Welcome to the Early Career Scientists
To advance research in the respiratory virus infections field by early career scientists, ESWI launched its award for the most promising body of work. The competition is open to all early career scientists throughout the world, and is judged and reviewed by the ESWI board of Directors .
The prize is named in honour of Prof. Em. Claude Hannoun, a founding father of ESWI.
The Claude Hannoun prize for Best Body of Work winner will receive:
ESWI is delighted to announce the 2023 winners of the Early Career Scientist Awards!
Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work goes to Carolien van de Sandt.
The seventh edition of Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work goes to Carolien van de Sandt, Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne (Australia), for her substantial and impressive accomplishments to date in the field of understanding the dynamics of acute respiratory viruses.
"I am deeply honoured and proud to receive the Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work in recognition of my scientific contributions to the field. I have attended the ESWI conferences since the start of my PhD and this Prize and the scientists who received it before me have always been a huge inspiration. The Prize comes at a crucial stage of my career, as I am establishing my own independent Research Program. The Prize will increase the visibility of my research and is a great encouragement to pursue my research interests."
The first winner of the prize was Dr Gülsah Gabriel (2009). Today, Dr. Gabriel is a current member of the ESWI Board of Directors.
Receiving the Young Scientist Best Body of Work Award in my early career was a great motivation for me.
The second edition of the competition was won by Dr. Vincent Munster (2011). Dr. Munster has served on the ESWI Board of Directors from 2011 to 2014 to highlight the young scientist’s perspective.
In 2014 the prize for Best Body of Work was given to Dr. Damien Ekiert during the Young Scientists plenary session at the Fifth ESWI Influenza Conference on 17 September 2014.
"I felt very lucky to have been granted this recognition and support, and it remains one of the awards that I am most proud to have received. The award came at a critical stage during my career, as I was beginning to develop my own research program and launch my independent career. I appreciated the support of the award to attend the ESWI conference in Riga that year, where I had a chance to meet many of my European colleagues in person for the first time, and present my latest research."
I felt very lucky to have been granted this recognition and support, and it remains one of the awards that I am most proud to have received.
Dr. Debby Van Riel was awarded with the Best Body of Work prize at the Sixth ESWI Influenza Conference in Riga in September 2017. Dr. Van Riel is also a member of the ESWI Conference Scientific Programme Committee.
“In 2017, I had the honour to receive the ESWI award which was of course a great recognition of my scientific work. Also, the attention that it brought me enabled me to connect to many scientists worldwide. It also encouraged me to continue my research and to further establish a research team of young and enthusiastic scientists. So, thank you!”
The prize encouraged me to continue my research and to further establish a research team of young and enthusiastic scientists.
The 2020 Young Scientist Best Body of Work prize goes to Dr. Robert de Vries, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He received his award at the 7th ESWI Influenza Conference virtual edition (6-9 December 2020)
“Receiving the award was an amazing honour, and importantly recognised the
significance of glycobiology to study influenza A viruses. The prize enabled my lab to
expand our studies and contributed to the visibility of my lab. It also enlarged my network
and resulted in new and exciting collaborations.”
The prize enabled my lab to expand our studies and contributed to the visibility of my lab. It also enlarged my network and resulted in new and exciting collaborations.
In 2021 the prize went to Seth Zost, research fellow at the Vanderbilt Medical University.
"Receiving the Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work in 2021 was a great honour for me. As I am at the start of my own independent research career, being recognised and supported by an organisation of stellar scientists and having the opportunity to share my work with them was a deeply meaningful experience."
As I am at the start of my own independent research career, being recognised and supported by an organisation of stellar scientists was a deeply meaningful experience.
