Find out about all funding opportunities based on your research project and achievements.
Main Awards for ERS Members
Applications for ERS Main Awards 2012 is now closed:
- ERS COPD Research Award Programme: one main research award of € 50,000 and 15 COPD Travel of € 1,000 each supported by Boehringer Ingelheim.
- ERS Romain Pauwels Research Award of € 50,000 supported by GlaxoSmithKline.
- ERS Maurizio Vignola Award on Innovation in Pneumology of € 20,000 for the best published paper supported by Chiesi Foundation.
- ERS Award for Achievement in NSCLC of 11,250€ financially supported by AstraZeneca.
- ERS Award for Rare Pulmonary Disease of 10,800€ supported by GlaxoSmithKline.
- ERS Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Research Award of € 10,000 supported by Actelion.
- ERS Research Award on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis of €7,500 supported by InterMune.
Specific Grant for ERS Members
Application for the 2012 ERS Specific Grant is now closed:
ERS Sir John Vane Grant for Innovation in Pulmonary Vascular Research of €2,500 supported by United Therapeutics Europe, Ltd (UTEL)
Abstracts Grants are now closed.
When submitting an abstract, you had various opportunities to apply for a Grant. The Grants based on an abstract for the ERS Congress Vienna 2012 are:
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Annual Inflammatory Airway Diseases and Clinical Allergy Grant Supported by ChiesiGroup |
3 grants of € 2,000 |
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1 grant of 1,000€ |
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2 grants of € 1,000 each |
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2 grants of € 1,500 each |
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3 grants of € 1,000 each |
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15 grants of € 1,000 each |
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ERS Grant for Best Abstract in Paediatric Respiratory Epidemiology 2012 Supported by Abdi Ibrahim |
1 grant of € 1,000 |
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Travel Grant for Allied Respiratory Professional for best Abstract Supported by ResMed |
3 grants of € 333 each |
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1 grant of € 2,000 |
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1 grant of € 1,500 |
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1 grant of € 1,500 |
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1 grant of €1,000 |
Notification for the application will be communicated directly to the Grants' recipients.
Sponsorship are now closed.
When submitting an abstract, you had various opportunities to apply for a sponsorship.
Silver and Gold Sponsorship
A limited number of sponsorship opportunities are available to authors of accepted abstract from countries of Eastern and Central Europe and developing countries.
Application is by checking the appropriate box on the abstract submission form.
Two levels of sponsorship are awarded, Gold and Silver, depending on the quality of the abstract as evaluated by the Scientific Programme Committee.
Gold Sponsorship:
- a fixed amount to cover travel and accommodation expenses
- free registration to the Annual Congress
- two Postgraduate Courses
Silver Sponsorship:
- a fixed amount to cover accommodation expenses
- free registration to the Annual Congress
- two Postgraduate Courses
ERS Young Scientist Sponsorship
ERS supports a limited number of young scientists with a € 600 grant to attend the ERS Annual Congress. It covers travel, accommodation, and registration.
Application is by checking the appropriate box on the abstract submission form.
Candidate criteria:
- Non-medical doctors
- Would not normally receive support from pharmaceutical companies to attend the Congress
- Granted to the authors of the best abstracts based on the reviewers' scores and comments
- Presenting author of the selected abstract
- Aged 35 years or under by 1 September 2012 and hold a PhD with no medical degree
