Annual EMDS Research Award for Young Investigators

2022 EMDS Research Award for Young Investigators (€ 1000)

The 35th EMDS meeting is happening in personam.

The EMDS now accepts applications for the 2022 Young Investigator Award, to the be presented on the the occasion of this year’s online meeting. The award will acknowledge fundamental and novel insight into the biology of macrophages and/or dendritic cells.
Suitable candidates must be EMDS members, should not be older than 40 years and in a senior postdoctoral or early principal investigator career stage. Applicants must have a previous, present or future affiliation with a European institute.

Please apply to thomas.decker{at}univie.ac.at by sending one PDF or accepted preprint of the relevant work, a biosketch and letter of motivation.

Deadline for application is July 10th 2022.


Previous award winners:

David Olagnier (2021)

Charlotte Scott (2019)

Renato Ostuni (2018)

Kathleen Grabert, Ph.D. (2017)

Florent Ginhoux (2014)

From left to right:

Prof. Silvano Sozzani (President of the EMDS), Dr. Florent Ginhoux (awardee) and a representative

of BD Biosciences from Austria


Antonio Castrillo (2012)

From left to right:

Prof. Günter Weiss (Councilor of the EMDS), Dr. Ulrike Schleicher (Councilor of the EMDS), Dr. Antonio Castrillo (awardee) and Prof. Silvano Sozzani (President of the EMDS)


Nicole Kaneider (2010)

From left to right:

Dr. Frans Nauwelaers, Scientific Director of BD Biosciences Europe, awardee Dr. Nicole Kaneider and Prof. Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock, President of the EMDS


Falk Nimmerjahn (2008)

From left to right:

Dr. Frans Nauwelaers, Scientific Director of BD Biosciences Europe, Prof. Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock, President of the EMDS, Dr. Vera Barra and Dr. Carla Jennewein, two recipients of the EMDS Conference Travel Award, and Dr. Falk Nimmerjahn


Teunis Geijtenbeek (2004)

From left to right:

Prof. Christian Bogdan, President of the EMDS; awardee Dr. Teunis Geijtenbeek; Dr. Frans Nauwelaers, Scientific Director of BD Bioscience Europe


Caetano Reis e Sousa (2002)

From left to right:

Dr. Frans Nauwelaers, Scientific Director of BD Bioscience Europe, awardee Dr. Caetano Reis e Sousa, Dr. Noel Warner, Vice President of BD Bioscience; Prof. Christian Bogdan, President of the EMDS