Call for entries: Eppendorf Award 2017

From 1 October 2016, until 15 January 2017, young researchers no older than 35 years, with an advanced degree, who are working in Europe can apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. This highly prestigious €20,000 prize acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts.

The winner is selected by an independent, expert committee, chaired by Reinhard Jahn (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany).

The Award winner 2017 will receive: prize money of €20,000; an invitation to the prize ceremony at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany, on 22 June 2017; an invitation to visit Eppendorf AG in Hamburg, Germany; coverage of his/her work by Nature in print and online (including a podcast).

Click here for full details on the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, the selection criteria and Award winners since 1995.

Only online applications are accepted. The official online registration portal will accept applications as of 1 October 2016. 

The Eppendorf award for Young European Investigators is presented in partnership with Nature.