These awards are designed to give Young Investigators, working in the field of paediatric oncology, the opportunity to present their original research at the SIOP Annual Meeting.

Successful candidates will receive the following benefits:

• Free congress registration
• Free Young  SIOP Membership (two-year membership)
• Financial support towards their travel and accommodation cost up to EUR 1500 (does not apply for virtual congress)

Depending on the global situation in 2023 due to the pandemic, we will consider add. costs for attendees (i.e. testing etc.).

• be under the age of 40 years (age is not an absolute limit; please email us at info@siop-online.org to demonstrate that you might have been away from the field due to, for example, for a career break, parental leave or long-term sick leave and we can take this into account for the application)
• be active in paediatric oncology; full time or at least 30%
• submit an abstract to the SIOP Annual Meeting as per the abstract submission rules and guidelines (review here)

Awards will be given to the highest ranking abstracts, selected according to the predefined general quality criteria, i.e. prospective multicentre studies, as well as presentation of large translational projects.