MSA Awards
Recognising contributions to Membrane Science and Technology
The Membrane Society of Australasia would like to acknowledge the achievements and contributions of our members across both industry and research, with a range of awards across multiple categories.
The majority of awards are presented on an annual basis with the MSA Tony Fane Award and MSA Industry Award being awarded as part of the International Membrane Science and Technology Conference once every three years.
General Awards
MSA Annual Awards
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MSA Student Award, for an outstanding student (Master or PhD) with strong track record and demonstrated research outcomes in the field of membrane technology.
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MSA ECR Award, for an outstanding ECR (within five years post PhD completion) with strong track record and excellent research outcomes in the field of membrane technology.
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MSA Mentor Award, for a senior MSA member who contributed immensely in mentoring junior researchers.
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MSA Service Award, for an individual who is dedicated to MSA's operation and management.
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MSA Membrane Science Award, for an individual or team who made significant breakthroughs in membrane science, demonstrated by high impact journal papers.
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MSA Collaboration Award, for the individual or team who did great collaborative works between two or more organisations.
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MSA Applied Research Award, for an individual or team who made significant contribution on technology translation from lab to industry.
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MSA Collaboration Award, for a team (2 up to 5 members) that demonstrated strong cross cutting collaboration between two or more organisations resulting in significant outputs to the field of membrane technology.
Frequency:
Annually (award ceremony in the MSA AGM), there will be a call for nomination process from the MSA.
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MSA Annual Award - Call for Nomination
Application deadline: 10 November 2025
Click here to download the nomination form.
MSA Conference Award
To provide funding support for the Best Oral/Poster awards for PhD students/ECRs in MSA sponsored conference (e.g.IMSTEC, MSA AGM and MSA ECR symposium).
Frequency:
Annually, no application required, and the award will be subjected to the selection of the conference award committee.
MSA Industry Travel Award
To assist MSA members from industry(junior/mid-career researchers) to attend international conferences, the MSA will sponsor two travel awards per calendar year to support their travel and attendance costs to a maximum of $500 AUD.
Frequency:
Annually, applies to any MSA nominated conferences.
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MSA Industry travel award application for IMSTEC 2025 has now closed
Submission deadline: 5 October 2025
MSA Travel Award for Student/ECR
To assist and encourage the PhD students and ECRs to attend the membrane conferences (e.g. AMS, IMSTEC, ICOM, MEMDES,MSA ECR symposium etc.) nominated by MSA.
Frequency:
Annually, application dates depending on the individual conference.
MSA Conference Travel Award application for IMSTEC 2025 has now closed!
Application deadline: 30 August 2025
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Prestigious Awards
Frequency:
One award each category to be awarded once every three years in the IMSTEC conference.
MSA Industry Achievement Award
is awarded in recognition of an individual MSA member from industry who has dedicated their life to membrane industry with outstanding achievement and contributions.
MSA Tony Fane Award
to recognise an individual MSA member who have made exceptional achievement and contributions to the development and applications of membrane technologies, demonstrated by significant social and economic impacts.
MSA Anita Hill Leadership Award
to recognise an MSA member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership by serving as an excellent role model, inspiring collaborative and creative work, and effectively leading a team or organisation to achieve results.