2009 Annual Report - Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

PhD Scholarship
The Foundation has awarded a scholarship for a
trainee to complete a PhD as part of their urological
training. The scholarship is for $25,000 per year for
three years, subject to annual review.
Dr Vela has completed his PhD at the end of 2008.
A new award has been made to Dr Morgan Pokorny
to commence in 2009. Again this project is in conjunction
with the University of Queensland.
Registrar Grants for CLEAR Course
A grant was paid to those registrars who attended
the Critical Literature Evaluation and Research
(CLEAR) Course in 2009 and have applied Foundation
for reimbursement. The current cost of the
CLEAR Course is AUD $1075.00. The cost to the
Foundation for 2009 was $9244.00
Funding
The Foundation during 2009 has made all funds
available from its own resources. Total funds
awarded for tenure in 2009- 2010 being in excess of
$155,000
Donations from members of the Urological Society
of Australasia totaled $2480.50 for 2009. A list of
donors is appended:
Mark Frydenberg; Trung Pham; Edward Korbel;
John Miller; Richard McMullin; Henry Woo; Andres
Estrugo; Simon Bariol; Glen Coorey; Kwok Kee
Wong; Lawrence Hayden; William Lynch; Daniel
Marshall; David Van Der Straaten; Michael Rochford;
Peter Maher; Bertram Canagasingham;
Vignarajah Subramanian; J Yates
As previously stated, in keeping with recent changes
in conditions of awarding research grants the
Foundation requires each recipient to enter into an
Intellectual Property agreement with the Foundation.
The Foundation is not seeking any returns but
needs to protect the Foundation and it directors as
required by the companies act.
The Financial Statement to 31 December 2009 will
be prepared in early 2010 but may not be available
for presentation at the AGM in Perth. The Foundation
has been affected by the world financial crisis.
The extent has been significant enough to force a
re-evaluation of some future projects.
The Board would like to thank all members who
make donations to the Foundation, which is for the
benefit of all members of the Society. We also wish
to thank the Board of Directors of the Urological
Society for providing management and secretarial
services. In particular we thank Louise Reeson and
Michael Nugara for their ongoing help and assistance
during 2009.
We welcome Steve Ruthven as a new director of the
Foundation being the Vice President of the Urological
Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Directors
The present directors of the Trustee (Australasian
Urology Pty Limited) are:
MJ Rochford (Chairman), WJ Lynch (Secretary
Treasurer),
R McIlroy, AJ Porter, S Wisniewski, P Bary,
S Ruthven. ■
Fellowship and Grants 2010
With the present loss of participation of the medical
companies, the level of funding for grants will be
reviewed from 2010 both in number and value.
All awards will continue to be advertised via the
Society Newsletter, website and email.
All applications will be forwarded to the Academic
Committee of the Foundation for consideration.
Closing date will be 31 May 2010.
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