Julia Polak European Doctorate Awards

The award is given by the ESB council and presented annually during the Biomaterials conference of the Society. The ESB council will announce these awards during the Young Scientist Forum session. The winner will be given a certificate.

The nominee needs neither to be a member of the European Society for Biomaterials nor a citizen of a European country. The candidate must fulfill the following criteria.

Requirements

The candidate applies for and completes his/her Ph.D. according with the rules of his/her own country and university.

This means that the candidate will get a Ph.D. degree in a scientific area (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Bioengineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, etc.) according to the rules of the University and the country where the Ph.D. has been registered.

Candidates for EDA need not necessarily be associated with a supervisor that is an ESB member.

In order to be awarded his/her EDA, by the ESB, the candidate will have to register with ESB and earn or justify 60 credits

These 60 credits are intended to demonstrate that all candidates, whatever their scientific background, have all received high standard research education and training at a European level in the fields of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, and that they are also able to produce scientific results deserving recognition by being published and accepted in high quality journals and conferences.

The credit assignment criteria are specified below:

Maximum that can be obtained: 120

Minimum required: 60

Mandatory Requirements:

1) At least one month of research work in a country outside the country of the home institution.

2) At least two peer reviewed international publications, as first author.

3) At least two active participations at an international meeting as presenting author.

4) A total of 60 credits.

1.International Research Visits:

The visits, for a total of at least one month (preferably three months or longer), must be to a different country from that of the student's home university. The visit may be to a university, a company or a research centre. Training visits at companies are equally encouraged.

Credits equivalent to one month can be accumulated by visits of at least 2 weeks:

e.g. 4 two-weeks external visits are equivalent to 2 months

Assigned credits: 10 credits per month with a maximum of 40 credits

2. Publications

At least three fully accepted international peer reviewed publications, of which at least two as first author, obtained within two years after completion of PhD degree.

Patent applications may be considered as equivalents.

Assigned credits: max 20 credits

(5 credits per international publication, with a maximum of 20)

 

3. Active Participation at International Meetings

At least 3 active participations as presenting author, (poster or oral presentation) at international conferences with a certificate of attendance and a proof of presentation

(at least one of which should be an ESB annual conference)

Assigned credits: max 20 credits

(4 credits per presenting author of an oral or poster presentation, with a maximum of 20 credits)

 

4. Active Participation in EC-Projects

PhD students who have performed their PhD work within the context of a European project and have presented their own work at the various technical meetings (at least 2 presentations per year) can gain credits: 4 credits per presentation, with a max. of 20

Assigned credits: max 20 credits

 

5. Courses

The courses, complementary to the education during the Master Degree, may be taken

- at international laboratories

- at International Training Workshops

Assigned credits: max 15 credits

(5 credits for a course or training of minimal 12 hrs, with a maximum of 15 credits)

 

6. International Awards / Prizes

e.g. best poster award, best oral presentation.

Assigned credits: max 5

GUIDELINES

In order to fulfill the criteria, the following procedure has been defined:

 

1) The candidate registers with ESB by submitting an application.

The application form can be downloaded from this website.

2) This application should outline the Ph.D. subject, the university(ies)/organization(s) to visited, the list of publications (including titles), presentations at international meetings (including titles)

3) The completed application should be countersigned by the PhD supervisor,

4) The Education Committee of the ESB will either accept the proposal or identify defects and then suggest corrections.

5) The thesis defense or examination has to be carried out subject to the regulations of the candidates home university.

The thesis has to be judged by at least 1 teaching member of staff from another European Educational Institution.

6) Once the candidate has been awarded his/her PhD degree by his/her own University, he/she will provide the following evidence:

& a) A report of the accomplishments according to the listed criteria, making sure that the mandatory requirements are included. This report has to be countersigned by the Ph.D. Supervisor.

b) A letter from the supervisor stating that the candidate has been a major contributor to the journal publications and participated actively in the international conferences.

7) The ESB Education Committee either requires further information and point 5) has to be revised and fulfilled or the go ahead is given.

8) The President of the ESB and the Education Committee Chairperson sign the EDA Diploma.

9) The formal EDA document is handed over to the awardee on occasion of the next coming ESB annual meeting.

 

ESB-ACCREDITED TRAINING WORKSHOPS

The ESB Council encourages the organization of training workshops with tutorial lectures by experts in the field on occasion of their annual meetings.

In addition to that, the Council encourages universities and/or research consortia that organize training programmes in the field of Biomaterials and Tissue engineering to apply for ESB accreditation.

At present the following Training Workshops are ESB accredited:

• Advanced Summer School Interrogations at the Biointerface, organized by Professors Mario Barbosa (INEB, Portugal) and Josep Planell (IBEC, Barcelona) Website: www.ineb.up.pt
• CIRMIB Biomaterials School, organized by Prof. Claudio Migliaresi Website: www.cirmib.ing.unitn.it
• International School on Advanced Material Science and Technology, organized by Prof. Franco Rustichelli Website: www.isf.univpm.it
• Postgraduate educational program in Regenerative Medicine, organized by Prof. Frank Baaijens Website: www.regenerativemedicine.nl

COMMITTEE

Julia Polak European Doctorate Award – Education Committee

The Education Committee is a sub-committee of the ESB Council and consists of 2 ESB council members, 1 representative from the Young Scientists Forum YSF and 2 representatives from industry.

Composition of the education committee:

-Joelle Amedee (Vice-Chair)

-Izabela Stancu (YSF representative)

-Sandra van Vlierberghe (YSF representative)

-Nicholas Stark (Industry representative)

Application form

Download application form here

The deadline for the application is 31^st January each year.

Applications and supporting data should be sent to the Chairman of the Award: Chairman:  Joelle Amedee (joelle.amedee@inserm.fr) and to the ESB secretary :  secretary@esbiomaterials.eu 

Sponsored by the ESB, awards are given to any young scientist attending the ESB annual conferences. Application deadline for these awards is upon abstract submission to the annual ESB conference. The candidates should indicate on the Abstract Submission Form if they wish to be considered for the awards (the four best student Oral or the Poster presentation).

 

The Four Best Student Oral Presentations

The candidate must be a student (with a letter from their supervisor), be the presenting author of the presentation and must have had an abstract that was accepted during the official abstract submission process. Winners will be notified during the closing ceremony and receive €200 and a certificate.

 

The Four Best Student Poster Presentations

The candidate must be a student (with a letter from their supervisor), be the presenting author of the presentation and must have had an abstract that was accepted during the official abstract submission process. Winners will be notified during the closing ceremony and receive €150 and a certificate.

This scholarship is given by the ESB council and covers the full ESB conference registration fee of students (Bachelor, Master or PhD) who would otherwise not be able to attend the conference, as they have to travel a very long distance or come from a poorly funded country/group.

The recipients of the scholarship still need to pay the registration fee, but they will be reimbursed after the conference, after sending the invoice of the registration fee to the ESB treasurer.

Recipients are announced at the closing ceremony of the ESB conference. 

To apply, candidates should complete the application form (here).

The deadline for the application for this scholarship is the 31 st of May each year.

Applications should be sent to secretary@esbiomaterials.eu

This award is given to two graduate students per year who would like to pursue their research in International or European academic laboratories or companies dedicated to biomaterials and regenerative medicine with the aim to increase their knowledge in a specific topic and /or a technology.

The ESB Council gives this award. Awardees must be ESB member graduate and /or ESB member students from European universities. The exchange program should last 3 months. Winners will be notified during the Young Scientist Forum (YSF), receive a certificate and €1500 for covering a part of their mobility cost.  

Candidates and should provide.

1. A Curriculum Vitae
2. A page that describes the objectives and the added value of the mobility
3. A supervisor letter from the home laboratory (member of ESB)
4. A letter from the host laboratory (member of ESB)

The applicant should be an author of an abstract during the next ESB conference.

The deadline for the application is 31^st January each year.

Applications and supporting data should be sent to the Chairman of the Award: Chairman:  Prof. J. Amédée (joelle.amedee@inserm.fr)

Applications to be sent to: secretary@esbiomaterials.eu