ESPID Call for Applications: Supported Speaker Award 2025

The European Society for Paedriatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) calls for applications for its Supported Speaker Award 2025 to support high quality speakers to attend research meetings held by ESPID members who meet the good standing member criteria.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Meeting Organisers and proposed Speakers must be ESPID members in good standing at the time of the deadline.
• Speaker must be relevant to meeting objectives – as judged by experience and CV.
• The meeting must have research as one of its themes and clearly have research collaboration or research training as a meeting objective.
• ESPID will only support one award relating to any one project. If you have other awards/grants which are pending or have been recently funded, you must indicate this in your application and clearly state what support has been requested/agreed and when a decision is expected.

Funding information:

• Support will be given towards travel and accommodation at the meeting but not registration.
• The award will cover costs for travel up to the following amounts:
  • EUR 1,000 for travel from Europe to USA / Americas / Australasia.
  • EUR 600 for travel within Europe.
  • EUR 200 for travel within the applicant’s own country.
• Accommodation will be given up to EUR 100 per night up to a maxium of 2 nights.

Read here for more information. 

Ongoing submission throughout this year, 2025. Application closes 31st of December, 2025.