ACTERIA Prizes: New Awards in Immunology and Allergology

Thanks to a recently established partnership with the Fondation ACTERIA – ACTing on European Research in Immunology and Allergology – EFIS will award these four prizes to early career researchers, two each in both biomedical disciplines, for the best doctoral theses defended in the last three years prior to the award nomination deadline and for the best early career research work of investigators with up to 10 years postdoctoral experience. These Prizes carry cash awards of €15 000 and €30 000 each, respectively. In addition, awardees will automatically become eligible for three year research grants of up to €50,000 annually.

Nominations will be accepted exclusively from EFIS-affiliated National Societies so contact your respective National Society with your suggestions. Please note that EFIS-affiliated Societies can submit four nominations, one for each prize in immunology and in allergology.

The ACTERIA Prizes will be awarded for the first time at the 2013 International Congress of Immunology (ICI) in Milan at a special awards ceremony on August 25th, 2013, during which each of the prize winners will be expected to speak and present his or her work. Thereafter, the awards will be presented at the tri annual European Congress of Immunology (ECI) organized by EFIS, starting in 2015 in Vienna.

Deadline for receipt of nominations at EFIS is February 28th, 2013.

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