Travel Award
The Vaccines 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 laboratory and clinical vaccine research, utilization and immunization, which helps to boost their profile. The application process is open from March to October every year, and the winners are announced by the end of January.
The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.
Number of Winners: 2
Vaccines Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 October 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
Jesse Mulder
Monash University
Hakam Alaqabani
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Prof. Christian Napoli
Department of Medical surgical sciences and translational medicine - Sapienza University of Rome
Dr. Pedro Plans-Rubio
Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Department of Health of Catalonia
Winner
Alessandro Pardini
University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland
Xin Du
University of California San Diego School of Medicine, CA, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Dr. Zixin Wang
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Haval Shirwan
University of Louisville
Winner
Alexandra Dvorscek
Monash University, Australia
Eduard Puente-Massaguer
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Vasso Apostolopoulos
RMIT University
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Prof. Antonella Caputo
Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences
Prof. Dr. Nancy Agmon Levin
SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER
Winner
Kyle O'Donnell
National Institutes of Health, MT, USA
Irene González Domínguez
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Dr. Olga Borges
University of Coimbra
Dr. David Benfield
Prof. François Meurens
Swine and Poultry Infectious Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal
Dr. Toru Takimoto
University of Rochester Medical Center
Winner
Hee Chun Chung
Seoul National University, Korea
Alejandro Marin Lopez
Yale University, CT, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Dr. Marzena Pazgier
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Dr. Enric Mateu
Prof. Dr. JOSEPH BANOUB
DFO-SCIENCE BRANCH AND MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
Winner
Carly May Bliss
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA
Joshua Gillard
Radboudumc, The Netherlands
Adam Cheng
University of Minnesota, MN, USA
Sasha Larsen
Infectious Disease Research Institute, WA , USA
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Nirbhay Kumar
Chairman
George Washington University
Prof. Andrew Pekosz
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Dr. Romain Paillot
Dr. Yoshihiko Hirohashi
Dept of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine.
Winner
Lynda Coughlan
Mount Sinai at IcahnSchool of Medicine, NY, USA
João Conniot
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
