Awards and Travel Grants

Abstract Submission Deadline was

Thursday, 25 February, 2010, 23:59, CET

Travel Grant for the best abstracts on COPD

15 grants of €1'000 each, kindly supported by Boehringer Ingelheim, are given to presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts related to COPD and

• who are presently conducting originial research in COPD
• who are 45 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who are ERS members
• whose abstract is accepted for poster presentation
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years
• whose research has not been previously sponsored by pharmaceutical companies

The award of €1'000 must be used by the winner as a support to attend the Barcelona 2010 Congress (travel, accommodation, etc.) and present the selected poster.

Grant for Best Abstracts in Rehabilitation & Chronic Care

Five grants of respectively €1'500 (1^st prize), €1'000 (2^nd prize), €500 (3^rd to 5^th prize) kindly supported by DeltaCell, are given to presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts

• to Group 1.2 "Rehabilitation and Chronic Care" (please consult the description of Group 1.2 that can be found under http://dev.ersnet.org/41-1-clinical.htm to have a detailed list of the topics covered by these grants)
• who are 40 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Interventional Pulmonology Travel Grant

Two grants of €1'000 each, kindly supported by Olympus Medical Systems Europa GmbH, are given to presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts

• who have submitted the best abstract submitted to Group 1.4 "Interventional pulmonology"
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Noninvasive Ventilation Awards

Two grants of €1'500 each, kindly supported by ResMed Asia Pacific, are given to presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts

• to Group 2.2 "Noninvasive ventilatory support"
• who are 35 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Cell and Molecular Biology Young Scientist Travel Awards

Five grants of €1'500 each, kindly supported by AstraZeneca, will be given to presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts

• to any group of Assembly 3 "Cell and Molecular Biology"
• who are 40 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Excellence Grant in Exercise and Gas Exchange

One grant of €1'500 kindly supported by MEDGRAPHICS, is given to the presenting author who has submitted the best abstract

• to group 4.1 "Gas Exchange and Exercise"
• who is an ERS member
• who has never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Travel Grant for Sleep Medicine

Three grants of €1'000 each, kindly supported by Weinmann, are given to the presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts

• to Group 4.2 "Sleep and control of breathing"
• who are 40 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

François Brenot Grant

One grant of € 1'000 kindly supported by AstraZeneca, is given to the presenting author who has submitted the best abstract

• to Group 4.4 "Pulmonary circulation and pulmonary vascular disease"
• who is 35 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who has never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Annual Inflammatory Airway Diseases and Clinical Allergy Grant

Three grants of respectively €2'000, €1'000 and €500 kindly supported by ChiesiGroup, are given to the presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts

• to any group of Assembly 5 "Inflammatory Airway Diseases and Clinical Allergy"
• who are 40 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Occupation and Epidemiology Young Investigator Grant

A Blackberry® Smart Phone is offered by Peter Holmes to the presenting author who has submitted the best abstract

• to any group of Assembly 6 " Occupation and Epidemiology Assembly"
• who is 35 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who has never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Paediatric Respiratory Epidemiology Abstract Grant

Three grants of €1'000 each, kindly supported by Bayer Schering Pharma AG, are given to the presenting author who have submitted the best abstract

• to Group 7.6 "Paediatric Respiratory Epidemiology"
• who is 40 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Lung Transplantation Best Abstract Grant

One grant of €2'000 kindly supported by Astellas Belgium, is given, in recognition of advances in the field of lung transplantation, to the presenting author who has submitted the best abstract

• to Group 8.2 "Transplantation"
• who has never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Research Excellence Grant in Respiratory Infections

Two grants of €1'500 each kindly supported by Cellestis, are given to the presenting authors who have submitted the best abstracts

• to any group of Assembly 10 "Respiratory Infections"
• who are 40 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who have never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Young Researcher Grant: Respiratory Infection Aetiological Diagnosis

One grant of €1'500 kindly supported by Brahms, is given to the presenting author who has submitted an excellent abstract related to  Respiratory Infection Aetiological Diagnosis

• to any group of Assembly 10 "Respiratory Infections"
• who is a member of the ERS
• who is 35 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who has have never won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Young Researcher Grant: In Tuberculosis

One grant of €1'500 kindly supported by Oxford Immunotec Ltd, is given to the presenting author who has submitted an excellent abstract related to tuberculosis

• to group 10.2 " Tuberculosis"
• who is a member of the ERS
• who is 40 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who has never won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years

Young Investigator Grant: on Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis

One grant of €3'000 kindly supported by Hain Lifescience GmbH, is given to the presenting author who has submitted an excellent abstract related to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

• to group 10.2 " Tuberculosis"
• who is a member of the ERS
• who is 35 years of age, or under, at the time of the application deadline
• who has never have won this specific grant previously, nor any other ERS award or grant in the last two years