The grants awarded each year amount to a total sum of €30.000, is usually divided between 2 to 3 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.
Submission for 2026 Research Grant are now closed.
The following are the winners of the Research Grants from prior years:
2025 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Richard van Hillegersberg
UMC Utrecht
Utrecht – The Netherlands
Robot-assisted versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy in locally advanced gastric cancer: A Western multicenter prospectively randomized controlled trial
Principal investigator
Prof. Silvia Palmisano
University of Trieste
Trieste – Italy
Teaching Rectal surgery through Artificial Intelligence Navigation: the TRAIN study
2024 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Lorenzo Arboit
University Hospital Sant’Andrea of Rome
Rome – Italy
Surgical Annotations and Training Impact on Skill evaluation and Formative Yield (SATISFY)
Principal investigator
Prof. Gianfranco Silecchia
University Hospital Sant’Andrea of Rome
Rome – Italy
Total small bowel length:CT and MRI for 3D reconstruction and an AI tool set-up in obese patients cadidates to metabolic surgery
2023 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Michel Adamina
University of Basel
Basel – Switzerland
Development of a machine learning algorithm for prediction of anastomotic failure in colorectal surgery
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
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
Quantitative analysis of intestinal perfusion with indocyanine green (ICG) and methylene blue (MB) using a single clinically approved fluorescence imaging system: a demonstration in a porcine model
Published: 10 May 2024
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.
Artificial intelligence for automatic FLS credentialing: highlighting and addressing current limitations
Published: 27 August 2025
2021 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Matteo De Pastena
University of Verona
Verona – Italy
Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy ergonomic analysis (DP-ROM trial)
Minimally invasive Distal Pancreatectomy eRgonOMic analysis – the DP-ROM trial: An explorative, prospective, observational, cohort study trial
Published: 10 October 2025
Principal investigator
Dr. Daniel Moritz Felsenreich
Vienna Medical University
Vienna – Austria
Evaluation of Biliary Reflux after One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass
Esophageal function and non-acid reflux evaluated by impedance-24 h-pH-metry, high-resolution manometry, and gastroscopy after one-anastomosis gastric bypass—outcomes of a prospective mid-term study
Published: 24 January 2023
Update on esophageal function, acid and non‑acid reflux
after one‑anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB): high‑resolution
manometry, impedance‑24‑h pH‑metry, and gastroscopy
in a prospective mid‑term study
Published: 18 February 2025
Principal investigator
Ms Marina Yiasemidou
University of Hull
Hull – United Kingdom
An international consensus for enhancement of Laparoscopic Surgical Training
2020 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Esther Consten
University Medical Center
Groningen – The Netherlands
Robot‑assisted fluorescent sentinel lymph node identification in early‑stage colon cancer
Published: 18 September 2023
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
Principal investigator
Prof. Tim Horeman
Delft University of Technology
Delft – The Netherlands
TroCare: A Smoke-Free-laparoscopy trocar system for all instruments
Trocar design and functionality
by Daniel P. Robertson, Jenny Dankelman and Tim Horeman-Franse, Chapter 17 in I. Broeders et al. (eds.), The Technical Principles of Endoscopic Surgery (pp.115-120),
Published: 2024
Escape of surgical smoke particles, comparing conventional and valveless trocar systems
Published: 04 October 2023
The influence of prolonged instrument manipulation on gas leakage through trocars
Published: 13 July 2023
Characterisation of trocar associated gas leaks during laparoscopic surgery
Published: 03 November 2021
Principal investigator
Dr. Patricia Tejador
University Hospital Gregorio Marañón
Madris – Spain
Adaptive surgical learning after Covid-19
Surgical education in the post-COVID era: an EAES DELPHI-study
Published: 30 November 2022
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. Freek Daams
Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Amsterdam – The Netherlands
The prevention of anastomotic leakage in colorectal surgery for cancer: the leakcheck and doublecheck study.
Risk Nomogram Does Not Predict Anastomotic Leakage After Colon Surgery Accurately: Results of the Multi-center LekCheck Study
Published: 08 January 2022
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
Near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy: falcon trial
Near-infrared fluorescence cholangiography assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy: falcon trial
Published: 27 February 2023
Principal investigator
Dr. Pietro Mascagni
IHU-Strasbourg
Strasbourg – France
Image analysis based intraoperative time-out (ABITO): an automated safety check for cholecystectomy
Formalizing video documentation of the Critical View of Safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a step towards artificial intelligence assistance to improve surgical safety
Published: 03 October 2019
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
Short-term gut microbiota’s shift after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y vs one anastomosis gastric bypass: results of a multicenter randomized control trial
Published: 18 September 2024
2016 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Michele Diana
IHU-Strasbourg
Strasbourg – France
Gastrointestinal activity manipulation to modulate aliment absorption and appetite (GAMMA3)
The GAMMA concept (gastrointestinal activity manipulation to modulate appetite) preliminary proofs of the concept of local vibrational gastric mechanical stimulation
Published: 06 January 2020
2015 projects
Principal investigator
Dr. Salvatore Paiella
University of Verona
Verona – Italy
Use of Near Infrared technology as a guide in laparoscopic enucleation of hypervascular pancreatic lesions: the COLPAN colour-and-resect project
Is there a role for near-infrared technology in laparoscopic resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors? Results of the COLPAN “colour-and-resect the pancreas” study
Published: 03 April 2017
Principal investigator
Dr. Nader Francis
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset – United Kingdom
2D versus 3D laparoscopic total mesorectal excision: a developmental multicentre randomised controlled trial
2D versus 3D laparoscopic total mesorectal excision: a developmental multicentre randomised controlled trial
Published: 17 January 2019
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
INCH trial
The INCH-Trial: a multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of conventional open surgery and laparoscopic surgery for incisional hernia repair
Published: 07 June 2013
2012 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Mario Morino
University of Torino
Torino – Italy
Study of the surgically-induced weight loss effects on obese men sexual quality of life
Surgically induced weight loss effects on sexual quality of life of obese men: a prospective evaluation
Published: 14 January 2020
Principal investigator
Dr. Renato Salvador
University of Padova
Padova – Italy
The impact of laparoscopic Heller myotomy on the manometric pattern of esophageal achalasia
Effects of laparoscopic myotomy on the esophageal motility pattern of esophageal achalasia as measured by high-resolution manometry
Published: 30 December 2016
Principal investigator
Prof. Eduardo Targarona
Fundació Institut de Recerca Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Barcelona – Spain
Design of a 3D model to evaluate 2 volumetric variables (sleeve diameter and antrum size) after sleeve gastrectomy and its influence on weight loss
Influence of antrum size on gastric emptying and weight-loss outcomes after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (preliminary analysis of a randomized trial)
Published: 08 January 2018
2011 projects
Principal investigator
Prof. Alberto Arezzo
University of Torino
Torino – Italy
Multi-port vs single-port cholecystectomy (MUSIC-study)
Multi-port versus single-port cholecystectomy: results of a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial (MUSIC trial)
Published: 24 October 2016
Principal investigator
Dr. Andrew Day
MATTU
Postgraduate medical school
Guilford, Surrey – United Kingdom
