EFIS-IL Lecture Award
EFIS Member Societies are encouraged to apply for the prestigious EFIS-IL Lecture Award, to invite an outstanding European immunologist to speak at their national meeting.
The EFIS-IL Lecture Award entitles the proponent National Society to receive 1000 Euros to offset the Lecturer's travel and participation expenses. In addition, the EFIS-IL Lecture Award Laureate receives a commemorative plaque depicting Paul Ehrlich and Elie Metchnikoff (below) and - on the condition that she/he authors a manuscript/review on her/his talk for publication in Immunology Letters - may receive an honorarium of 700 Euros. This manuscript should be submitted directly to the Editor-in-Chief of Immunology Letters within three months after the lecture.
Approval of the EFIS Board should be obtained before the prospective lecturer is invited. Applications should include a cover letter and the proposed laureate's CV and ten most important publications.
Please submit the application via e-mail to the email hidden; JavaScript is required and the email hidden; JavaScript is required, at least three months ahead of the meeting. Up to 10 lectures will be supported per year. This award may not be offered more than once to the same person.
Next deadline to submit your proposal: September 15, 2023.
EFIS-IL Lecture Award Laureates and Host Societies
2023
Caetano Reis e Sousa, Portuguese Society
Florent Ginhoux, Italian Society
2022
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Italian Society
Clare M. Lloyd, Irish Society
Oscar Palomares, Austrian Society
Emma Slack, German Society
Klaas van Gisbergen, Croatian Society
2021
Luigi Notarangelo, Italian Society
Henrique Veiga-Fernandes, Croatian Society
David C. Wraith, Scandinavian Society
2019
Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi, Hungarian Society
Teunis B.H. Geijtenbeek, Croatian Society
Menna R. Clatworthy, Scandinavian Society
Ignacio Melero, Portuguese Society
2018
Francisco Sánchez-Madrid, Hungarian Society
2017
Dan Eric Hultmark, Hungarian Society
James Di Santo, Italian Society
Maximiliano Gutierrez, Portuguese Society
2016
Guido Kroemer, Austrian Society
Lucy Walker, German Society
Claudia Berek, Hungarian Society
2015
Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Italian Society
Anna Blom, Hungarian Society
2014
Marcel van den Brink, Dutch Society
Fritz Melchers, Hungarian Society
Peter Openshaw, Irish Society
Luke O'Neill, German Society
Hergen Spits, Italian Society
2011
Thomas Schwarz, Hungarian Society
Marco Colonna, Italian Society
Klaus Rajewski, German Society
2010
Adrian Hayday, Scandinavian and Estonian Societies
2009
Irun Cohen, Irish Society
Roland Johnsson, Turkish Society
2008
Peter Zipfel, Hungarian Society
Ulrich Wahn, Czech Society
2007
Reinhold E. Schmidt, Hungarian Society
Cornelius Melief, German Society
2005
Andreas Radbruch, Scandinavian Society
Erik Holmdahl, German Society
Steffen Gay, Hungarian Society
Alain Fischer, Italian Society
2004
Eric Vivier, German Society
Alexander Enk, Hungarian Society
Sebastian Amigorena, German Society
Eddy Liew, Italian Society
Michael Reth, French Society
2003
Michael Goldman, French Society
Lorenzo Moretta, Polish Society
Giorgio Trinchieri, Italian Society
Mohamed Daha, Hungarian Society
Frederica Sallusto, German Society
Marie-Christine Bene, Bulgarian Society
2002
Brigitta Heyman, German Society
Jurg Tschopp, French Society
2001
Guido Forni, German Society
