Awards & Fellowships

Sabbatical Leave Programme

Introduction

The ESPE Sabbatical Leave Programme permits ESPE members older than 40 years to take a sabbatical in order to carry out research in another institution, thereby providing a unique opportunity for scientific renewal, new research development and the establishment of collaborative links.

This year there is still one grant available for 15,000 Euros. An application form and further information can be found below. Applications should be sent by email to Jan-Maarten Wit, Chairman of the ESPE Sabbatical Leave Committee, at: j.m.wit@lumc.nl by the deadline of 15 November 2011.

Progress Report

How to apply

Applicants must send four copies of the completed application form, a cover letter, a short CV with a list of most relevant publications and a Host Institution statement.

Click here to download a copy of the application form. If you have queries, please email Jan-Maarten Wit.

This initiative is made possible by the generous support of the Eli-Lilly International Corp., USA.

Previous Winners

  • 1993 David Milner (d. 1996) Sheffield, England; Tomasz Romer Warsaw, Poland
  • 1994 Michael Preece London, England
  • 1995 - not awarded -
  • 1996 Alex Eberle Basel, Switzerland; Marc Maes Brussels, Belgium; Raimo Voutilainen Kuopio, Finland
  • 1997 - not awarded -
  • 1998 Cecilia Camacho-Hübner, London, England
  • 1999 Marie-Christine Lebrethon, Liège, Belgium.
  • 2000 Chris Kelnar, Edinburgh, Scotland (see report (pdf) (14kb)); Ursula Kuhnle-Krahl, Munich, Germany
  • 2001 Ursula Kuhnle-Krahl, Munich, Germany; Jeremy Wales Sheffield, England; Niels Birkebaek Aarhus, Denmark; Heike Jung Hanover, Germany; Nurgun Kandemir Ankara, Turkey
  • 2002 Jeremy Wales, Sheffield, England
  • 2003 Serge Lumbroso Nimes, France; Christian Roth Bonn, Germany
  • 2004 Pal Njolstad, Bergen, Norway (see report (pdf) (23kb)). Host: Ronald Kahn, USA; Christian Roth, Bonn, Germany (see report (pdf) (166kb)). Host: Sergio Ojeda, USA.
  • 2005 Ieuan Hughes, Cambridge, UK (see report (pdf) (34kb)). Hosts: Joseph Majzoub, USA and Peter Gluckman, New Zealand; Iréne Netchine, Paris, France (see report (pdf) (81kb)) Host: Pinchas Cohen, USA.
  • 2006 Jan Maarten Wit, Leiden, Netherlands (see report (pdf) 26kb)). Host: Michael Ranke, Germany.
  • 2007 Primus Mullis, Bern, Switzerland: Rescuing autosomal dominant growth hormone deficiency type II. Host: Iain Robinson, UK; 2007: Jacques Pantel, Paris, France: The ghrelin system in the zebra fish model. Host: R D Cone, USA.
  • 2008 Ze'ev Hochberg, Haifa, Israel (see report (pdf) (107kb)). Host: Peter Gluckman, New Zealand. 2008 Theo Sas, Ridderkerk, The Netherlands: The role of Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) in pre- and postnatal growth. A study in normal and fetal growth restricted pregnancies and in children born small for gestational age (SGA) with or without Silver Russell Syndrome (SRS) (see report (pdf) (13kb)). Host: Yves Le Bouc, France.
  • 2009 Wieland Kiess, Leipzig, Germany (see report (pdf) (28kb)) Host: George Werther, Australia. 2009 Fabrizio Barbetti, Rome, Italy: RNA-based therapy for infancy onset diabetes caused by mutations of the insulin gene. Host: Domenico Accili.
  • 2010 Serap Turan, Istanbul, Turkey: The temporal profile of Gs imprinting and XLs expression in the renal proximal tubule during the early postnatal period in mice (see report (pdf) (115kb)). Host: Henry Kronenberg and Murat Bastepe, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 2010 Jorma Toppari, Turku, Finland: Importance of normal testicular development for male reproductive health (see report (pdf) (59kb)). Host: Anders Juul, Copenhagen, Denmark.