​WINNERS OF THE 2017 ESPNIC YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

Sam Ray, UK
Lecture title: A COMPARISON OF NON-INVASIVE OSCILLOMETRIC AND INVASIVE ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

Matias Rantanen, Finland
Lecture title: POPULATION PHARMACOKINETICS OF PROPOFOL IN CRITICALLY ILL PRETERM AND TERM NEONATES

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The ESPNIC Young Investigator Award supports the development of research activities undertaken with the active contribution of the applicant. The specific intent is to provide support for young and talented physicians in their early career in the field of paediatric and neonatal and intensive care to present their research topic of their choice in front of a designated jury during an oral session at the ESPNIC Annual Meeting.

Up to 2 Awards will be granted.

CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION

To be eligible for this award, the applicant:

• Must have an accepted abstract in the programme 
  
• Must be an ESPNIC member
  
• Must be aged less than 40 years
  
• Content of the abstract must represent original work and not presented/ or published previously
  
• Request for consideration must be made on the abstract form at the time of submission
  
• The applicant must be the first author and presenting author of the submitted abstract
  

JUDGEMENT CRITERIA WILL BE BASED ON:

• Scientific content of abstract
  
• Presentation of the abstract at the Congress
  
• Ability to defend the paper/results during the question time from the audience during the scientific session
  

PRIZE *

• First Prize: EUR 1'200 Award, complimentary registration and travel expenses covered up to 500 Euro to the next ESPNIC Annual Meeting and one year complimentary membership
  
• Second Prize: EUR 800 Award, one year complimentary membership ,complimentary registration to the next ESPNIC Annual Meeting 
  

* Prizes are awarded at the discretion of the committee and the decisions made are final.

Winners will be announced during the Networking event at the ESPNIC Annual Meeting, and will be presented with a certificate with a letter confirming their prize.