Jean Julliard Prize

The value of the Prize is €5,000. The Prize winner will be presented at the next International Congress of the ISBT, with a certificate stating their name and the title of the scientific contribution.  The winner(s) will be required to give a 25-30-minute lecture based upon their submission, in a Jean Julliard session during the ISBT congress at which the prize is awarded. Congress expenses will be covered, in line with current invited speaker conditions for registration, travel and accommodation.  No Prize will be awarded if the Prize winner is not present at the Congress, unless proof acceptable to the Awards and Prizes Committee has been offered, that their absence is justified.
 

The Prize is open to applications from scientists who are, at the time of submission of their manuscripts, no more than 40 years of age, and to those over 40 but at an early career stage, i.e. within five years of post-graduate qualification. The applicant need not be an ISBT member. Members of the Executive Committee, as well as members of the Awards and Prizes Committee and their co-workers are not eligible to apply for the award.
 

At least six months before an international congress, a call for applications will be made by the ISBT Central Office (CO) on behalf of the ISBT Board. This is normally in the October issue of Transfusion Today and by email. 

Candidates apply via the ISBT website, and on completion will receive an automatic email confirming receipt. Applications should be based on either:

• A manuscript containing recent, original scientific research; or 
• Several papers published within the last three years and related to similar scientific issues. If this approach is taken, the candidate must include an introduction to demonstrate how the papers relate to each other and provide a single title for the submission.

All applications must be written in English and include:

• A title page, which must carry the title of the submission and the name and institutional address of the candidate.
• A Table of Contents.
• A curriculum vitae of the candidate with a maximum length of five pages
• A short overall description of the aims of the work, the results, and the conclusions drawn.
• A declaration of the proportion of the practical and intellectual content of the submission provided by the candidate. When multi-authored papers are submitted, the Awards and Prizes Committee will assume that the approval of the co-authors has been obtained for the inclusion of the joint work in the submission.
• If animal or human experimentation is involved in any part of the study, a certificate that the study has received appropriate ethical approval.

NOTE: a maximum of five additional documents can be submitted.

 

Applications will close on December 14 2025. 

The submitted papers will be assessed by the ISBT Awards and Prizes Committee and scored according to predetermined criteria agreed by the committee. If none of the submitted papers are considered to meet the requirements of the Awards and Prizes Committee, the Jean Julliard Prize will not be awarded.
 

The ISBT Central Office will inform all candidates of the outcome by mid-April prior to the congress at which the awards ceremony will take place. The successful candidate will be advised of the requirement to present a lecture and that their presence at the award ceremony is required. The winner will be announced in the April edition of Transfusion Today (published after candidates are informed).