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ECR Competitions
Another key contribution of the HUPO ECR to the HUPO Congress is the coordination of four ECR Competitions – the HUPO ECR Manuscript Competition, HUPO ECR Poster Competition, HUPO ECR 3-Minute Thesis Competition, and HUPO Rising Star Award. These competitions aim to give a spotlight to the impressive work being carried out by ECRs in the proteomics field.
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Manuscript Competition
APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED
The HUPO Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee is pleased to announce a call for the 11th anniversary of the ECR Manuscript Competition, sponsored by Taylor and Francis, at HUPO 2025 taking place November 9 – 13, in Toronto, Canada.
The Manuscript Competition is a unique opportunity for early career researchers to gain visibility in the proteomics community, as it serves as a platform to highlight the invaluable contributions that postdoctoral fellows, young clinicians, and junior faculty members make to the proteomics field.
Eligibility Criteria:
This competition is intended for:
Postdoctoral fellows (Ph.D. degree awarded post January 2019),
Junior faculty members (appointment post January 2021 and PhD awarded post January 2013), and
Young clinicians (M.D. degree awarded post January 2018).
Applicants must be HUPO members.
Career interruptions and leave, such as parental leave, will be considered to extend the eligibility period.
Finalists from previous years are not eligible to participate.
How to Apply:
A complete application must include the documents listed below. Send completed applications by email to ecr@hupo.org.
Single publication file as a pdf (including the supplementary information if it applies)
The manuscript must be an original research article, and the applicant must have contributed significantly to the concept and/or experimental work and/or data analysis (first, co-first, corresponding or co- corresponding author)
The publication must have been accepted and/or printed for publication at the time of submission to the competition, but not earlier than January 1, 2024.
The publication must be in English.
2. A short statement (300 words maximum) in which the applicant describes the novelty and impact of the publication on the field of proteomics.
Prize:
Awards will be presented during the Closing Ceremony & Awards Session at HUPO 2025. Cash prizes (USD 1,000 to winner and USD 500 each to two runners-up) will be provided post-Congress.
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Poster Competition
APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED
The HUPO Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee invites all graduate students (Master’s and PhD) and postdocs to participate in the poster competition at HUPO 2025, taking place November 9-13 in Toronto, Canada to win awards and cash prizes. To participate, graduate students and postdocs only need to indicate during the abstract submission whether they would like to participate in the competition.
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Eligibility Criteria:
All graduate students (Master and PhD) and postdocs can apply for the competition upon abstract submission for HUPO 2025. Applicants must be HUPO and/or EuPA members.
How to Apply:
During the abstract submission for HUPO 2025, Master’s students, PhD students, and postdocs must indicate if they want to also participate in the poster competition. For abstracts that will subsequently be selected for short talks, a poster can still be presented ensuring participation in the poster competition.
Prize:
Awards will be presented during the HUPO 2025 Congress.
Cash prizes ($500 for the winner and $300 for the runners up both at the graduate student and postdoc level) will be provided post-congress.
ECR 3-Minute Thesis Competition
APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED
How to Apply:
Application information coming soon, please check back.
The HUPO Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee in collaboration with the Human Proteome Project is organizing a 3-minute thesis competition.
12 candidates will be pre-selected for the final competition, to be held in a parallel session at HUPO 2026 in Singapore from September 27 – October 1, 2026, and you are invited to participate!