🏆 ELI launches the Bertrand Coiffier Award for 2026

ELI is pleased to announce the opening of the 2026 Bertrand Coiffier Award, an annual call for applications designed to promote excellence in professional development and to encourage future clinicians to engage in research. This award provides young researchers with the opportunity to train within leading European academic institutions, whether in research laboratories or clinical departments abroad.

Aimed at early-career European researchers, the award supports international mobility, enabling recipients to benefit from additional research training within an outstanding European institution. This mission continues the legacy and values embodied throughout the career of Professor Bertrand Coiffier, whose commitment to advancing lymphoma research remains an inspiration.

📄 The call for proposals is attached.
📆 Application deadline: May 15, 2026
📢 Results announcement: Early summer 2026

We warmly encourage young researchers dedicated to advancing lymphoma research to apply and seize this unique opportunity for scientific and professional growth.

Previoulsy funded projects:

2025 : Dr. Nazarii Shokun, National Cancer Institute of Kiev – Project “T-cell project 2.0 data » in the laboratory of Prof. Ugo De Giorgi, Università del Salento, Lecce.

2024: Dr. Fabian Ullrich, University Hospital Essen – Project ENIGMA – enhancing CAR T cell therapy in MYD88-mutated diffuse large B cell lymphoma in the laboratory of Prof. Johannes Zuber, IMP Vienne