Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators

The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding
contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts.

The Award is presented in partnership with the scientific journal Nature.

Prize money: 20,000 EUR

Comprehensive coverage of his/her work by Nature in print and online
including a podcast

Prize Ceremony at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany,
including complimentary transportation and hotel accommodation

Applications for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2025 will be accepted from October 1, 2024, until January 15, 2025.

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Meet the Awardees 2024

Why Apply?

Winner and finalists explain their reasons for applying for the Eppendorf Award.

Winner 2024 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators

Congratulations to Dr. Clemens Plaschka on winning the 2024 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators for his research on the molecular machines that generate and export messenger RNA. The award is given in recognition of his ground-breaking discoveries revealing the mechanisms by which messenger RNA is produced and matured.  mRNA production involves multiple complex cellular machines that process and guide the maturation and ultimate export of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Plaschka’s structural and mechanistic investigations have revealed fundamental insights into how cells express genes and his work has implications for human diseases involving mutations in core mRNA processing machines.

Read more about Clemens Plaschka's work here.