochem, Mary Talbot, Shulei Liu
Best Oral Awards - Louise Sternicki, Marco Jochem, Nicolas DeBono, Philipp Nitschke
ECR Poster Awards - Arlene D’Silva, Jinni Yan, Naomi Wattchow, Susanne Wudy, William Klare
Student Poster Awards - Anuk Indraratna, Darren Lau, Erwin Tanuwidjaya, Hadeel Doehler, Sarveenah R G Chandrasegaran
2024
Simpson Lecturer - Jennifer Van Eyk (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA)
Ken Mitchelhill Young Investigator - Heather C Murray (The University of Newcastle and The Hunter Medical Research Institute)
APS Career Development Award – Morten Thaysen-Andersen
SoAPS Presentations - Janik Seidel, Nicola Karakatsanis, Haoyun Fang, Mohammadreza Dorvash, Daryl Chin, Darren Lau, Dylan H Multari, Mengbo Li, Debbie Chong, Isabella G Steen, Shulei Liu, Andrew J Spiteri, Hao Dong
2023
Simpson Lecturer - Ben Garcia (Washington University, USA)
Ken Mitchelhill Young Investigator - David Skerrett-Byrne (The University of Newcastle)
SoAPS Presentations - Shawn Goh, Julian van Gerwen, Molly Talbot, Yaan Ng, Erin Humphries, Arineh Tahmasian, Alex Lam, Joshua Fehring, Mengbo Li, Ashleigh Dale
2022
Simpson Lecturer - Nicki Packer (Macquarie University)
Ken Mitchelhill Young Investigator - Sri Ramarathinam (Monash University)
SoAPS Presentations - Mahya Bahmani, Dylan Harney, Anastasia Chernykh, Matthew Challis, Dilana Staudt, Cameron Macdonald, Manika Singh, AKM Muraduzzaman, Louise Uoselis
2021
Simpson Lecturer - Prof Stuart Cordwell (University of Sydney)
Ken Mitchelhill Young Investigator - Joshua J Hamey (University of NSW)
SoAPS Presentations - Camila Espejo, Johanna EE Tuomisto, Hitesh Kore, Tiago Oliveira
2020
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Rebecca Poulos
Early Career Award – Rebeca Kawahara, Keshava Datta
SoAPS Presentations - Elizabeta Madzharova, Elise J. Needham, Mohammad Shahbazy, Hitesh Kore, Stephanie E L Town, Hani Jieun Kim, Louise Uoselis, Alexander W. Rookyard, Chun Zhou
Simpson Speaker 2020 - Anne-Claude Gingras
2019
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Sean Humphrey
Early Career Award – Albert Lee, Pouya Faridi
SoAPS Presentations - Kirti Pandey, Desmond L. Li, Tara K Bartolec, Harley R Robinson, Kevin Huynh, Ashleigh L Dale, Balu Balan, William Klare, Xinle Tan, Elise J Needham, Hannah Huckstep, Terry Lim Kam Sian, Joel A Cain, Purushothaman Kathiresan, Daniela- Lee Smith, Jeffrey Molendijk,
Simpson Speaker 2019 - Ileana Cristea
2018
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Nichollas Scott
International Early Career Award – Evelyn Maes
Lifetime Memberships – Lindsay Sparrow, Richard Simpson
Simpson Speaker 2018 - Rudolf Aebersold
2017
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Laura Dagley
International Early Career Award – Nestor Solis
SoAPS Presentations – Daniel Bucio Noble, Elise Needham, Fiona Bicknell, Joshua hamey
Simpson Speaker 2017 - Bernhard Kuster
2016
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Rommel Mathias
International Early Career Award – Nichollas Scott
APS Student Bursary – Ian Loke, Ali McAfee, Anup Shah, Jeffrey Molendijk
Simpson Speaker 2016 - Matthias Mann
2015
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Benjamin Parker
Simpson Speaker 2015 - Albert Heck
2014
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Suresh Mathivanan
2013
Ken Mitchelhill Award – Morten Thaysen-Andersen
