Research Prize
UEG awards a research prize worth € 100.000 each year for excellence in basic science, translational or clinical research.
The recipient must be able to demonstrate that their work has had an impact in its field and its quality has been recognised internationally.
The prize is intended to support winners in financing their future research projects. It may be used to purchase equipment, research consumables and as salary support.
By donating this prize we aim to accompany scientific projects from early stages to successful conclusion!
Application is open until June 3, 2013.
2012 Prize Winner Ludvig M. Sollid
How to apply
With the Research Prize we target a senior well established active researcher, who is leading a substantial research group and the work should be conducted predominantly in Europe. To apply, please follow these steps:
- Download the call for applications
- Download the application form
- Submit the completed application form via the online application below.
Application is open until June 3, 2013.
Criteria of eligibility
- This prize is aimed at researchers at the height of their active research career.
- There must be at least 5 years before the candidate plans to retire.
- The work should have been supported by substantial peer reviewed grants.
- One major criterion is the standard of the best 10 publications by the researcher over the last 5 years.
The winner will be determined by the UEG Scientific Committee. All applicants will be informed about the status of their application by July 8, 2013.
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Professor Ludvig M. Sollid, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital
Professor Sollid is the Director of the Centre for Immune Regulation which is a Research Council of Norway and FOCIS Centre of Excellence. The Centre is located at the Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet in Norway. As internationally recognised expert on Coeliac Disease he has focused his career on advancing the understanding of Coeliac Disease on the molecular level. His primary research interests currently focus on the cellular and humoral immunology of Coeliac Disease.
The Research Prize will help to fund Professor Sollid’s project entitled “Antibody Response in Coeliac Disease”. He is exploring a key question related to the pathogenesis of the disorder: Why is the production of antibodies – in particular autoantibodies to transglutaminase 2 – controlled by exposure to the foreign protein gluten? With the prize money he aims to study antibodies to gluten and transglutaminase 2 that are produced by plasma cells of the coeliac lesion and to harness such antibodies to develop hopefully better diagnostic assays for Coeliac Disease.
He received his prize during the Opening Plenary Session at UEG Week Amsterdam on October 22, 2012.
- 2011 - Professor Pierre-Alain Clavien, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Research Project: “Liver regeneration – extending the potential of the liver after major surgery” - 2010 - Hans Clevers, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Research Project: “Develop techniques for ex vivo expansion and transplantation of stem cells from the human intestinal tract" - 2009: Jean Frédéric Colombel, Hopital Claude Huriez, Lille,France
Research Project:"ORIGIN: Observing Relatives, Immunity, Genetics and the mIcrobiome before the onset of CrohN’s disease" - 2008: Markus Neurath, University of Mainz, Germany
Research Project:"Molecular imaging of the intestinal immune system in IBD"
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