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Abstract awards and Travel grants

Best Abstracts, Travel Awards, Outstanding and Clinical Nutrition Symposium

Best Abstracts 2009 (Download PDF document)

• The 3 Best Abstracts are selected by the Abstracts Referees and the Scientific Committees.
• They are presented in a Plenary session.
• They are indicated on the ESPEN website.
• Corresponding Diplomas are given during “ESPEN Best Abstracts 2009”, after the Sir David Cuthbertson Lecture.

Travel Awards (Download PDF document)

• When an abstract is being submitted (exclusively while submitting on-line), a special dedicated box must be ticked to apply to the Travel Awards (only for those submitters filling the criteria).
• The selected 30 Travel Awards are given to young investigators under the age of 35 (one per country) for their best first presented abstract. They will be granted EURO 500 each, awarded according to the abstract score.
• The young investigator must come in person to get his/her diploma and to get his/her grant (at the registration desk) after the Sir David Cuthbertson Lecture. No payment will be made before or after the Congress.
• Deadline for application is 03 April 2009.

Outstanding Posters (Download PDF document)

• The best 10% posters will be marked as being «Outstanding Posters», according to the abstract score.
• They will be indicated in the abstracts Book (by an asterisk).
• A «rosette» will be placed on the given posters.

Clinical Nutrition Symposium (Download PDF document)

• Original papers that contributed most to the impact factor of Clinical Nutrition 2008.
• They are presented in a special symposium (indicated in the final programme).
• They are indicated on the ESPEN website.