Outstanding Achievement Award

Applications for the 2018 awards will open in March 2018.

If you want to applyin 2018, please read the instructions below and prepare your application accordingly.

Criteria for eligibility

• Candidates must be investigators who are involved in basic research and have recently established themselves as independent investigators
• Typically less than 45 years old, candidates are expected to have sustained outstanding productivity over several years, resulting in a significant contribution to their chosen field. They are expected to continue a successful career
• Candidates must be members of one of the 10 ESC Working Groups* of the CBCS. If you are not a member, please note that you won't be able to apply. If you have joined recently, and you are not able to access the application form, please contact council@escardio.org

How to apply

Candidates can only apply via the online application form.

Before completing the online application form, prepare your pdf application file as you will have to attach it to your online application form.
At the time of application, formal eligibility criteria will be checked. If you are not eligible, the Outstanding Achievement Award application form will not be visible.

The pdf application file you will attach to your e-form should consist of a bio-sketch of:

• A cover letter with your age and the name of your working group
• 2 pages maximum describing recent contributions and achievements
• A page highlighting the 5 most important publications
• 2 names of referees, one from your own institution and one external
• A commitment to attend ESC Congress 2017

NB: All details, including the cover letter, should be provided in ONE pdf you will attach to your online application form.

Candidates must attend ESC Congress to receive their Award and confirm this commitment in their application; partial exemption of the Congress fee will be offered to allow Awardees to receive their award.

The selection committee will consist of members of the CBCS.

Applicants are typically notified of the outcome by mid-July.

Winners of the Outstanding Achievement Award 2016

Congratulations to:

Prof. Charalambos Antoniades MD, PhD

Prof. Sabine Steffens PhD, FESC 

*ESC Working Groups of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science:

• Cellular Biology of the Heart
• Myocardial Function
• Developmental Anatomy and Pathology
• Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
• Thrombosis
• Atherosclerosis & Vascular Biology
• Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation
• Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
• Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases
• e-cardiology

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