These grants help young and excellent investigators to pursue groundbreaking research in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

The maximum amount granted per project is EUR 20000.

The research project may be based on laboratory investigations, clinical studies, experimental animal studies, or a combination of these. Research must be carried out in Europe. Applications will be peer-reviewed and the best projects will be selected based on the application and research proposal (see application procedure).

Applicants must be principal investigators for the proposed research. They must be ESCMID members in good standing and should be born on or after 1 January 1970. Members of the ESCMID Executive Committee are ineligible.

When submitting online, please have the following documentation ready.

• PDF-Document (Surname.pdf max 4MB) with: summary of your research project (1 page); introduction (objectives, background, rationale or purpose of the project); research plan (incl. design, material & methods, data analysis); personnel and co-investigators; budget (personnel, equipment, consumables); description of your present research; CV; list of publications
• Scanned files (Surname_support1.pdf max 4MB and Surname_support2.pdf max 4MB) of 2 supporting letters. The originals must be submitted by surface mail.
• A colour photograph as (Surname_Firstname.tiff, .eps or .jpg max 4MB) file at least 4 x 6 cm with 300 dpi resolution

The grantee must submit a two-page report to ESCMID upon completion of the research project. It should include:

• A short introduction summarizing current knowledge for the non-specialist
• The study hypothesis
• The main findings
• Conclusions from the investigation.

This will be published on the ESCMID website.