ECG-Research Award
The European College of Gerodontology (ECG) Research Award aims to foster and honour research in the field of Gerodontology.
The prize of 5000€ will be offered to the winner during the 2024 Annual Congress of the European College of Gerodontology.
The Awards Committee will be nominated by the ECG Council. This will consist of three colleagues from different countries who are members of the European College of Gerodontology.
The principal author must be a member of the ECG of good standing. Membership is not restricted to Europe and Membership Application Forms can be downloaded from the ECG website and should be submitted to Prof. Anastassia Kossioni (akossion@dent.uoa.gr) and Prof. Martin Schimmel (martin.schimmel@zmk.unibe.ch).
The work shall be original and must not have been published nor presented prior to submission for this. It should be submitted as a 1000 word maximum abstract to Prof. Anastassia Kossioni (akossion@dent.uoa.gr). The submission shall indicate that the study is competing for the prize and must also fulfil the requirements defined by ECG for all abstract submissions to the annual programme.
The ECG Board will select the best three submissions to compete for the award during the Annual Congress. If selected for the award competition, a short presentation shall be prepared for the Annual Conference of the ECG for oral delivery. Evaluation for the award competition will be based on the submitted abstracts (65%) and the presentation of the work during the congress (35%). The remainder maximum ten submissions might be presented as posters during the annual congress.
We gratefully acknowledge that WIFO AZM is sponsoring this prize.
The deadline for submission is 10th April 2024
