Fellowships, Grants and Travel Awards

Call for ECCO Fellowships, Grants and Travel Awards 2013:

Please read the fact sheets in the download section on the right hand side carefully and submit your application electronically to the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Deadline: October 1, 2012.

ECCO has established Fellowships, Grants and Travel Awards to encourage young physicians in their career and to promote innovative scientific research in IBD in Europe.

Fellowships have been created for individuals younger than 40 years who submit an original research project which they wish to undertake abroad in a European hosting laboratory and/or department that has agreed to host and guide the Fellow for the duration of the Fellowship (one year) and that is responsible, together with the Fellow, for the successful completion of the project. Fellowships are awarded EUR 40,000 each and are given during the annual ECCO Congress.

Grants are created to support good and innovative scientific, translational or clinical research in Europe. The guidelines for ECCO Grants are very similar to those for the Fellowships, with the exception that the research is typically undertaken in the institution of the applicant. ECCO Grants are awarded EUR 20,000 each and will also be given during the annual ECCO Congress.

Travel Awards were established in 2007 as an opportunity for young investigators to visit different IBD centres in Europe, to learn scientific techniques or to be a clinical observer. Incentives are available for applicants from Central and Eastern Europe.

NEW: For the first time IBD nurse members of ECCO can apply for the N-ECCO Travel Award, which provides nurses with the opportunity to visit another European centre to observe nursing care, in recognition of the fact that observational learning is essential in enabling nurses to develop within a role.

We look forward to your application!

Kind regards,

Andreas Sturm

SciCom Chair