In 2010, at the occasion of the 20th meeting of ETRS in Ghent, an award was given by the Ghent University authority to endorse the organization of this meeting. The ETRS meeting was selected out of a number of international meetings, organized at the Ghent University that year, especially because of the idea of establishing a Junior Committee and of organizing a number of activities for young members of the Society.

Therefore, it was decided to use the amount of the award to start up a new initiative to enable young scientists to go visit a foreign laboratory, in order to learn a new technique.

Each year an award of max. 1500 Euro will be awarded to cover (part of) the costs of a short stay at a foreign laboratory. Candidates should be younger than 35 years at the moment of application. They should be a (student) member of the Society.

An application should be sent to the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This application documents should cover at least:

•    The name of the candidate
•    A curriculum vitae of the candidate
•    The name of the hosting center and name of the head of the department of the hosting center
•    Letter of approval by the head of the department of the hosting center
•    The research topic of the candidate
•    The technique that will be learned
•    The timing of the visit at the other center
•    Estimate of the total costs of the visit including own resources/contribution.

The candidate should also send a motivation letter, in which he/she mentions why he/she should get the award. The deadline for application for the 2013 edition of the ETRS Junior Committee Travel Award is May 15th, 2013.

A selection committee (with Board Members and members of the Junior Committee) will decide about the prize winner. The prize winner will be announced in the Young Investigator session at the next ETRS meeting in Reims. The prize winner will have the opportunity to present his/her experiences at the ETRS meeting, when he/she is able to attend the meeting.

Hilde Beele (Treasurer) and Magda Ulrich (Secretary)

The European Tissue Repair Society, a non-profit making organisation founded in 1988, aims to promote knowledge and interchange between scientists, healthcare professionals, industry and other individuals that have an interest in tissue repair of all organs. The Society has an annual meeting and a number of focus meetings each year concentrating on different aspects of tissue repair, ranging from basic science to clinical aspects of healing.

The improvement of tissue repair as well as prevention of injury will be major challenges in the 21st Century and the European Tissue Repair Society has as its continued objective to contribute to these challenges.

The benefits of membership include a reduction in the annual subscription price of the Society's journal 'Wound Repair and Regeneration', receiving the ETRS Bulletin which highlights the Society's activities as well as an annual certificate of membership.