Abstract information & awards

Notification of abstract acceptance: June 1, 2007
Notification of travel grants: June 1, 2007

Categories for abstracts

1. Mechanisms of toxicity
2. Signal transduction, Oxidative stress, Apoptosis and cell death
3. Toxicity screening and (alternative) tests
4. Exposure, Toxicokinetics and Quantitative risk assessment
5. Occupational and environmental health
6. Clinical toxicology
7. Immunotoxicity
8. Ecotoxicology
9. Genetic toxicity and carcinogenicity
10. Developmental toxicity
11. Food safety
12. Chemicals: pesticides, metals, cosmetics, ...
13. Other

Eurotox Young Scientist fellowships

The award is sponsored by the Society of Toxicology (SOT) and will be made available to a scientist who is under 36 at December 31st, 2007. The award will reimburse allowable expenditures for the congress like congress registration, round-trip economy-class airfare, and hotel accommodation. Preference is given to a candidate who resides in a non-European country and who might otherwise not attend the congress. Applicants should tick the appropriate box on the registration form and the abstract submission form.

A limited number of fellowships will be available for investigators with accepted abstracts. The fellowships will include (partial) restitution of congress fee, travel expenses, and/or expenses for lodging. Fellowships are limited to scientists who are 35 years of age or younger (as of 31 December 2007). The Scientific and Education Committee will decide, according to the scores of the abstracts, which abstract receives a grant. This will be announced to the first author before June 1, 2007. Authors wishing to be considered for a grant should tick the appropriate box at the online abstract submission site and provide, separately, a covering letter confirming the date of birth together with a copy of the passport and a letter of recommendation of their supervisor. Abstract authors from countries with lower- and lower/middle-income economies have priority. You can send this covering letter to the Congress Organizer.

Eurocongres Conference Management
Jan van Goyenkade 11
1075 HP Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)20 679 3411
Fax: +31 (0)20 673 7306
E-mail address: eurotox@eurotox2007.org

Please note: The deadline for travel grant applications is April 15, 2007 (in parallel with the deadline for abstract submission). Applications are only valid in combination with an abstract submission. Only complete applications will be considered.

Eurotox Young Scientist Awards

At the 2007 EUROTOX Congress, three Young Scientist Awards will be awarded to young scientists judged to have made the best poster presentation. The basic requirement for the applicant is that the first and presenting author must be under 35 years of age as of 31 December 2007.

Four criteria are used to evaluate the contribution:

1. Originality and potential impact of the research project
2. Adequacy of the methodological approach adopted
3. Scientific value of the results
4. Care, quality and clarity of the presentation

• Gerhard-Zbinden Young Scientist Award (€ 1.000)
  For drug-orientated toxicological research. The award is sponsored by the Swiss Chemical Industry.
• ECETOC Young Scientist Award (€ 2.000)
  For toxicological research into mechanisms and risk assessment. The award is sponsored by ECETOC, the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals.
• SITOX Young Scientist Award (€ 1.500)
  For multinational collaborative research conducted by at least 4 researchers from different European countries. The award is sponsored by the Societa Italiana di Tossicologia (the Italian Society of Toxicology).

BHMF 3-R award

The BHMF offers a prize of excellency of EUR 1.000,- to the author(s) of the best poster that treats an elegant and reliable 3-R solution to a toxicological problem.