The Robert Vandongen Travel Award was established in recognition of Dr Robert Vandongen’s contribution to the Council and is awarded annually to the researcher from Western Australia who achieves the highest abstract score. Eligibility Applicants must: Reside in Western Australia. Be a financial member of Hypertension Australia in the year of application. Submit an abstract for the Hypertension Australia ASM. Be the first author of the abstract. NOT have published the work presented in the abstract in other than electronic form, at the time of submission. NOT to have won an award in the same category previously. Prize The awardee will be announced at the ASM, where this person will receive a certificate, in addition to a AUD $250 cash prize. Applications All WA based abstracts submitted for the ASM will be considered for this award. Judging The awardee will be selected based on the ‘blind’ ranking of their abstract and will be the one who achieves the highest abstract score. Past Robert Vandongen Travel Award recipients: 2016: Denise Demmer 2018: Jacquinta Affandi 2019: Revathy Carnagarin 2020: Ashish Yadav 2021: Lakshini Heart 2022: Markus Schlaich 2023: Justin Chan