Travel Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Marine Drugs 2025 Travel Award. Two winners will be selected and each winner will be granted a CHF 1000 bonus to attend an international conference that is relevant to the scope of the Marine Drugs journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs/about), which is the “research, development, and production of biologically and therapeutically active compounds from the sea.”

Applications are now open! All applications will be carefully reviewed by the Award Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scientists from the Marine Drugs Editorial Board. For detailed requirements, please refer to the instructions below.

Each winner will be awarded CHF 1000 and a certificate. 

Please submit your application for the Marine Drugs 2025 Travel Award through the following link (by clicking on “Apply”):
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs/awards

The application deadline is 31 July 2025.

The winner will be announced on the Marine Drugs website in early September 2025, and the prize will be awarded at the same time. If you have any questions about this award and the application, please feel free to write to the Editorial Office at marinedrugs@mdpi.com.

Kind regards,
Marine Drugs Editorial Office

 
Marine Drugs Travel Award
 
Winner announcement: 1 September 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

–Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
–Plans to attend an international conference held in September 2025–August 2026 and has applied to give a presentation at the conference.

List of Documents for Application

–Curriculum vitae and list of publications by the applicant;
–Information about the conference that the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract to be submitted;
–Justification letter describing the focus of the research (100–300 words);
–Recommendation letter from the supervisor/research director/department head of the applicant, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Caterina D'Angelo
University of Naples Federico II
Tania Russo
University of Naples Federico II

Award Committee

Prof. Bill Baker Chairman
Prof. Marc Diederich
Seoul National University
Prof. Vassilios Roussis
University of Athens
Dr. Susana P. Gaudencio
UCIBIO – Applied Biomolecular Sciences Unit, Chemistry Department, Blue Biotechnology and Biomedicne Lab, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon

Winner

Melissa Cadelis
School of Medical Sciences and School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland

Award Committee

Prof. Bill Baker Chairman
Prof. Anake Kijjoa
Universidade do Porto
Prof. Vassilios Roussis
University of Athens
Prof. Marialuisa Menna
Prof. Marc Diederich
Seoul National University
Prof. Dr. Kui Hong
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University
Dr. Nedeljka Rosic
Southern Cross University

Winner

Qihao Wu
Yale University

Award Committee

Prof. Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati Chairman
University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Rob Capon
University of Queensland
Dr. Fernando Albericio
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Prof. Hong Wang
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