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Travel Award

The application deadline of the Travel Award is extended. Entries will be accepted until December 31st 2025. We are looking forward to applications from all over the world.


Diseases Travel Award was launched in 2017, and it is presented to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of diseases which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to November and winners are announced by the end of February next year.

The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate.

Number of Winners: 1

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Diseases Travel Award

Application deadline: 31 December 2025Winner announcement date: 28 February 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students, research fellows;
– 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

Winner
  • Márió Gajdács avatar imageMárió Gajdács
    Márió Gajdács
    Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged
  • Ajinkya S. Sase avatar imageAjinkya S. Sase
    Ajinkya S. Sase
    University of Pennsylvania
Award Committee
  • MBMaurizio Battino
    Maurizio Battino
    Chairman
    Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Basavaraj Balapal avatar imageBasavaraj Balapal
    Basavaraj Balapal
  • PBPedro Bullon
    Pedro Bullon
    Universidad de Sevilla
  • Fernando P Monroy avatar imageFernando P Monroy
    Fernando P Monroy
    Northern Arizona University
  • Charles H. Calisher avatar imageCharles H. Calisher
    Charles H. Calisher
    Colorado State UNiversity
  • Ian Martins avatar imageIan Martins
    Ian Martins
    Edith Cowan University
  • Naoki Tajiri avatar imageNaoki Tajiri
    Naoki Tajiri
    Nagoya City University
  • CLChim C. Lang
    Chim C. Lang
    University of Dundee
  • Omar Cauli avatar imageOmar Cauli
    Omar Cauli
    Department of Nursing, University of Valencia VAT ESQ4618001D - Frailty and Cognitive Impairment Research Group (FROG)
  • Mitsuru Nakazawa avatar imageMitsuru Nakazawa
    Mitsuru Nakazawa
    Department of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Vincenzo Giuseppe Nicoletti avatar imageVincenzo Giuseppe Nicoletti
    Vincenzo Giuseppe Nicoletti
    University of Catania - Dept of Biomedical and Biotecnological Sciences

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