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The ESC Training & Research Grants Committee is pleased to announce that the following applicants have been awarded an ESC Atherothrombosis Research Grant.
As all applications were of high quality, it was a very difficult selection process.
These grants have been made possible by Schering-Plough.
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Awardees |
Research on |
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Vincenti Maria Gabriella (Italy) |
Relationship between increasing Body Weight, Adipocytokines, Endocannabinoids, Coronary Circulatory Dysfunction, as determined with PET and its Effect on Regional Left Ventricular Function as assessed with tagged MRI |
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Perrino Cinzia (Italy) |
Effects of the acridine derivative quinacrine on atherosclerosis, thrombosis and vascular biology. |
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Byrne Robert (Ireland) |
Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind, Active-Controlled, Multicenter Trial of Abciximab and Bivalirudin in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions. |
This fellowship is aimed at European cardiologists under 36 years of age who wish to undertake original basic or applied/clinical research in the area of atherothrombotic diseases in a European centre of excellence for a maximum period of one year.
Secondary research projects such as meta-analysis projects are excluded.
Eligibility
Level of support
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3 awardees will be selected per year and each will receive 50,000 Euros.
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The amount will be expected to cover a fellowship of a duration of 12 months.
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A given individual will not be able to apply for more than one grant for the duration of the programme.
The funds must be used to support the awardees salary and the cost of consumables for the project but not equipment or other costs in the host institution.
The closing date for the submission of application forms is 15 January 2009
Download your application form (PDF 50 Kb) and read the rules for the ESC Atherothrombosis Research Fellowships.
The ESC would like to thank Schering-Plough for making this fellowship possible. |