ESPR Young Investigator Awards

ESPR Young Investigator Awards at jENS 2019

At the joint European Neonatal Societies Congress (jENS 2019) in Maastricht, two ESPR awards will be given out to young researchers: a) the Young Investigator Awards and b) the Bengt Robertson Award for Research of the Neonatal Lung.

• ESPR Young Investigator Awards 2019

  Requirements:

  • Applicants must be ESPR members;
  • Applicants must be under 36 years of age. A copy of your ID indicating the date of birth is to be submitted along with the CV (one-page);
  • The content of the abstract must represent original work and cannot be presented and/or published previously.
  • The name of the presenting author MUST match the name of the applicant.

  
  Selected finalists will be informed in advance and have to confirm their attendance of the congress.

  Evaluation criteria:

  • Scientific content;
  • Structure of the abstract;
  • Presentation skills;
  • Ability to defend the paper/results during question time from the audience onsite during the session.

  
  Prices will be awarded at the discretion of the committee following onsite presentations. The decisions made are final. Winners will be announced during the jENS 2019 closing ceremony and will be presented with a certificate.

  Prizes:

  • 1st prize: EUR 1000; complimentary registration and free travel to the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting 2020 in Philadelphia, United States.
  • 2nd prize: EUR 1000; complimentary registration to the 2020 ESPR Annual Meeting: the 8th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS 2020) in Barcelona, Spain.

  
  Submit you abstract today and indicate that you would like to participate in the grant application.

• Bengt Robertson Award for Research of the Neonatal Lung 2019

  The awardee will present their abstract during the designated Bengt Robertson Award session and receive a certificate confirming their price.

  Requirements:

  • Abstracts must be on research concerning the neonatal lung;
  • The content of the abstract must be original work;
  • Applicants must be ESPR members;
  • Presenting authors must be under 36 years of age. A copy of your ID indicating the date of birth is to be submitted along with the CV (one-page);
  • The name of an ESPR member supporting the application is required;
  • The name of the presenting author MUST match the name of the applicant.

  
  The awardee will be informed in advance and has to confirm his/her attendance of the congress.

  Evaluation criteria:

  • Scientific content;
  • Structure of the abstract.

  
  Prize:

  • EUR 3,000; complimentary registration to the next ESPR Annual Meeting including accommodation and coverage of travel expenses.

  
  Submit you abstact today and indicate that you would like to participate in the grant application.

ESPR Young Investigator Awards at EAPS 2018

The ESPR would like to congratulate the 2018 awardees of the Young Investigator Awards, the Cure & Care Awards and the Bengt Robertson Award at the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS 2018) Congress in Paris:

• ESPR Young Investigator Awards 2018

  1st place: Dr. Anne Smits, Belgium

  Disease condition affects affects amikacin pharmacokinetics and dosing in children.

  Prize: EUR 1000, complimentary participation in the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting 2019 or 2020 (including accomodation and travel expenses), sponsored by the ESPR.

  2nd place: Neidin Bussmann, Ireland
  

  Right ventricular and pulmonary vascular coupling is influenced by left ventricular diastolic function in premature infants.

  Prize: EUR 1000, complimentary participation in the joint European Neonatal Societies Congress (jENS 2019) in Maastrich, the Netherlands, or the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS 2020) Congress in Barcelona, Spain (including accomodation and travel expenses), sponsored by the ESPR.

• Cure & Care Award 2018 sponsored by Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies

  Mikael Finder, Sweden

  Outcome at two years in children following mild hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

  Prize: EUR 1000

  Edward Andrews, UK
  

  3D scanning as minimally invasive measuring technique for neonatal anthropometry.

  Prize: EUR 1000

  Christoph Schwarz, Germany
  

  Effects of closed-loop automatic oxygen control on stability of regional cerebral oxygentation in preterm infants: secondary outcomes of a randomised controlled trial.

  Prize: EUR 1000

  The Cure & Care Award is sponsored by Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies.

• Bengt Robertson Award for Research of the Neonatal Lung 2018 sponsored by Chiesi

  Dr. Chiara Autilio, Spain

  Pulmonary surfactant function and surfactant protein SP-A content in neonates with severe meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS).

  The Bengt Robertson Award is sponsored by Chiesi.

The ESPR is proud of the achievements of these bright, young minds and we are certain they will provide further, significant contributions in the field of Paediatric reserach to improve the lives of infants, children and adolescends.

Young investigators represent the future of Paediatric research and the ESPR offers many benefits to its junior members. These include dedicated grants, special membership rates, a mentoring programme and the possibility to come up with own initiatives.

Contact the ESPR secretariat at office@espr.eu if you would like to find out more about opportunities for young investigators within the ESPR.