Travel Award
Pharmaceutics Travel Award was launched in 2017, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of science and technology of Pharmaceutics, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to December every year and winners are announced by the end of March of next year.
The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate;
Pharmaceutics Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 October 2026
Winner announcement: 31 December 2026
Winner announcement: 31 December 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;– Plans to attend an international conference in 2027 (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
Giuseppe Francesco Racaniello
University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Zizhao Xu
Northeastern University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Patrick Sinko
Chairperson
Rutgers University
Dr. Neal Davies
University of Alberta
Prof. Dr. Raimar Löbenberg
University of Alberta
Dr. Stefano D'errico
University Federico II
Prof. Nunzio Denora
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Prof. Lídia Gonçalves
FFUL
Winner
Cláudia Martins
University of Porto, Portugal
Luca Casula
University of Cagliari, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Patrick Sinko
Chairperson
Rutgers University
Dr. Murali Yallapu
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Prof. Donato Cosco
University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia"
Prof. Dr. Montse Mitjans Arnal
Univeristat de Barcelona
Prof. Roderick Bryan Walker
Rhodes University
Prof. Dr. Anna Carbone
University of Genoa
Winner
Loris Busch
Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Maria José Silveira
i3S- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto
Award Committee
Dr. Patrick Sinko
Chairperson
Rutgers University
Dr. Tao Sun
Fudan University
Dr. Bozena Michniak-Kohn
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios A. Lamprou
School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast
Dr. Wei Wu
School of Pharmacy, Fudan University
Prof. Pietro Matricardi
Sapienza University of Roma
Winner
Shiqi Wang
University of Helsinki
Andreia Sofia de Sousa Barros
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), University of Porto
Award Committee
Prof. Yvonne Perrie
Chairperson
University of Strathclyde
Prof. Dr. Francisco Otero-Espinar
University of Santiago de Compostela
Prof. Maria Camilla Bergonzi
University of Florence
Prof. Thierry Vandamme
University of Strasbourg
Dr. Tomas Etrych
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry CAS
Prof. Björn Wängler
Medical Faculty Mannheim
Prof. Chung Hang Jonathan Choi
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Xiangyang Shi
Donghua University
Prof. Natasa Skalko-Basnet
University fo Tromso
Winner
Yuxue Cao
The University of Queensland
Flávia Sousa
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Winner
Wei Li
University of Helsinki
Winner
João Pedro Martins
Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki
Settimio Pacelli
The University of Kansas
Winner
Lasse Ingerslev Blaabjerg
Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen
Winner
Mariusz Skwarczynski
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
