Travel Award
Toxins 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 toxinology and all kinds of toxins (biotoxins) from animals, microbes and plants, which helps to increase their influence. The application process is open from April to November every year and winners are announced by the end of January in the following year.
The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.
Number of Winners: 1
Toxins Travel Award
Application deadline: 30 November 2025
Winner announcement: 31 January 2026
Winner announcement: 31 January 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
Cesar Augusto Roque Borda
São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
Prof. Da-Zhi Wang
Xiamen University
Dr. Alicia Rodríguez
University of Extremadura
Prof. Allan Cembella
Alfred Wegener Institute
Dr. Clifford Lingwood
Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Christoph Kamm
University of Rostock
Dr. Didier Cabanes
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Dr. Sandra Sousa
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Winner
Mercedes Taroncher Ruiz
Faculty of Pharmacy, university of Valencia, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
Dr. Marc Maresca
Aix Marseille University
Dr. Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
University of Tennessee
Dr. Jacob Galan
University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Winner
Karoline Sanches
Monash University
Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
Prof. Philippe Guerre
Veterinary School Toulouse
Dr. Triantafyllos Kaloudis
EYDAP SA
Dr. Angel Anne Yanagihara
University of Hawaii
Prof. Dr. John Berry
Winner
Laura Biessy
Cawthron Institute
Cecilie Knudsen
Technical University of Denmark
Marcelo Mendes Rabelo
Univeristy of Florida
Winner
Steve Peigneur
Toxicology and Pharmacology, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Winner
Elisabeth Varga
University of Vienna, Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
Miklós Poór
University of Pécs
Winner
KWOK HO LAM
University of California, Irvine
Anneleen Pletinck
Campus Ghent University Hospital
Winner
Marco Pirazzini
University of Padova
Natalie Saez
University of Queensland
Rachel A. Miller
Cornell University
Winner
Kartik Sunagar
Marie Curie Fellow in Dr. Yehu Moran’s lab at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Philipp Wiemann
Dr. Nancy Keller’s lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
