Young Investigator Award

The Society offers the prestigious ‚Young Investigator Awards‘ (YIA). The first prize is up to 1000€. Applicants must be predoctoral or researchers with no more than 3 years postdoctoral experience

Applicants must be members of the Society or have applied to become members (this can be done at the time of application).

The finalists present their work in the form of a 15 min oral presentation followed by a 5 min discussion during a special session.
The presentation file (.pdf or Microsoft PowerPoint format) should be send to the Organisers not later than: is not defined yet

Oral Communications

Oral presentations are scheduled for 15 min, which includes a 5-min discussion. The presentation itself should be no longer than 10 min.

Poster Presentations & Poster Prize

An individual number will be assigned to each single poster.
Posters should be in A0 format, portrait oriented (height 120 cm x width 90 cm, no landscape). The title should be typed in capital letters and the authors should appear next, underlining the author who presents the poster, followed by the address of the authors.
Logos should not exceed the final size of 5×5 cm and should be placed in the upper left corner of the poster only. Poster number should be placed in upper right corner.
All posters will also be presented in a guided poster walk. Each presenting author will be given up to five minutes to make a brief oral presentation introducing their poster.

Presenters are encouraged to stand by their posters during the coffee breaks and the poster session.

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