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Travel Award

The Nutrients Travel Award was launched in 2019, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of human nutrition, which will help 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;
– A free voucher for article processing fees, valid for one year.

Number of Winners: 2

 
Nutrients Travel Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 December 2024

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students, research fellows, or clinical medical staff in their first 3 years of practice;
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information about the conference that 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 their research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from their supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Gabriela de Oliveira Lemos
University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil
Ariadna Gomez Vilarrubla
INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE GIRONA (IDIBGI), Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez Chairman
University of Connecticut
Prof. Yvan Vandenplas
UZ Brussel
Prof. Luis A. Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. George Moschonis
La Trobe University
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Dr. Jaime Uribarri
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra

Winner

Gabriele Serreli
University of Cagliari , Italy
Jiaqi Ni
Rovira i Virgili University, Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez Chairman
University of Connecticut
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Prof. Luis A. Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra

Winner

Jacquelyn Cheng
Cornell University, USA
Maria Carpena Rodriguez
Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez Chairman
University of Connecticut
Dr. Leanne M. Redman
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dr. Francisco José Perez
University of Barcelona
Prof. Dr. Gunter Georg Christian Kuhnle
University of Reading
Dr. Gloria Vega
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Prof. Lluis Serra-Majem
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Prof. Ina Bergheim
University of Vienna
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Dr. Dolores del Castillo
CSIC

Winner

Kaisa Hiippala
Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland

Award Committee

Prof. Stefano Guandalini Chairman
University of Chicago
Prof. Bengt Jeppsson
Lund University
Dr. Yan Lam
Hong Kong Baptist University
Dr. Vanessa Stadlbauer

Winner

Elom Kouassivi Aglago
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), France
Bryan Gannon
Cornell University, USA
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