Bengt Robertson Award

Are you advancing the frontiers of neonatal lung research? The prestigious ESPR Bengt Robertson Award recognises Early Career Investigators (ECIs) who are making a difference in this critical field.

Applications for the Bengt Robertson Award at the joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS 2025) Congress in Belgrade, Serbia, are now open. We warmly invite you to apply!

• Requirements
  • Abstracts must be on research concerning the neonatal lung;
  • The content of the abstract must be original work;
  • The applicant must be an ESPR members;
  • Presenting authors must be under 36 years of age. Applicants >36 years of age, for example due to maternity leave, serious illness or differences in the timeline of their degree, will be considered on an individual basis if the content of the abstract relates to work from a primary postgraduate degree (MD/PhD), completed within 2 years of application for the Bengt Robertson Award;
  • 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.

  N.B.: Only complete applications that fulfill the requirements will be considered for review.
• Evaluation criteria
  • Scientific content;
  • Structure of the abstract. 
• How to apply

  You can apply for the award by selecting the 'Bengt Robertson Award' box during the online abstract submission for jENS 2025.
• Prize

  The 2025 Bengt Robertson Awardee receives:

  • EUR 500 AND complimentary registration to the 2026 ESPR Meeting: The Congress of the European Paediatric Academic Societies (CEPAS 2026) in Lyon, France.
  • The winner will present his/her abstract during the designated Bengt Robertson Award session, and will receive a certificate confirming his/her prize.
• Meet the Awardee of the Bengt Robertson Award 2024: Dr Janneke Dekker

  We would like to wholeheartedly congratulate the awardee of the Bengt Robertson Award 2024, Dr Janneke Dekker:

  

  The ESPR is proud of the achievements of our awardees 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.