RICHARD COLLIN AWARD – JUNIOR AWARD OF ESOPRS
Are you 35 years or younger? Submit your abstract and apply for the Junior ESOPRS Award today!
The deadline to apply for the award is 14th of August 2025
“The ESOPRS awards a prize for the best research by a young scientist. …It is hoped that this award will inspire young scientists to increase their research and development in plastic, reconstructive, lid, orbital and lacrimal surgery.”
The prize of the award is 3000 € (Euro) and a silver-plated encrypted skin hook. The prize must be used to further advance the education of the winner.
The 2025 Junior Award winner will give a short presentation at the next Annual Meeting in 2026 in hopes this will inspire other young colleagues in our subspecialty.
Please note that both the oral (incl. rapid fire) and e-poster abstract submissions are eligible to apply for this award.
Check the guidelines via this link: https://www.esoprs.eu/junior-award/
and submit your abstract today to esoprs25prague@associationsltd.co.uk
For any further information, please contact the congress secretariat through esoprs25prague@associationsltd.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you in Prague!
Full guidelines at https://www.esoprs.eu/junior-award/
Please note that both the oral (incl. rapid fire) and e-poster abstract submissions are eligible to apply for this award. Abstracts to be submitted must meet the following requirement :
1. The author must be 35 years of age or younger.
2. The abstract has to be submitted and has to be accepted by the Programme Committee before applying for the Junior Award.
3. The research must deal with the orbit and/or ocular adnexa. Basic research on anatomical histopathological or physiopathological problems, as well as clinical/experimental work will be accepted. The work must have been carried out in a European department and be original and unpublished.
4. Only one person per submission can apply for the award. Collaborative papers (maximum three investigators) will be accepted only if they represent exceptional or outstanding discoveries.
5. The deadline to apply for the award is 14th of August 2025. This requires a paper submission of up to ten pages, and an outline on how the money of the award would be used. This should be emailed to esoprs25prague@associationsltd.co.uk
6. The winner must present a short outline on how they benefitted from the award at the next meeting of E.S.O.P.R.S.
7. The Jury of five members will be selected by the Committee. The jury will consist of the President, the Secretary, and three members of the committee. They will select the winning paper by majority vote.
8. The price of the award is 3000 € (Euro) and must be used to further the education of the winner.
Organisational remark: Applications for the junior award should kindly directed to the local organizer of the Annual Meeting at esoprs25prague@associationsltd.co.uk and for information only to the secretary of ESOPRS, secretary@esoprs.eu.
