Young Investigator Award

The ESPNIC Young Investigator Award supports the development of research activities undertaken with the active contribution of the applicant. The specific intent is to provide support for young and talented healthcare professionals in their early career in the field of paediatric and neonatal intensive care to present their research topic of their choice in front of a designated jury during an oral session at the ESPNIC Annual Meeting.

ESPNIC will grant up to 2 Awards.

Deadline to submit application: January 17, 2024

The ESPNIC Office will inform applicants by March 2024

Please apply whilst submitting your abstract, using the dedicated field in the abstract form. It will not be possible to apply once the abstract submission has closed.

Criteria for consideration

To be eligible for this award, the applicant:

Must have an accepted abstract in the programme (Abstract Submission deadline: January 17, 2024)
Must be an ESPNIC member
Must be aged less than 40 years
The content of the abstract must represent original work and not presented/ or published previously
Request for consideration must be made on the abstract form at the time of submission
The applicant must be the first author and presenting author of the submitted abstract

Following the application, the Secretariat will contact the applicant for a copy of their ID indicating the date of birth.

Judgement criteria for the Young Investigator Award will be based on:

The scientific content of the abstract
Presentation of the abstract at the Congress
Ability to defend the paper/results during the question time from the audience during the scientific session