Early Career Awards

ESHG rewards outstanding research by early career scientists presented as a talk at the conference.
EUR 600
for each award
Free registration
for the next ESHG conference
Application deadline
February 4, 2027
Thursday, 23:59 CET
Same as the abstract deadline. Late applications cannot be accepted.

The awards

Early Career Awards for Outstanding Science
Isabelle Oberlé Award
for research on the genetics of intellectual disability
Lodewijk Sandkuijl Award
for the best talk in statistical genetics
Vienna Medical Academy Award
for the best talk in translational medicine
Mia Neri Award
for the best talk in cancer research
EAN Awards New in 2027
for the best talk and the best poster in neurogenetics
ELPAG Award
for the best talk in the Ethical Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Genetics track
The EAN Awards are presented together with the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). From 2027, ESHG and EAN present reciprocal awards at each other's meetings.
Not selected for a talk? Highly scored abstracts that are not selected for a talk automatically compete for the ESHG Poster Awards. You do not need to apply for these. A poster award can also be won only once in a lifetime.

Who can apply?

You can apply if all of the following are true on February 4, 2027:
  • You are an early career scientist, which means one of the following:
    you are a student
    you are an MD and completed your specialisation no more than 4 years ago
    you are another researcher and obtained your last degree no more than 4 years ago
  • You are not a Principal Investigator (PI).
  • You are the first author and the presenting author of the abstract. The awards recognise your own work, so you must have done the main part of the research and present it yourself.
  • You have never won an Early Career Award for a talk before. Each person can win this award only once in their life.

How to apply

  1. Submit your abstract. In the step “Fellowships & Awards”, tick the box for each award you want to be considered for. You will also be asked to upload a proof of graduation or current studies (PDF, for example a diploma or a dated letter of enrolment), so have it ready before you start.
  2. Meet the deadline: Thursday, February 4, 2027, 23:59 CET. This is the same as the abstract deadline. Late applications cannot be accepted.
Every applicant whose abstract is accepted for a talk becomes a nominee for the awards.