Travel Award

We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the 2025 Travel Award has been postponed to 15 March 2025.

The Editorial Office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.


The Viruses Travel Award was launched in 2016 and is presented annually to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic virology conferences. This award helps to raise the profile and visibility of these up-and-coming researchers. The application period is open from June to October, and the winners are announced by the end of January the following year.

Prizes:
– 800 CHF.
– An award certificate. 

Number of Winners: Two

 
Viruses Travel Award
 
Winner announcement: 15 March 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– Candidates must be postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, or research fellows.
– Candidates should have plans to attend an international conference in 2025 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information on the conference that the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum Vitae and a list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the applicant’s research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of support from the applicant’s mentor.

 

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Bo Wang
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Selina Pasquero
University of Turin, Italy

Award Committee

Dr. Eric O. Freed Chairman
NCI
Dr. Véronique Ziegler-Graff
CNRS
Dr. Schuyler Van Engelenburg
Prof. Shannon C. Kenney
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Dr. Margaret Scull
University of Maryland, College Park
Prof. Jeanmarie Verchot
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX

Winner

Gary Wang
Columbia University Medical Center, USA
Evangelia-Georgia Kostaki
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Award Committee

Dr. Eric O. Freed Chairman
NCI

Winner

Joshua Hatterschide
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA

Winner

Gabrielle Vieyres
Twincore, Hannover, Germany
Nandan Gokhale
Duke University Medical Center, USA

Winner

Gabriel J. Starrett
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, MN, USA
Valerie Cortez
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, TN, USA

Winner

Janna Bigalke
post-doctoral researcher at Tufts University School of Medicine, USA
Charles Daniel Murin
PhD student at the Scripps Research Institute, the Kellogg School of Science and Technology, USA
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