Until 15th January 2011, young researchers working in Europe who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators which is endowed with 15,000 Euro. This highly reputed prize was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding performance based on methods in molecular biology in the field of biomedical research.

An independent jury of scientists under the chairmanship of Kai Simons (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany) will select the Eppendorf Award prize winner 2011. The prize ceremony will take place at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany, on 25th May, 2011.

Full details on the Eppendorf Award, the selection criteria and past award winners can be found at the Eppendorf AG Homepage under www.eppendorf.com/award.

The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators is presented in partnership with Nature.