The grants awarded each year amount to €50.000 and is usually divided between 3 to 4 winners. This vital funding can help with bench fees, research related administration and costs of disseminating research. It may contribute towards salaries if necessary.
One of the conditions of the award is that the outcome and results of the research are submitted for publication in Surgical Endoscopy, the journal of the Society. we encourage researchers to apply for these funds and utilise the research methodology training and support that has been established by the Research Committee of the EAES. The aim is to encourage both established and research naive investigators to innovate in this space.
The call for Research Grants 2024 is now open!
Submission deadline: 15th November 2023 Extended deadline: 26th November 2023
The following are the winners of the Research Grants from prior years:
2023 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Freek Daams
Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam – the Netherlands
Development and implementation of 3D robotic surgery training tasks with force measurements
Principal investigator
Dr. Dolores Müller
University of Cologne
Köln – Germany
Personalized Evaluation and Training of Surgical Ergonomics for Trainees During Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
Principal investigator
Prof. Michel Adamina
University of Basel
Basel – Switzerland
Development of a machine learning algorithm for prediction of anastomotic failure in colorectal surgery
2022 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Mahdi Al-Taher
Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+)
Maastricht – the Netherlands
Simultaneous quantitative and qualitative analysis of bowel perfusion with ICG and ureteral delineation with MB in a pig model
Principal investigator
Dr. Lisa Gensthaler
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna – Austria
Influence of One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass on changes in microbiome composition of the small intestine and villi hypertrophy
Principal investigator
Dr. Eran Shlomovitz
University Health Network
Toronto – Canada
Artificial Intelligence for Laparoscopic Skills Evaluation: Bringing Cutting Edge Training to All.
2021 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Matteo De Pastena
University of Verona
Verona – Italy
Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy ergonomic analysis (DP-ROM trial)
Principal investigator
Dr. Daniel Moritz Felsenreich
Vienna Medical University
Vienna – Austria
Principal investigator
Ms Marina Yiasemidou
University of Hull
Hull – United Kingdom
An international consensus for mitigation of the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical training
2020 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Esther Consten
University Medical Center
Groningen – The Netherlands
Principal investigator
Prof. Jelle Ruurda
University Medical Center (UMC)
Utrecht – The Netherlands
The UGIRA International Registry for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy (RAMIG) for gastric cancer.
Principal investigator
Dr. Antonio Soares
Wellcome/EPSRC Interventional and Surgical Sciences Centre
London – United Kingdom
Decision support tool for optimal fluorescence perfusion assessment in colorectal surgery
2019 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Nathan Curtis
Yeovil District Hospital
Yeovil – United Kingdom
Validity and reliability of intraoperative objective laparoscopic rectal cancer performance assessment tools in residency training
Principal investigator
Dr. Francesco Maria Carrano
University of Insubria
Varese – Italy
Diffusion tensor imaging mri for 3d printing: a first model for the understanding of pelvic floor disorders
Principal investigator
Dr. Freek Daams
Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Amsterdam – The Netherlands
The prevention of anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery for cancer: the leakcheck and doublecheck study.
2018 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Matteo De Pastena
Aoui Verona
Verona – Italy
Tri stapler vs ultrasonic scalpel in distal pancreatectomy (TRUDY). A randomize controlled, multicenter, patient-blinded, superiority trial
Principal investigator
Prof. Laurents Stassen
Maastricht University Medical Center
Maastricht – The Netherlands
Principal investigator
Dr. Pietro Mascagni
IHU-Strasbourg
Strasbourg – France
Principal investigator
Prof. Gianfranco Silecchia
University La Sapienza of Rome
Rome – Italy
Malabsorption and gut microbiota profile changes after laparoscopic MBG vs roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB: a prospective multicenter comparative study
2016 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Michele Diana
IHU-Strasbourg
Strasbourg – France
2015 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Salvatore Paiella
University of Verona
Verona – Italy
Principal investigator
Dr. Nader Francis
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset – United Kingdom
Principal investigator
Prof. Alessandro Paganini
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome – Italy
Risk assessment for revisional sleeve gastrectomy after failed laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: pilot study
2014 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. John Vlot
Erasmus MC – Sophia Children’s Hospital
Rotterdam – The Netherlands
Optimizing working space in thoracoscopy: CT measurement of the effect of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in a porcine model
Principal investigator
Dr. Edgar Wong
Maastricht University Medical Centre
CTCM (Clinical Trial Center Maastricht)
Maastricht – The Netherlands
The ORANGE II PLUS – Trial: An international multicentre randomised controlled trial of open versus laparoscopic hemihepatectomy
Principal investigator
Dr. Austin G. Acheson
University of Nottingham School of Medicine
Nottingham – United Kingdom
The effect of extreme Trendelenburg positioning on cognitive function using magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging and the n-back test
2013 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Yoav Mintz
Hadassah Medical Organisation
Center for Innovative surgery
Jerusalem – Israel
Mechanisms underlying the cure of t2dm by bariatric surgery
Principal investigator
Prof. Richard Goossens
Technical University Delft
Delft – The Netherlands
Serious gaming; bridging the gap between skills centre and operating theatre
Principal investigator
Dr. Marijn Poelman
VU Medical Centre Amsterdam
Amsterdam – The Netherlands
2012 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Mario Morino
University of Torino
Torino – Italy
Principal investigator
Dr. Renato Salvador
University of Padova
Padova – Italy
Principal investigator
Prof. Eduardo Targarona
Fundació Institut de Recerca Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Barcelona – Spain
2011 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Alberto Arezzo
University of Torino
Torino – Italy
Principal investigator
Dr. Andrew Day
MATTU
Postgraduate medical school
Guilford, Surrey – United Kingdom
