Awards & Fellowships

Research Fellowship

 

Introduction

This Fellowship succeeds the Nordisk Grant for the Study of Growth which was established in 1978 on the initiative of Professor Andrea Prader, the late Professor Henning Andersen and the late Henry Brennum (Nordisk Gentofte A/S). The ESPE Research Fellowship is awarded to young paediatricians or scientists who desire a scientific career in paediatric endocrinology, in order to finance and support them during their research training for a period of up to two years.

Research fellowships are awarded on the basis of nominations received from ESPE- member Supervisors/Heads of Department.

The ESPE Research Fellowship Programme comprises the following:

  • Full Research Fellowships:
    Two years of research training in a centre of excellence. Support will be given to selected applicants in the following manner: medical doctors will be financed for supplemental clinical endocrine training, whereas PhDs will be financed for supplemental training to their previous basic scientific studies.
  • Short-term Research Fellowships:
    Two to six months of research training in a centre of excellence.

Regulations

  • Applicants are proposed by their current Supervisor/Head of Department, who must be an ESPE member.
  • Applicants should apply for a Research Fellowship where they spend at least 6 months outside their current institution.
  • Applicants for Short-term Research Fellowships must be working and resident within Eastern Europe.

Eligibility

  • Applicants for Research Fellowships should be fully trained in Paediatrics and intending to pursue a career in Paediatric Endocrinology. They will have received clinical endocrine training at their present institution and be in need of additional specialised research training.
  • PhDs may also apply, provided they work in, or are closely associated with, a Paediatric Endocrine Centre.
  • Applicants should demonstrate an interest in, and potential for, performing high quality research.

If you have any queries, please email anders.juul@rh.regionh.dk or c-sultan@chu-montpellier.fr

This initiative is made possible by the generous support of NovoNordisk, Denmark

2008 Application Process

If you have problems submitting your application online, please see the following documents.  You should complete the application form and email it to Anders Juul at anders.juul@rh.regionh.dk.

Previous Winners

  • 1991 Dr. Paivi J. Tapanainen, Oulu, Finland.
  • 1992 Dr. Christina K. Gantenbein, Athens, Greece.
  • 1992 Dr. Claudine Heinrichs, Brussels, Belgium.
  • 1992 Dr. Luis Perez-Jurado, Madrid, Spain.
  • 1992 Dr. Leo Dunkel Palo, Alto, Kuopio, Finland.
  • 1992 Dr. Martin Wabitsch, Ulm, Germany.
  • 1993 Dr. Catherine Le Stunff, Paris, France.
  • 1993 Dr. Päivi J. Miettinen, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 1994 Dr. Barbara Funk Giessen, Germany.
  • 1994 Dr. Lars Sävendahl Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1994 Dr. Francisco Miralles, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1995 Dr. Nicholas Bishop, Cambridge, England.
  • 1995 Dr. Alessandra Vottero, Parma, Italy.
  • 1996 Dr. Silvia González-Parra Madrid, Spain.
  • 1996 Dr. Ewa Lichtarowicz-Krynska, London, England.
  • 1997 Dr. José Carlos Monero Madrid, Spain.
  • 1997 Dr. Sylvie Tenoutasse Brussels, Belgium.
  • 1998 Dr. Thomas Siebler, Leipzig, Germany.
  • 1998 Dr. Nathalie Alos, Narbonne, France.
  • 1999 Dr. Beate Doecker, Datteln, Germany.
  • 1999 Dr. Sabine Heger, Leipzig, Germany.
  • 2000 Dr. Jarmo Jääskeläinen, Kuopio, Finland.
  • 2000 Dr. Joachim Woelfle, Bonn, Germany.
  • 2001 Dr. Birgit Köhler, Marburg, Germany.
  • 2001 Dr. Outimaija Makitie, Hyks, Finland.
  • 2002 Dr. Svetlana Lajic, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2002 Dr. Daniel Iliev, Sofia.
  • 2003 Dr. Agnès Linglart, Paris, France.
  • 2003 Dr. Martine Cools, Antwerp, Belgium.
  • 2004 Dr. Kathleen de Waele, Ghent, Belgium.
  • 2004 Dr. Catarina Limbert Zinterl, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 2005 Dr. Dominika Janus, Krakow, Poland.
  • 2005 Dr. Maria Loredana Marcovecchio, Chieti, Italy.
  • 2006 Dr. Kyriaki-Sandy Alatzoglou, London, UK.
  • 2006 Dr. Diane Rottembourg, Paris, France.
  • 2007 Dr. Delphine Fradin, Paris, France.
  • 2007 Dr. Stephen O'Riordan, Dublin, Ireland.