EFIS is a non-profit umbrella organisation that represents 36 European immunology societies. Via funding initiatives and awards, EFIS helps to support immunological research and education and strengthens scientific interaction via study groups, task forces and its triennial congress - the European Congress of Immunology (ECI).
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.
About the award
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 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.
How to apply for a Lecture Award
Approval of the EFIS Board should be obtained before the prospective lecturer is invited. Applications should include:
A cover letter
The proposed laureate's CV and ten most important publications.
Please submit the application via e-mail to the EFIS coordinator and the EFIS Secretary General, 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: No applications will be accepted in 2024.
EFIS-IL Lecture Award Laureates and Host Societies
2023 Rita Carsetti, Austrian Society Bernard Malissen, German Society Dirk Busch, French Society Burkhard Becher, Croatian Society Caetano Reis e Sousa, Portuguese Society Florent Ginhoux, Italian Society Viktor Umansky, Turkish 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 Rajewsky, 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 Federica Sallusto, German Society Marie-Christine Bene, Bulgarian Society
2002 Brigitta Heyman, German Society Jurg Tschopp, French Society
