Deadline: 4 March 2025
The United European Gastroenterology is seeking nominations for its Research Prize to recognize active, established senior researchers whose science will have a crucial impact on digestive health.
Focus Areas
- The UEG awards a prize for excellence in basic science, translational or clinical research in the areas of gastroenterology, hepatology and related disciplines.
Prize Information
- The winner of the UEG Research Prize:
- receives the prize money of €50,000, designated to support a future scientific research project from early stage to successful conclusion. The prize money is paid to the winner’s department.
Role and Responsibilities
- The recipient of the UEG Research Prize will be required to submit scientific and financial reports on the work supported by the prize money (max. 5 years after receipt of the prize)
- Furthermore, UEG expects the UEG Research Prize winner to:
- submit a review article to UEG Journal by end of October 2025.
- accept potential UEG Week Faculty invitations in subsequent years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The target group are active, established senior researchers whose science will have a crucial impact on digestive health and whose proposed study will have a significant impact on the advancement of their career.
- Applicants should be leading a substantial research group and their work, preferably focused on research areas that generally have greater difficulty in obtaining funding, should be conducted predominantly in Europe.
- The applicant’s work should have been supported by substantial peer reviewed grants through internationally recognised research councils, research charities or industrial partners.
- Applicants must have either:
- been mentioned at least once as (co-)author of an abstract submitted to UEG Week in the past 3 years (2022, 2023 and/or 2024) or
- have been awarded as UEG Rising Stars in the past 5 years (2020-2024).
- Applicants must commit to deliver the agreed research within the stipulated time frame.
- This prize is open to myUEG Associates and myUEG Young GI Associates.
- They encourage candidates from all digestive health fields to apply.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Applications from departments that received a Research Prize in the previous 5 years (2020-2024) will not be accepted.
For more information, visit UEG.
