Travel Award
The Biosensors Travel Award was launched in 2023, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of biosensors, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to October every year and winners are announced by the end of December.
The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate.
Number of Winners: 1
Biosensors Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 October 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;– Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Shichao Ding
University of California San Diego, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Giovanna Marrazza
Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Jun Chen
University of California, Los Angeles
Prof. Dr. Chun-yang Zhang
Prof. Dr. Benoît PIRO
Université de Paris
Dr. Paolo Bollella
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Winner
Shichao Ding
University of California San Diego
Award Committee
Prof. Giovanna Marrazza
Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Benoît PIRO
Université de Paris
Dr. Francesco Dell'olio
Politecnico di Bari
Dr. Iva Chianella
Cranfield University
Dr. Eden Morales-Narváez
Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Prof. Larry Cheng
Penn State University
Winner
Dmitry Kireev
The University of Texas at Austin
Award Committee
Prof. Giovanna Marrazza
Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Benoît PIRO
Université de Paris
Prof. Nae Yoon Lee
Gachon University
Prof. Heidi Ottevaere
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels Photonics (IR-TONA)
Prof. Dr. Cecilia Cristea
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Prof. Tibor Hianik
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University
Winner
Amir Hatami
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi
University Carlos III of Madrid | Leganés Campus
Award Committee
Prof. Giovanna Marrazza
Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Cecilia Cristea
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Prof. Dr. Antonio Lanatà
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Chun-yang Zhang
Dr. Eden Morales-Narváez
Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Prof. Chung-Chiun Liu
Case Western Reserve University
Winner
Mengdi Bao
Rochester Institute of Technology
Yichi Su
Stanford, School of Medicine, Neurobiology
Award Committee
Prof. Giovanna Marrazza
Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Jing Wei
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Prof. Larry Cheng
Penn State University
Dr. Paolo Bollella
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Prof. Mengqiang Zhao
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. Thomas Hughes
Montana Molecular
Winner
Fabio Di Nardo
University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Giovanna Marrazza
Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Luigi Campanella
Dr. Martina Piano
Prof. Chung-Chiun Liu
Case Western Reserve University
Prof. Robert Marks
Prof. Dr. Maria Carmen Blanco-Lopez
University of Oviedo
Dr. Michael Thompson
University of Toronto
Prof. Dr. Yanhua Luo
Shanghai University
Prof. Eithne Dempsey
Maynooth University
Winner
Ulri Lee
University of Washington
Winner
Alain Lombard
University of Grenoble
Winner
Ke Du
University of California at Berkeley
Winner
Peng Zheng
West Virginia University
