The Adrian Johnson Memorial Prize has been established to commemorate the late Dr Adrian Johnson, the inaugural Editor of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology. This prize is awarded for the best paper or publication in the Australasian Journal of Dermatology by a College trainee in a calendar year. The committee determining the winner comprises the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal and the Chief Censor.

Type: Trainee Grant

For: Best paper or publication in the Australasian Journal of Dermatology by a College trainee as a lead author in a calendar year.

Who’s Eligible: College Trainees

Amount: Up to $3,000

Awarded: The Editor-in-Chief of the journal and the Chief Censor make a recommendation to College each year in early February.

Criteria for Eligibility:

• The first listed author must have the work submitted or accepted for publication in a year in which they are in an accredited training program of the Australasian College of Dermatologists or on approved leave from such a program. Co-first authorship is not accepted.
• All forms of articles can be considered.
• The emphasis should be on originality with a message of importance. Quality of the submission will also be considered.
• One prize is awarded from articles published in each volume of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology.

The Award

• A prize will be presented at the College Annual Scientific Meeting in recognition of the prestige of the prize.
• Only the trainee, or their representative, will be invited onto the stage to receive the award.
• The award will consist of:
  • Free registration at the Annual Scientific Meeting of College at which the award is presented.
  • Twelve month Synergy subscription to the British Journal of Dermatology as long as Wiley Blackwell
  • Publishing remain the publisher of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology.
  • $200 book voucher from Wiley Blackwell Publishing as long as they remain the publisher of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology.
• The Journal will publish a paragraph congratulating the authors.
• The Journal will publicise the award.

The prize may not be awarded if an article of suitable standard has not been published in the volume.

The ACD awards $5000 from the College’s Scientific Research Fund for the best presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting. Formally the F. & E. Bauer Foundation Prize, the College is pleased to continue the legacy of Dr Fred Bauer. Dr Bauer was a Fellow of the ACD who wished to donate funds for a suite of awards. He had a specific interest in research, particularly in immunology.

The ACD ASM Prize can be awarded to members of College, associated medical graduates, non-medical graduates and visiting dermatologists at our Annual Scientific Meeting. The prize recipient is selected by the AJD Editorial Committee.

The College encourages the recipient to use the prize money to assist in publishing the paper in the Australasian Journal of Dermatology. The source of the grant must be acknowledged in the publication.

Dr Collins was a distinguished and popular Fellow of the College and held a number of positions in the New South Wales Faculty, as well as for the Federal College. Dr Collins passed away in April 2009.

The prize was awarded to the following recipients.

First offered in 1987, the Founders’ Medal was established by the Skin and Cancer Foundation. It is awarded to the candidate with the highest overall score in the Procedural Division of the Fellowship Examination. 

The Skin and Cancer Foundation Inc. donates prize money of $1,000.00 annually in honour of the late Dr John Fewings. Dr Fewings was a young dermatologist who died suddenly. This prize commemorates his interest in contact dermatitis.

This Prize is awarded at the College Annual Scientific Meeting for the best paper in the Contact Dermatitis Symposium.

The prize could be used to assist in publishing the paper. The source of the prize should be acknowledged with the paper’s appearance.

First offered in 1978, the Paver Medal recognises the work of the late Dr Ken Paver in the profession. It is awarded to the candidate with the highest overall score in the Medical Division of the Fellowship Examination.

Neither the Founders’ Medal nor the Paver Medal has a monetary component as part of their prize. Each recipient is offered a complimentary AAD meeting registration (provided by the AAD).  Should the TSC winner also be awarded the Founders’ and/or Paver medal, they will already be in receipt of money allocated for attending the AAD. Therefore the AAD registration attached to the Founders’ and/or Paver Medal would be offered to the next candidate (or next two candidates) on the order of merit list.

Should the recipient of either Medal choose not to accept the AAD registration, then the NExC will consult the order of merit list (relating to TSC scores) and offer the AAD registration to the next person on the list after the Medal winner. That person will not, however, be deemed a Medal winner, merely a recipient of funding.

First offered in 2018, the Dermatopatholgy award recognises the work of Associate Professor Steven Kossard in the area of Dermatopathology. It is awarded to the candidate with the highest aggregate mark in the Histopathology section of the Fellowship exam. The successful recipient will be awarded registration to the Australasian Dermatopathology Society conference in the following year.

The F. & E. Bauer Foundation provides $4,000.00, to be awarded annually to any visiting dermatologist or visiting professor invited to the Annual Scientific Meeting or to a State function or seminar of College. Dr Fred Bauer was a Fellow of the Australasian College of Dermatologists who wished to donate funds for a suite of awards. He had a specific interest in research, particularly in immunology.

The grant is awarded, after recommendation by the Board of Directors, to a visiting dermatologist or visiting speaker who has worked diligently during the meeting and whose teaching and contribution has been considered outstanding and of considerable help to College. If the recipient of the prize has read any papers, they must offer one of them to the Editor of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology.

This grant can also be used to assist a visiting dermatologist invited to one particular State, to go interstate for teaching purposes. This money can be available for travel and accommodation to each State Faculty, as far as possible in rotation. This is dependent on the State Faculty matching the grant equally.