Travel Award
IJMS Travel Award was launched in 2016, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology, molecular medicine, biomaterial, and molecular biophysics, 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.
IJMS 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
Graciosa Quelhas Teixeira
Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Ulm, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
Edina Poletto
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Inês Margarida Vieira da Silva
Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Maurizio Battino
Chairman
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Dr. João Pedro Silva
UCIBIO, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto
Prof. Vladimir N. Uversky
University of South Florida
Prof. Setsuko Komatsu
Fukui University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Yanjie Xie
Nanjing Agricultural University
Prof. Dr. Claudio Santi
University of Perugia
Prof. Dr. Consolato Sergi
University of Alberta
Winner
Suvilesh Kanve Nagaraj
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Konrad Kleszczynski
University of Muenster, Germany
Maicon Landim Vieira
Florida State University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Maurizio Battino
Chairman
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Prof. Salah Eddine Stiriba
Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia
Prof. Dr. Irmgard Tegeder
Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Prof. Ke Yang
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Setsuko Komatsu
Fukui University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Masashi Tanaka
Health Science University
Prof. Dr. Yanjie Xie
Nanjing Agricultural University
Winner
Andi Cani
University of Michigan, USA
stefano tomassi
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Adriana Vinhas
3B's Research Group, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Maurizio Battino
Chairman
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Dr. Marco Fiore
IBBC-CNR Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Prof. Joao Ramalho-Santos
Dept Life Sciences
Winner
Carlo Matera
University of Milan, Italy
ilaria tonazzini
Istituto Nanoscienze - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy
Elena Piccinin
University of Bari, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Claudiu Supuran
Chairman
Univeristy of Florence
Prof. Vladimir N. Uversky
University of South Florida
Dr. Alessandro Terrinoni
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Winner
Mario Gutiérrez Tovar
University of Oxford, UK
Gloria Ravegnini
University of Bologna, Italy
Joanna Kujawa
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
Winner
Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes
the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Erika Gyengesi
Western Sydney University, Australia
Joanne Tsui Ming Tan
the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Australia
Winner
Yi Ma
University of Connecticut, USA
Miranda Ween
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia
Reza M. Zadegan
Boise State University, USA
Winner
Bert De Rybel
VIB-Ghent University, Belgium
Jean-Marie Swiecicki
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Jean Christopher Chamcheu
University of Wisconsin, USA
Pedro Rodrigues
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Renato Polimanti
Yale University School of Medicine and VA CT Healthcare Center, USA
