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Important Information

We recall that to be eligible for awards you must adhere to the ESB membership application review timeline below; no exceptions will be made. More information HERE. 

  • 1 December 2024 (approvals confirmed by Dec 15th): deadline for applications for new members who wish to be considered for awards with deadline of Jan 31st and no additional eligibility requirements.
  • 1 April 2025 or 1 week after abstract review outcomes, whichever is the latest (approvals confirmed by April 25th): deadline for applications for new members who wish to gain reduced congress fees for the early-bird congress registration.
  • 1 June 2025 (approvals confirmed by June 25th): deadline for applications for new members who wish to gain reduced congress fees for late congress registration.

ESB 2025 Congress Ortho-regeneration Award in partnership with ON Foundation!

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The following awards will be awarded at the ESB 2025 Conference:

The Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics

Named after the renowned scientist R. Huiskes, the Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics is given to recognize extraordinary contributions to the field of biomechanics. The recipients are celebrated for their lasting impact on the biomechanics community through groundbreaking studies and influential discoveries. The deadline for submission will be 31st January 2025. 

ESB Early Career Research Award

The ESB Early Career Researcher Award recognizes the development of an outstanding young researcher who contributes to the advancement of the theory and/or applications of Biomechanics. Open for ESB members who are the first author of the abstract and have defended their PhD between 2 to 7 years ago at the time of ESB 2025. 

Best Doctoral Thesis in Biomechanics

This award recognizes the development of an outstanding doctoral final thesis that has contributed to the advancement of theory and/or application of biomechanics. The selection will be based on the original PhD document written in English and CV. 

ESB Clinical Biomechanics Award

This award was established by ESB with the purpose of fostering the application of Biomechanics to clinically oriented problems. Application is open to all members of the ESB.

ESB Poster Award

The ESB poster award recognizes the best poster presented at the annual conference. The award is open to all ESB members with the deadline being 25th June 2025. Applicants are requested to upload a poster pitch in MP4 format. 

ESB Student Award

This award is open to any student member of ESB. Four finalists will be selected to present a 15 minute podium presentation during a special session dedicated for student awards. Applicants are requested to submit a proof of their student status.

ESB Travel Awards

The travel award is open to young members of ESB who are the first author of the submitted abstract. Please note that each ESB member is eligible to receive the travel award only once. 

ESB Diversity Award

This award is given at the ESB Congress with the purpose of: (1) recognizing and encouraging contributions that highlight diversity within biomechanics, including gender, ethnicity, ability, and other forms of diversity; (2) increasing awareness of the importance of diversity in research; (3) motivating researchers to incorporate diverse perspectives in their work.

Inclusion fund

The ESB congress participation inclusion fund is designed to provide a flexible contribution towards some of the additional costs of congress attendance faced by members with specific needs. Funding can be sought for any legitimate purpose identified by the applicant that addresses a clearly identified barrier to attend the congress and that cannot be met by their host institution.

ESB 2025 ON Orthoregeneration Award

The ON Orthoregeneration Award recognizes individuals for their outstanding research in the field of orthopeadic tissue regeneration, including the use of biologic therapies to drive innovation and develop improved patient-centric treatment solutions. The award includes a certificate and CHF 1,000 to support travel expenses for attending the ESB 2025 Congress in Zürich, Switzerland, from July 6-9, 2025.
If you are interested in applying, please submit your abstract to the Orthoregeneration track during the abstract submission process and select the checkbox indicating your interest in applying for the Orthoregeneration Award. The authors of the four or five strongest abstracts will be invited to present their research projects at the ON/ESB Orthoregeneration Special Session during the Congress. The winner will be selected on-site by a specialist panel and audience voting.
Deadline for application: January 31, 2025
Specialist Panel:
Prof. h.c. PD Dr. med. Matthias Steinwachs
President, ON Foundation

Prof. Dr. Marcy Zenobi-Wong
Professor, ETH Zurich

About ON foundation: www.on-foundation.org

In case of further questions regarding the awards, please contact the ESB 2025 Secretariat by email at info@esbiomech2025.org, or refer to the ESB website below: 
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Congratulation to all ESB 2022 Award winners!

ESB Student Award: Biomechanics and mechanobiology of mineralized fibrocartilage at the tendon-bone attachment (Hard tissue biomechanics) Alexandra Tits, University of Liege, Belgium

Clinical Biomechanics Award: Biomechanical evaluation of diagnostic tests for rotator cuff lesions, Johanna Menze, T. Rojas, M. A. Zumstein, S. J. Ferguson, K. Gerber, University of Bern, Switzerland

Best Poster Award: Overcoming a “Forbidden Phenotype”: the parrot’s head supports, propels, and powers tripedal locomotion, Melody W. Young, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, US

Best Doctoral Thesis Award: Impact of fluid dynamics and drug transport on restenosis in femoral arteries after endovascular treatment, Monika Colombo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

ESB Mobility Awards: Zeynep Karagöz, Satanik Mukherjee, Iulen Cabeza-Gil

Start-up Ideas Competition (organized within the Symposium on Research and Entrepreneurship): 
OSORA, Medical Fracture Analytics, Dr. Lucas Engelhardt (osora.eu)
BBSoF, Beyond Biomechanics Sport on Field, Zimi Sawacha (bb-sof.com)

S. M. Perren Research Award

The winner of the 2022 ESB S.M. Perren Research Award is Michael Dreyer from the ETH, Zurich (Switzerland) for the manuscript entitled: “Standardized Tibio-Femoral Implant Loads and Kinematics” by MJ. Dreyer, A. Trepczynski, SH. Hosseini Nasab, I.  Kutzner, P.  Schütz, B. Weisse, J. Dymke, B. Postolka, P. Moewis, G. Bergmann, GN. Duda, WR. Taylor, P. Damm, and CR. Smith.

Best Doctoral Thesis Award

The Best Doctoral Thesis award will be presented in the main plenary,  Archive Hall on Wednesday, 29th of June from 14:00 – 15:00. More information about the awarded thesis and author will be available in the online programme.

SM Perren Award  – Application deadline 31st January 2025. Please consider submitting your latest work as an original article choosing the SM Perren Award to Journal of Biomechanics latest by January 31st, 2025. 

Read more on Perren award website

Best Doctoral Thesis Award – Application deadline 31st January 2025. Applications are submitted via email to the award chair. All of the Awards listed below are based on abstract submission to the ESB2025 congress, and each abstract can only be submitted for one award.  All deadlines coincide with the deadline for Congress Abstract submission. 

Clinical Biomechanics Award

  • Biomechanics index for diabetic foot risk classification, A. Guiotto, G. Bortolami, A. Ciniglio, F. Spolaor, G. Guarneri, A. Avogaro, F. Cibin, F. Silvestri, Z. Sawacha
  • Biomechanical evaluation of diagnostic tests for rotator cuff lesions,                    J. Menze, T. Rojas, M. A. Zumstein, S. J. Ferguson, K. Gerber
  • Effect of alendronate on bone fracture toughness in osteogenesis imperfecta,     A. Muñoz, A. Carriero 
  • Application of cog threads for vaginal wall prolapse repair: ex-vivo study, R. Rynkevic, C. Soares, L. Hympanova, E. Silva, T. Mascarenhas, P. Martins

The four selected finalists will present their work in a dedicated session on Monday, 27th June from 14:00 in Archive Hall. 

Clinical Biomechanics Award – Application deadline 31st January 2022. Please ensure you check the submission box during abstract submission and attach the additional required documents. 

ESB Student Award

The student award session will take place on Monday, 27th June from 16:00 – 17:00, in the Archive Hall. One prize and three runner-up awards will be given to the four finalists: 

  • Assessing the performance of thrombectomy devices with in silico models (Clinical and translational biomechanics / in silico trials) Sara Bridio, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 
  • Predicting surgical outcomes across nine corrective techniques for sagittal craniosynostosis (Advance computing for biomechanics) Connor Cross, University College London, United Kingdom 
  • Angiography-derived wall shear stress topological skeleton variability predicts myocardial infarction (Cardiovascular biomechanics) Maurizio Lodi Rizzini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy 
  •  Biomechanics and mechanobiology of mineralized fibrocartilage at the tendon-bone attachment (Hard tissue biomechanics) Alexandra Tits, University of Liege, Belgium

ESB Student Award – Application deadline 31st January 2025. Four finalists will be selected to present and compete for the Award in a dedicated session during the yearly ESB Congress in Porto. Please ensure to check the submission box during abstract submission and attach the additional required documents.

ESB Poster Award

The ESB Poster Award is given at each ESB Congress with the purpose of raising the quality of poster presentations at the meeting. The selection is made by an ad hoc Poster Award Committee appointed by the ESB Council and chaired by the ESB Awards Committee Chairman. 

ESB Poster Award –  Application deadline 31st January 2022. The ESB Poster Award is given at each ESB Congress with the purpose of promoting the quality of poster presentations at the meeting. The selection is made during the Congress, by a Poster Award Committee. 

ESB Travel Awards

The European Society of Biomechanics and the organizers proposed Travel Awards to financially help young researchers to participate in the ESB 2022 Congress. The
awards will be presented during the congress dinner.

ESB Travel Awards – Application deadline 31st January 2022. A substantial number of Travel Awards (minimum of 20) will be awarded by the ESB for attending the ESB congress. Please ensure you check the submission box during abstract submission and attach the additional required documents.

Huiskes Medal Award – Application deadline 31st January 2025. This award is dedicated to senior researchers who have contributed significantly to biomechanics throughout their careers. Please ensure you check the submission box during abstract submission and attach the additional required documents

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