The ‘Postdoctoral Scientist Prize’ is aimed at postdoctoral scientists who are within four years of having obtained their PhD. To be considered for the award, postdoctoral scientists must submit an abstract to be presented at our annual conference.

Submitted abstracts are reviewed by an independent panel and a maximum of three abstracts are short listed for oral presentation during the Postdoctoral Scientist Prize session at the annual SRF conference. Each presentation is given a total of 20 minutes during the session (15 minutes for presentation of the research and 5 minutes for discussion). The prize is awarded based on a combination of criteria which include content, presentation, delivery and discussion of the work. The award value of this prize is £300.

The 2010 Postdoctoral Scientist Prize was awarded to Dr Vicki Onions (University of Nottingham) for her talk entitled “The effects of whole ovarian perfusion and cryopreservation on endothelial cell related gene expression in the ovarian medulla and pedicle”.

To be considered for the Postdoctoral Scientist Prize, qualifying scientists should tick the relevant box when submitting their abstract for the SRF annual meeting, via the online Abstract Submission Form.
Previous winners:

• 2009       Dr Andrew Childs             (MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh)
• 2008       Dr Jemma Evans               (MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh)