Julia Polak European Doctorate Awards

This award is given by the ESB council and is presented during the Annual Conference of the ESB, during the Young Scientist Forum session. The winner will be given a certificate.

The nominee must be member in good standing of the European Society for Biomaterials at the time of application. Candidates for EDA do not need to be associated with a supervisor that is an ESB member. The candidate must fulfil the following criteria.

General criteria (A-E)

A.   The candidate must have completed his/her Ph.D. in a relevant scientific area (Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Materials Science, Biochemistry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, etc.) before the deadline of the application, according to the rules of the University and the country where the Ph.D. has been registered. The thesis has to be judged by at least one teaching member of staff from another European Educational Institution. The application must be submitted within two years from the defense/viva voce examination.

B.    The candidate must have spent at least one month of research work in a country outside the country of the home institution (for more details, see the credits assignment criteria below).

C.    The candidate must have at least three published peer-reviewed international publications, of which two as first author (for more details, see the credits assignment criteria below).

D.   The candidate must have at least three active participations at an international meeting as presenting author (at least one of them must be an ESB or WBC conference) (for more details, see the credits assignment criteria below).

E.    The candidate must earn a minimum of 70 credits (out of 120 total credits) assigned by the ESB education committee after examination of his/her application. These 70 credits are intended to demonstrate that the candidate received high standard research education and training at a European level in the fields of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, and that he/she was able to produce scientific results deserving recognition by being published and accepted in high quality journals and conferences. Credits are assigned as follows.

Credits assignment criteria (1-6)

1.     International Research Visits (max 40)

The research visits must last at least one month (preferably three months or longer). They must be to a different country from that of the student's home university. They 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 (max 25)

At least three fully accepted international peer reviewed publications, of which at least two as first author, obtained during PhD or within two years after completion of PhD degree. Patent applications may be considered as equivalents.

Assigned credits: 5 credits per international publication, with a maximum of 25 credits

3.     Active Participation at International Meetings (max 20)

At least 3 active participations as presenting author (poster or oral presentation) at international conferences. At least one of them should be an ESB annual conference with a certificate of attendance. Abstracts for each participation should be provided.

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

4.     International courses (max 15)

The courses, complementary to the education during the Master Degree, should be taken at international laboratories or at International Training Workshops. Certificates of attendance should be provided.

Assigned credits: 5 credits for a course or training of minimal 12 hrs, with a maximum of 15 credits

5.     International Awards/Prizes (max 10)

Awards at international conferences, including best poster award and best oral presentation, will give credits. Certificates should be provided.

Assigned credits: 5 credits per award, with a maximum of 10 credits

6.     Active Participation in EC-Projects (max 10)

PhD students who have performed their PhD work within the context of a European project and have presented their own work at the project’s meetings or workshops can gain credits.

Assigned credits: 5 credits per presentation, with a maximum of 10 credits

GUIDELINES

Applicants should follow this procedure:

• The candidate registers with ESB by applying with a form that can be downloaded from this website. The filled form must give evidence that the candidate accomplished the listed criteria, making sure that the mandatory requirements are included.
• This application should outline the Ph.D. subject and details about Ph.D. examination, the visited international university(ies)/organization(s)/company(ies), the list of publications (including titles), presentations at international meetings (including titles), attended international courses, received awards and prizes and participation to EC project(s). The completed application should be countersigned by the PhD supervisor.
• A letter from the supervisor stating that the candidate has been a major contributor to the journal publications, participated actively in the international conferences and did the listed international research visits should be attached.
• Attachments including certificates of ESB current membership, abstracts of international conferences’ participation, certificates for international courses/awards and visits should be provided.
• The Education Committee of the ESB will either accept the proposal or identify defects and then suggest corrections, before proceeding with the evaluation.
• The ESB Education Committee attributes credits to the applicants and shall draw up the list of candidates eligible for EDA.
• The President of the ESB and the Education Committee Chairperson sign the EDA Diploma.
• The formal EDA document is handed over to the awardee on occasion of the next coming ESB annual conference (the following year when the ESB conference is replaced by the World Biomaterials Congress).

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: Prof. Karine Anselme (karine.anselme@uha.fr) and to the ESB secretary (secretary@esbiomaterials.eu).

COMMITTEE

The Education Committee is a sub-committee of the ESB Council and consists of the ESB council Education officer, the spokesperson and the education officer from the Young Scientists Forum YSF.

- Prof Karine Anselme (ESB council Education Officer)

- Dr Elena Maria Varoni (YSF Spokesperson)

- Dr Nicola Contessi Negrini (YSF Education officer)

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 = Human Development Index (HDI) < 0.850.

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 31st of May each year when ESB conference is held. No application is possible in the year the World Congress of Biomaterials takes place.

Nominations should be sent to secretary@esbiomaterials.eu

List of Educational Awards winners-Ridolf Cimdins scholarships

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 registered ESB graduate member from European universities, in good standing. The home and host laboratories should be both affiliated to ESB (i.e. the head of the lab or supervisor of the candidate should be ESB member in good standing).

The exchange program should last 3 months. Winners will be notified during the Young Scientist Forum (YSF), receive a certificate and €1500 to cover part of their mobility cost.  

Candidates should provide:

1. A Curriculum Vitae with the ESB membership certificate.
2. A page that describes the objectives of the project and the added value of the mobility.
3. A supervisor letter from the home laboratory (member of ESB), stating that he/she is member of the ESB at the time of the application, and supporting the candidate’s project/mobility.
4. A letter from the host laboratory (member of ESB), stating that he/she is member of the ESB at the time of the application, and supporting the candidate’s project/mobility.

The candidate should be the 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: Prof. Karine Anselme (karine.anselme@uha.fr) and to the ESB secretary (secretary@esbiomaterials.eu)

COMMITTEE

The Education Committee is a sub-committee of the ESB Council and consists of the ESB council Education officer, the spokesperson and the education officer from the Young Scientists Forum YSF.

- Prof Karine Anselme (ESB council Education Officer)

- Dr Elena Maria Varoni (YSF Spokesperson)

- Dr Nicola Contessi Negrini (YSF Education officer)

EDA Julia Polak - Awardees

Awardee	Institution
2016
Estelle COLLIN	National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Arita DUBNIKA	Riga Technical University, Latvia
Sujit KOOTALA	Uppsala University, Sweden
Yvonne LANG	National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Masoud MOZAFARI	Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC), Iran
Valeria PERUGINI	University of Brighton, United Kingdom
2017
Luis Antonio DIAZ GOMEZ	Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Manuel GOMEZ FLORIT	University of Balearic Island, Spain
Claudia LOEBEL	ETH, Switzerland
Attilio MARINO	Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Artur Daniel MOREIRA PINTO	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018
David BAIAO BARATA	Maastricht University, Netherlands
Mani DIBA	Radboud University, Netherlands
Daniela Filipa DUARTE CAMPOS	RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Laura ELOMAA	Aalto University, Finland
Helena FELGUEIRAS	Université Paris 13, France
Diana GIOL	Ghent University, Belgium
Selestina GIORGEVA	University of Maribor, Slovenia
Annemie HOUBEN	Ghent University, Belgium
Arturo IBANEZ	University of Valladolid, Spain
Catarina LEITE PEREIRA	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Emanuele MAURI	Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Isma MOHD ISA	National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Esen SAYIN	Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey
Graciosa TEIXEIRA	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Dilip THOMAS	National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Lorenzo VANNOZZI	Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy
2019
Fernando ALVAREZ-RIVERA	Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Maria BONIFACIO	University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
Nicola CONTESSI NEGRINI	Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Tom KAMPERMAN	University of Twente, Netherlands
Francesca TALLIA	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2020
Ashwini Rahul AKKINENI	TU Dresden, GERMANY
Chiara Emma CAMPIGLIO	Dept Chemistry, Politecnico, Milano Italy
Cristiana CARVALHO	I3Bs, Minho Portugal
Tatjana FLORA	BIOFORGE, Valladolid Spain
Lukas GRITSCH	FAU, Erlangen Germany
Mariana RODRIGUES CARVALHO	I3Bs, Minho Portugal
Joanna SADOWSKA	UPC-Barcelona TECH Spain
Aliya SHARIPOVA	Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, Tomsk, Russia
Flavia TEIXERA DE CASTRO	I3S, Porto, Portugal
Liesbeth TYTGAT	CMaC, Ghent University, Belgium
Jasper VAN HOORICK	CMaC, Ghent University, Belgium
2021
Sergio ACOSTA	BIOFORGE, Valladolid, Spain
Alexandra Manuela Fernandes BRITO	3B's, Guimaraes, Portugal
Paulo CONTESSOTTO	CÚRAM, Galway, Ireland
Nieves CUBO MATEO	ITEFI – CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Marc FERNANDEZ	CÚRAM, Galway, Ireland
Fabio GARRUDO	IST, Lisbon, Portugal
Bianca LOURENCO	INEB, I3S, Porto Portugal
Barbara MENDES	3B's, Lisbon, Portugal
Ana MORA BOZA	ICTP, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Andreia PEREIRA	INEB, I3S, Porto, Portugal
María PUERTAS BARTHOLOME	ICTP, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Katarzyna RECZYNSKA	AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow Poland
Juhi SAMAL	CÚRAM, Galway, Ireland

Racquel LeGeros Award - Awardees

Awardee	Home Lab	Host Lab
2015
Claudia LOEBEL	AO Davos, Switzerland	University of Pennsylvania, USA
2016
Nicola CONTESSI NEGRINI	Politecnico di Milano, Italy	Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
2017
Krzystof PIETRYGA	Warsaw University of Technology, Poland	University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
2019
Raveena BHONDI	King’s College London, United Kingdom	Maastricht University, Netherlands
Martyna HUNGER	Warsaw University of Technology, Poland	Lancaster University, United Kingdom
2020
Margherita MONTANARI	ISTEC, CNR, Faenza, Italy	Dr. Ahmad Rashad, Pr. M. Kamal, Dpt Clinical Dentistry, Bergen, Norway
2021
Daphne VAN DER HEIDE	AO Research Institute Davos (ARI), AO Foundation, Switzerland	BioTis-Inserm 1026, University of Bordeaux, France
Gregor MIKLOSIC	AO Research Institute Davos (ARI), AO Foundation, Switzerland	RMEs Inserm U1229, University of Nantes, France

Rudolf Cimdins scholarships

2015
Ayşe Selcen ALAGÖZ	Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Cemile Kılıç BEKTAS	Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Pallabi PAL	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Esen SAYIN	Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Pavan SRIVAS	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
2017
Marina SOKOLOVA	Riga Technical University, Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre,  Latvia
Tugba DURSUN	Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
2018
	Indian Institute of Science, India
Mielan BARTOSZ	AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Carmen HERNANDEZ	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,Mexico
Carolina Angulo PINEDA	Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Febe VASQUEZ	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Felipe OLATE-MOYA	Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
N. Zeynep RENKLER	Yalova University, Turkey
Negar ABBASI AVAL	Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
Piyush Kumar GUPTA	Department of Biotechnology, IIT-Madras, Chennai, India
2018
Nathália Oderich MUNIZ	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Adel BADRIA	Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey