Scholarships and Awards
EADV Scholarships
Twice a year, in the occasion of EADV Symposium and EADV Congress, the EADV Honours and Awards Committee, chaired by Prof. Asja Prohic, supports young professionals’ participation at the EADV events.
Three scholarships are available, based on the geographical location of the applicants:
Michael Hornstein Memorial Scholarship
EADV will offer this scholarship to one selected applicant from each Central, Eastern, Western & Northern European country.
John Stratigos Memorial Scholarship
EADV will offer this scholarship to one selected applicant from each Southern European & Mediterranean country*.
Imrich Sarkany non-European Memorial Scholarship
EADV will offer this scholarship to one selected applicant for each non-European country – max thirty (30) applicants.
* including Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Morocco, Syria (Arab Rep), Tunisia, Türkiye.
Awards
Best Researcher Award – EADV Alumni Club
Every year, in occasion of the Congress, the EADV Honours and Awards Committee, under the chairpersonship of Prof. Asia Prohic, offers to one specialist or resident in dermatology and/or venereology who is an EADV member and a member of the EADV Alumni Club an award consisting of:
- a free registration to the EADV Congress
- a travel stipend of 1000€
- a free membership for the next calendar year
- an invitation to speak at the EADV Congress scheduled for the upcoming year
Application mandatory criteria
- Must be an EADV Member
- Must have been previously awarded one of the EADV Scholarships (MHMS, JSMS, ISNEMS) and be part of the EADV Alumni Club
- Must be under 45 years of age (at the time of the application)
- Must not have previously received this award nor being selected for another Scholarship/Grant in the same year
- Must have a minimum of 1000 points within the list of publications
- Must present on his/her professional career during the scholarship ceremony (10-minutes speech)
- Will be expected to prepare a brief report at the conclusion of their experience
- Must have adequate knowledge of the English language
Required documentation (in English)
Please, ensure that the list is filled in/updated accordingly before uploading it.
Scoring system
Evaluation of applications is made based on an objective assessment of the applicant’s scientific activities, according to the below scoring system:
| Typology of publication | 1st or last author (Number of points) | Any other place in the authors’ list (Number of points) |
| Paper published in a journal indexed in PubMed | 20 | 10 |
| Book or chapter published by an international publisher | 16 | 8 |
| Paper published in a journal NOT indexed in PubMed | 10 | 5 |
| Book or chapter published by a national publisher | 8 | 4 |
| Oral or other presentation presented in an international congress | 2 | 0 |
| Oral or other presentation presented in a national congress | 1 | 0 |
A minimum of 1000 points is required to gain eligibility for the BRA.
We advise that applicants do not wait until the last day to submit the application as the whole procedure and eventual reviews require time to be finalised.
How to apply
To apply, you need to access the MyEADV platform and navigate to the Opportunities / Best Researcher Award section.
Make sure that you log into the platform using your EADV-member credentials (email address + password).
EADV Best Researcher Award
- Applications open on 16 Dec 2024
- Deadline 19 Feb 2025 - 13:00 CET
