European Federation of Immunological Societies

ACTERIA Awards

Thanks to a partnership established in 2012 between the FONDATION ACTERIA – acting on European Research in Immunology and Allergology – and EFIS, the ACTERIA Prizes are awarded to recognize and reward Europe’s young scientists in the fields of immunology and allergology. 

The Prizes, two each in immunology and allergology, honour outstanding achievements in fundamental research performed in a European institute. The ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis and Early Career Research Prizes each carry cash awards of €30,000, plus the possibility of financing of €50,000/year for three-year research projects to be performed in European institutions.

How the Prizes are Awarded

Two ACTERIA Prizes are assigned annually on an alternating basis:

  • Two ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prizes, one each in immunology and allergology, will be awarded in even-numbered years for the best doctoral theses in the 3 years prior to application submission deadlines.
  • Two ACTERIA Early Career Researcher Prizes, one each in immunology and allergology, will be awarded in odd-numbered years to researchers with up to 10 years of postdoctoral experience.

How to Apply

  • Individual researchers who meet the eligibility criteria and are members in good-standing of an EFIS-affiliated national society are invited to apply. Applications will be forwarded to the applicant’s respective National Society for the evaluation and selection of nominees.
  • Nominations will be accepted exclusively from EFIS-affiliated National Societies, which will have the option of submitting one candidate for each prize.
  • The calls for applications for the ACTERIA Prizes awarded by EFIS open on October 1st and close on December 31st of each year.
  • For more details visit www.acteriaprizes.net
2026 ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prize Laureates
  • Immunology: Valentina Venzin, Vita-Salute San Raffaela University (Milan, Italy)
  • Allergology: Mariem Radhouani, CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Medical University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
2025 ACTERIA Early Career Research Prize Laureates
  • Immunology: Jan Dobeš, PhD, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University (Prague, Czechia)
  • Allergology: Paul Engeroff, PhD, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Bern (Bern, Switzerland)
2024 ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prize Laureates
  • Immunology: Olli Dufva, Wellcome Sanger Institute (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • Allergology: Marie Tauber, Lyon Sud Hospital (Lyon, France)
2023 ACTERIA Early Career Research Prize Laureates
  • Immunology: Emanuela Pasciuto, VIB-University of Antwerp Center for Molecular Neurology (Belgium)
  • Allergology: Régis Joulia, National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London (UK)
2022 ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prize Laureates
  • Immunology: Marta Joana Costa Jordāo, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • Allergology: Coraline Radermecker, University of Liege (Belgium)
2021 ACTERIA Early Career Research Prize Laureates
  • Immunology: Charlotte Scott, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research (Belgium)
  • Allergology: Nicolas Gaudenzio, Toulouse Institute for Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases (France)
2020 ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prize Laureates
  • Immunology: Ai Ing Lim, Institut Pasteur, Paris (France)
  • Allergology: Martijn Schuijs, IRC-VIB, Ghent University (Belgium)
2018 ACTERIA Prize Laureates

ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prizes

  • Immunology: Eduardo Bonavita, Cancer Research UK, Manchester Institute (UK)
  • Allergology: Samuel Philip Nobs, Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)

ACTERIA Early Career Research Prizes

  • Immunology: Andrea Ablasser, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • Allergology: Muzlifah Haniffa, Newcastle University (UK)
2015 ACTERIA Prize Laureates

ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prizes

  • Immunology: Chris Schiering, The Francis Crick Institute - Mill Hill Laboratory, London (UK)
  • Allergology: Sandra Pahr, Medical University of Vienna (AT)

ACTERIA Early Career Research Prizes

  • Immunology: Dietmar Zehn, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne (CH)
  • Allergology: Thomas Marichal, University of Liege (BE)
2013 ACTERIA Prize Laureates

ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prizes 

  • Immunology: Elina Kiss, University of Freiburg (DE)
  • Allergology: Alexander Eggel, University of Bern (CH)

ACTERIA Early Career Research Prizes

  • Immunology: Nicolas Manel, Institute Curie, Paris (FR)
  • Allergology: Stefanie Eyerich, Technical University and Helmholtz Center, Munich (DE)
Awards