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 our 2026 international meeting - the Congress of the European Paediatric Academic Societies (CEPAS) - are now open. We look forward to receiving your abstracts! 

With an unconditional grant from Chiesi Farmaceutici.

• 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 member;
  • 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 to be considered for the ESPR Bengt Robertson Award during the CEPAS abstract submission process. The deadline is 1 April 2026.

  Find out more here.
• Prize
  • The 2026 Bengt Robertson Awardee will present his/her abstract during the designated Bengt Robertson Award session at CEPAS 2026.
  • The awardee will receive a certificate, EUR 1,000 AND complimentary registration to the 2027 ESPR meeting: The joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS) Congress in Bilbao, Spain.
• Meet the Awardee of the Bengt Robertson Award 2025: Dr Stephanie Ströbele

  We would like to wholeheartedly congratulate the awardee of the Bengt Robertson Award 2025, Dr Stephanie Ströbele:

  

  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.