Call for Entries: Eppendorf Young European Investigators Award 2021

From 1 October 2020 to 15 January 2021, young researchers not older than 35 years, with an advanced degree and who are working in Europe, can apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. This highly prestigious €20,000 prize acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts.

The winner will be selected by an independent, expert committee, chaired by Reinhard Jahn (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany).

The Award winner 2021 will receive:

• Prize money of €20,000
•  Prize ceremony at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany, on 24 June 2021, in conjunction with the ‘Young European Investigators Conference 2021’
•  Visit to Eppendorf AG in Hamburg, Germany
• Coverage of his/her work by Nature in print and online (including a podcast)

Only online applications are accepted. The official online registration portal will accept applications as of 1 October 2020 here

The Eppendorf award for Young European Investigators is presented in partnership with Nature.

More details about the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, the selection criteria and Award winners since 1995 can be found here

More details about the Young European Investigators Conference 2021 can be found here