Grants and Awards

Dedicated to the future of Paediatric research

Young investigators represent the future of Paediatric research.
With our dedicated awards, the ESPR seeks to support and honour the outstanding work of our young professionals.

ESPR Early Career Investigator Awards
In honour of Prof Henry Halliday

Requirements

  • applicants must be ESPR members or intending to become 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; 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 bases if content of the abstract relates to work from a primary postgraduate degree (MD/PhD), completed within 2 years of application for the Early Career Investigator Award;
  • applicants will not be considered where the content of the abstract relates to work from postdoctoral research work;
  • 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.

Bengt Robertson Award
For research concerning the neonatal lung

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 or intending to become one;
  • 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; 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 bases if 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.