Two candidates will be selected for award of FULL BURSARY and Two candidates will be selected for PARTIAL BURSARY. One bursary will be given to candidate contesting for any oral Award presentation, and the Second bursary will be given to candidate presenting Poster.

FULL BURSARY : Rupees Ten Thousand each.

 Each PARTIAL BURSARY : Rupees Seven Thousand each.

 Bursary recipient will be selected by the Bursary Award Committee on the basis of information provided through the “Bursary Application Form” submitted within the deadline provided in the Final Brochure of the conference & also on the ACBI Website.

 The application along with all documents should be sent to the Organizing Secretary of the Conference before the last date for call for abstract as published in the Final brochure or the conference website.

Candidates applying would have to submit the following : (1) Proof of registration, (2) Proof of membership of ACBI, (3) Proof of age, and (4) copies of their Oral /Poster presentation to the committee for evaluation, (5) a letter stating that they have not received any grant for attending the conference. All applications have to be forwarded by their Head of departments /Institution. The Awardees name will be announced during the valedictory function of the conference.

Dr. D. P. Burma, Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Benaras Hindu University instituted this award in memory of his father and mother by donating a sum of Rs.5000/ in 1982 . As per the resolution of the General Body passed in December 2011, Gwalior, this was further supplemented by a donation of Rs. 50,000 from the ACBI Corpus fund.

The applicants have to submit a write up (not more than 2000 words) on an original research work in medicine based on approaches in biochemistry or molecular biology, published by any other author/authors, excluding himself and his group, in any prestigious journal of the world in the preceding one year. [It must not be your work]. Application along with (1) 4 typed/photo copies of the write up, (2) 4 photocopies of the original paper, (3) documentary evidence of age and (4) proof of membership of ACBI should be submitted to the Organizing Secretary before the dead line.

The winner of the award shall be given a cash award and a certificate at the Valedictory function of the same conference.

This award was created by a donation of Rs.5000/ by the Organising Secretary of 6th. Annual Conference of ACBI, Dr. C. Sita Devi, in 1980 and later again Rs.5000/ from her own side. As per the resolution of the General Body passed in December 2011, Gwalior, this was further supplemented by a donation of Rs. 50,000 from the ACBI Corpus fund. The cash award and a certificate are given to the person whose paper in oral presentation was considered best and worth. The applicant shall submit (1) 4 typed/ photo copies of the paper, (2) documentary evidence of age (3) proof of membership of ACBI (4) no objection certificate from co- authors, if any, to the Organizing Secretary before the dead line.

 The winner of the award shall be given a cash award and a certificate at the Valedictory function of the same conference.

P. S. MURTHY - UCMS AWARD FOR BEST PAPER IN THE FIELD OF :

These awards were created by a donation of Rs.10,000/ by Prof. P. S. Murthy in 1993. And subsequently as per the resolution of the General Body passed in December 2011, Gwalior, this was supplemented by a donation of Rs. 50,000 from the ACBI Corpus fund. This was further supplemented by a donation of Rs. 49,000 from the saving of the XX Annual conference held at Delhi. Papers for the award are invited under 4 categories, i.e. (1) Infectious Diseases, and (2) Development of Drugs (3) Diabetes and (4) Cardiovascular Diseases.. One best paper in each category is awarded with certificate and cash. If no paper under one category is available or considered worth, then both awards shall go to two top papers of the other category. In case no paper in either category is considered worth, then similar papers in Poster Sessions should be considered for the award. The award shall be presented to winners during the Valedictory Function of the conference.

The applicant shall submit (1) 4 typed/ photo copies of the paper, (2) documentary evidence of age (3) no objection certificate from co-authors, if any and (4) evidence of membership of ACBI, to the Organizing Secretary before the dead line.

This award was created in the year 1994 by a donation of Rs.10,000/ by Dr.

1. C. Harinath, the Organising Secretary of 20th. ACBI conference, Sevagram,. As per the resolution of the General Body passed in December 2011, Gwalior, this was further supplemented by a donation of Rs. 50,000 from the ACBI Corpus fund. 

The Award is open for original work in biochemical/ immunological/ molecular aspects of Tropical Diseases. The applicant shall submit (1) 4 typed/ photo copies of the paper, (2) documentary evidence of age (3) no objection certificate from co-authors and (4) evidence of membership of ACBI, to the Organizing Secretary before the dead line.

. In case no paper is considered worth, then similar papers in Poster Sessions should be considered for the award. The award shall be presented to winners during the Valedictory Function of the conference.

The award was instituted in 1994 by a donation of Rs. 10,000/ by the Organizing Secretary of XIX Annual Conference of ACBI, Dr. T. Malati, Professor and Head of the Dept. of Biochemistry, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad. As per the resolution of the General Body passed in December 2011, Gwalior, this was further supplemented by a donation of Rs. 50,000 from the ACBI Corpus fund.

There are 2 awards - One award is for the best poster in the field of Cancer and another in Non-Cancer field. There is no application required to win this award. All posters shall be evaluated by a panel of judges drawn from the delegates, who have been selected by the President in consultation with the Organising secretary. The award shall be presented during the Valedictory function of the conference.

The award was instituted in 2013 by a donation of Rs. 50,000/ by Dr. P. Usha Sarma, Retired Professor and Head of the Dept. of Biochemistry, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Genomic Research, New Delhi. There will be one award to the Best poster in the field of Genomic Proteomic Sciences – Clinical application during the ACBI Annual Conference.

The award was instituted in 2022 by a donation of Rs. 1,00,000/ by Dr. Jayshree Bhattacharya, Professor , Dept. of Biochemistry, Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi. There are 2 awards . One award to the Best poster in the field of Cardiac Diseases and another in the field of Metabolic Diseases during the ACBI Annual Conference.

Organizing Committee shall also announce 5 or more awards for excellent posters and the process of selection will be the same by the same judges of the NIMS Award. There is no application required to win this award.

Thus Poster awards fall in following categories:-

1. Cancer – 1
2. Non-cancer – 1
3. Genomic Proteomic Sciences – Clinical Application
4. In case no award is given for Oral presentation of
   1. P. S. Murthy Award for

                (i) Infectious diseases

                (ii) Development of drugs from plant sources, And 

(b)  MGIMS Award for papers on Tropical diseases. Posters on these topics will by considered for those awards

5. Organizing committee award for visually excellent Posters.