STS Excellence & Innovation Awards
Dear Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The STS Committee would like to inform you that, starting in 2026, the
STS Excellence Award
and the
STS Innovation Award
will be presented every other year, with one year for the STS Excellence Award and one year for the STS Innovation Award.
As the 2025 STS Innovation Award was presented in 2026, the STS Committee looks forward to receiving your application for the
STS Excellence Award 2026
The STS Excellence Award is financially supported by Astellas Pharma AG for an amount of CHF 20’000.00 and shall be conferred to a person in the middle of his/her career, below 55 years of age.
It will be distributed at the 24th STS Annual Meeting in Thun, on January 21-22, 2027.
An independent jury of experts will elect the award winner among eligible candidates who may be surgeons, physicians or other persons active in translational transplantation research as well as clinical practice within Switzerland.
The winner will be awarded as the representatives of a research group or project for outstanding scientific and/or clinical achievements.
For details, please kindly take note of the “STS Excellence Award 2026” rules as below.
The deadline for receiving the applications is until until November 8, 2026. Kindly send it to the STS Secretariat office: office@swisstransplantationsociety.com or nicole@meetingcom.ch – Ms Nicole Giacomini – T 021 312 92 62. PLEASE USE THE FORM AS BELOW.
The Scientific Committee looks forward to receiving your nomination and remains at disposal for further information you may need.
With kind regards,
Prof. Jean Villard, President of the STS Prof. Nicolas Müller, Chair of the scientific committee
STS 2026 Excellence Award - Rules for eligible candidates
