ASMR MRW® 2026

ASMR Medical Research Week® 2026 (ASMR MRW®) will be held from 23 to 30 October 2026 and the 2026 ASMR Medallist will be announced in March 2026.

The week is a flagship activity for The Australian Society for Medical Research, and a major highlight of the Australian health and medical research calendar, bringing the message of the benefits of health and medical research to the Australian public.

This annual event features the ASMR medallist tour, scientific meetings and Gala Dinners in most capital cities and professional development programmes for medical researchers. In addition to ASMR events, the ASMR National Scientific Conference will be held in Melbourne in from 18-20 November 2026.

Each year the Society awards the ASMR Medal to an eminent stakeholder in the medical research community for achievements in raising awareness. The ASMR medallist tours Australia, addressing audiences at dinners across the country and the National Press Club in Canberra. The ASMR Medal is presented at the National Press Club event. The tour promotes debate and discussion amongst scientists, politicians and the public, and attracts strong media interest.

Since 1998, a list of eminent scientists have generously shared their experience, their vision and their insights, inspiring, sometimes challenging and always informing, not only the health and medical research community but the community at large.