AWARDS
AWARDS CEREMONY & LECTURES
The Professor Ferdinand Herčík Medal for Excellence in Radiobiology and Emergency Preparedness
awarded by the Society for Radiobiology and Crisis Planning of the Czech Medical Association of J. E. Purkynje
The Weiss Medal from the Association for Radiation Research awarded by the Association for Radiation Research, United Kingdom
Weiss Medallists are nominated by the Chair of the Association for Radiation Research, after suitable consultations, as having made distinguished contributions to radiation science. Professor J Weiss was Professor of Radiation Chemistry at the University of Newcastle-on-Tyne. His research projects with Haber in the 1930s are widely-known as landmarks in chemical science. For over twenty-five years he published many distinguished papers in radiation chemistry and was the first radiation chemist to attempt to unravel systematically the complex interaction between biologically important molecules and free radicals produced upon the radiolysis of water (https://thearr.org.uk/weiss-medal).
The Bacq and Alexander Award
by European Radiation Research Society (ERRS)
The Bacq and Alexander Award has been given annually by the ERRS since 1996 to outstanding European researchers in recognition of their achievements in radiation research.
Young Investigator Awards
by the European Radiation Research Society (ERRS)
Eligibility Criteria:
- Student (BSc, MSc or PhD)
- Early Career Researcher (Maximum 6 years after last degree)
- The presenting author must be first author of the abstract
- Not having won the YIA in the past 2 years
Selected candidates have the chance to present their submitted abstract in a dedicated session for YIA.
Deadline for the application: 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET.
Travel bursaries from the Association for Radiation Research, ARR (UK) to several selected ARR members
European Space Agency (ESA) Awards
Eligibility Criteria:
- Student (BSc, MSc or PhD)
- Early Career Researcher (Maximum 6 years after last degree)
- The presenting author must be first author of the abstract
- Not having won the YIA in the past 2 years
- The candidate is from an ESA member country
- The research focuses on SPACE
Deadline for the application: 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET.