Sponsored by: The Alfred Hospital (www.alfred.org.au/) Melbourne, Australia

This award will be comprise of:

1. An invitation to present the paper at Australian National Trauma Research Institute Meeting - which is scheduled in November 2011this year.

2. Certificate of Merit.

3. Plaque / Medal.

4. Associated one week placement as a visiting Fellow at one of the leading Trauma facility in Australia

5. Return economy airfare to conference venue in Australia

6. Airport transfers

7. Associated accommodation cost at the Parkview Hotel, or similar hotel for above period

Rules & Regulations:

1. Open to Full members of NTSI

2. Open to first five years of full membership

3. Age below 35 years

4. Open for Platform presentation only

5. Presenter should be the First author

6. Presentation should be related to trauma

7. Can be presented in any of the sections/ session of the conference

8. Will make scientific presentation at Australian Trauma Society Annual Meeting.

9. Full text of the paper (As per NTSI Journal Guidelines) should be submitted to Editor NTSI Journal-Secretary NTSI-Representative or Nominee of The Alfred two months before the starting day of the conference.

10. Last date for receiving the manuscript is 30th June 2011

11. Full text of the paper (both hard copy by post and electronic format by e mail) as per guidelines of Indian journal of Neurotrauma is to be submitted to the