The Arthur Everitt Award for AAG student members to attend the Conference

Arthur Everitt was one of the founding fathers of the AAG and made a significant contribution to the development and growth of the organisation.

The Arthur Everitt Award provides an opportunity for eligible AAG student members to receive financial assistance to present their research at the AAG Conference. The Award is designed to encourage and support exposure for research candidates by enhancing opportunities for professional participation and practice within the AAG network and community. 2016 was the inaugural year of the Arthur Everitt Award and continued the previous year's successes with will deserved recipients.  NB: not offered due to COVID cancelled face to face conferences for 2020 and 2021.

Gallery of previous awardees  

Read about Prof Arthur Everitt

Under the Arthur Everitt Award:

  1. AAG will provide two scholarships of $1,000 for two AAG student members who are not receiving other funding to attend the AAG Conference.
  2. AAG will award the two AAG student members based on the highest quality abstracts as decided by the National Conference Scientific Committee.
  3. Applications for 2025 will be open from 1 August to 11th October.
  4. The Chairs of the AAG Conference Planning and Scientific Committees will assess the applications for the award.
  5. Applications will be assessed and award recipients will be formally presented with their award at the AAG Conference dinner in November.
  6. The recipient(s) must provide original tax invoices/receipts.

Eligibility criteria:

  1. Scholarships are available for current AAG ‘Student’ members.
  2. Applicants must be attending "Full Conference" to the AAG Conference in the year of application for the Award and presenting their research findings via a FACE TO FACE ie Oral, poster, ThinkTank, Art presentation.
  3. Applicants do not have to have had their abstracts accepted at the time of submitting their application for the Award but must show proof of acceptance as soon as received.

How to apply:

Applications must be made via online form (opening soon) that will include the following:

1. Completed application form will contain:

  • Details of the applicant i.e. contact, current position, current institution
  • Title of the presentation
  • A paragraph of 250 words or less on why you should receive this bursary and how it would benefit you, your research and your future career in gerontology.

2. A copy of the submitted abstract

Follow this link to submit your application

Applications close on 11th October 2025