Eligibility Criteria and Guidelines
ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prizes awarded by EFIS in immunology and allergology
These prizes will honor the best doctoral theses defended in topics related to immunology and allergology in European universities/institutions in the last 3 years prior to the application deadline (December 31, 2023). Hence, applicants must haved earned their doctoral degree after January 1, 2021 in order to be considered eligible.
Candidates for the ACTERIA Doctoral Prizes awarded by EFIS must submit the following:
- Curriculum Vitae (2 pages max.) with publications, including primary research articles, reviews, book chapters, conference proceedings, oral presentations, etc. (acceptance letter(s) required for publications not yet published or in press)
- Summary of dissertation including a summary of activity since earning the doctoral degree (3 pages max.)
- Proof of date of doctoral degree defense
- Letter of reference from doctoral degree supervisor
- Proof of Membership in an EFIS-affiliated National Society
- Proposed research project (3 Pages max.) including: state-of-the-art, questions addressed, research program and methods, expected results, feasibility, potential bottlenecks and solutions, if necessary, timeline, short list of references.
- Letter from the Host Institution where the project will be conducted, confirming that appropriate facilities will be guaranteed to the researcher in the event the project is approved, and including a statement that the safety rules of the organization will be applied.
- Ethics statement (applicable for research using human or animal samples or conducted in humans or animals) confirming that the proposed project will be submitted to the appropriate Institutional Review Board/Ethics Committee before funding is awarded by the Fondation ACTERIA.
The above complementary supporting documents must be submitted as either Word or PDF files.
Note: the names of the uploaded files will be generated automatically by the system.
Following the submission deadline, candidates' applications will be forwarded to the EFIS-affiliated National Society to which they belong. Thereafter, National Societies will review applications and, based on the quality of proposals, ultimately formulate two (2) nominations, one in immunology and one in allergology, to be formally submitted to the ACTERIA Prizes Selection Jury.
Prize winners will be announced in May 2024.