Travel grant

The Organising Committee is proud to announce that the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS), together with its official journal, the European Journal of Immunology (EJI), will provide funds to support the participation of early career researchers in the next ESRI 2025 Conference

The deadline for submitting travel grant applications was June 5, 2025.

Assessment criteria, priorities and conditions

Age and position

The applicants must be registered for the Conference with a Young rate (under 35 y.o.) and are asked to provide a short CV assessing their position in the research field along with a short motivation letter.

Submission of abstracts

Priority will be given to authors presenting a scientific work in oral presentation format.

Disclosure

Once assigned, the names of EFIS-EJI funding recipients will be published on the event’s website and their contact details (names, affiliations, email addresses) will be provided to EFIS.

Acknowledgement

The recipients of the travel grant are expected to acknowledge EFIS-EJI support in their oral presentations or posters.

Travel grant recipients

Chiara Alfarè
Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy

Presenting: “Elevated Galectin-1 in Women with Recurrent Preeclampsia: Links to BMI and Long-Term Hypertension Risk”

Emma Marie Giesen
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf , Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, BLOIS Laboratory, Germany

Presenting: “Galectin-1 dysregulation in Preeclampsia: Impact on cardiac remodeling and lipid profiles”

María Sol Martinez Sanchez
FOCIS Center of Excellence, Centro de Inmunología Clínica de Córdoba (CICC), Córdoba, Argentina. CIBICI-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.

Presenting: “Chronic prostatitis induces semen inflammation, disrupts immunomodulation in the female genital tract, and compromises fertility”

Bart Moerings
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Presenting: “Impact of psoriasis and biologic therapy on trophoblast invasion: implications for pregnancy outcomes”

Xue Wang
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Presenting: “Galectin-1 regulates oocyte health via metabolic and mitochondrial pathways”

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