Travel Award

Sports Travel Award was launched in 2018, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of sport sciences and public health, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from June every year to January next year and winners are announced by the end of March.

The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate;
– A voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)— valid for one year.

Number of Winners: 2

 
Sports Travel Award
 
Application deadline: 31 January 2026
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026

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

Titta Kuorelahti
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Stefano Di Paolo
IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy

Award Committee

Prof. Richard Kreider Chairman
Dr. Clayton L. Camic, Ph.D.
Northern Illinois University
Dr. Dale Wilson Chapman
School of Allied Health, Curtin University
Dr. Thomas Kaminski
University of Delaware

Winner

Behnam Liaghat
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Shane Ryan
South East Technological University, Ireland

Award Committee

Prof. Eling de Bruin Chairman
IBWS, ETHZ
Dr. David Bentley
None
Prof. François Billaut
University Laval
Prof. Dr. Silvio Rene Lorenzetti
School of Engineering, ZHAW
Prof. Tom L Broderick
Midwestern University, College of Graduate Studies, Department of Physiology

Winner

Sara Samadzadeh
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Gustavo Oliveira da Silva
Nove de Julho University, Brazil

Award Committee

Ms. Sports Editorial Office Chairman
Sports Editorial Office
Dr. Andrew Hatchett
Health Sciences Program Coordinator
Dr. Antonio Tessitore
University of Rome "Foro Italico"
Dr. Diane E. Mack
Brock University
Prof. Professor Michael Kingsley
La Trobe University and University of Auckland

Winner

Ben Kirk
University of Melbourne
Pénélope Paradis-Deschênes
University of Laval

Winner

Paul Collings
Bradford Institute for Health Research, UK
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