AEPC Research grant
With the AEPC research grant for juniors we aim to support international scientific projects in the field of paediatric and congenital cardiology in Europe.
The research proposal explicitly includes work in the field of basic science, however, all fields of clinical science could be addressed.
The project is to be conducted as an international cooperation/collaboration between centres/countries.
The results of the research (or parts of it) should be presented at a subsequent AEPC Annual Meeting and at least a summary should be published in Cardiology in the Young.
The AEPC research grant will be awarded on a biennial basis - The grant round 2026-2027 is now open!
Criteria
To apply for the AEPC research grant for juniors, you need to be an AEPC junior member in good standing, with at least one year of membership.
If you have been awarded this grant once, you cannot apply again.
How to apply
You will need to submit the following documents with your application:
1. A research proposal of max. 5 pages describing the project (A4, double spaced):
- First page: Abstract (background, project hypotheses, and methodology)
- Page 2 to 3: Detailed description of the project
- Page 4: Timeline
- Page 5: Finance plan
2. Signed Letters of support from the supervisors: the director of the unit where the Junior Member is in training and the director of the collaborative unit.
3. CV & motivation letter.
Submission deadline: 30 September 2026
The grant applications will be reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Committee. The winner will be announced latest by the end of November 2026.
The total grant to be awarded will be EUR 30,000. The overall support will be for personnel, mobility and consumables.
The award will be paid out in two instalments: the first half upon start of the project, the second half will be released following submission of a progress report (after 6 months).
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2024 - Alessia Callegari (Paris, France) - "COMPARE-PV: COMparison of Post-interventional Antithrombotic Regimens in Endovascular Pulmonary Valve Replacement"
2019 - Puck Peltenburg (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - "International Multicentre Registry Project on Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventriculair Tachycardia (CPVT)"
2018 - Bartosz Ditkowski (Leuven, Belgium) - "Do valvular endothelial cell phenotype and bloodcomponents affect the onset of infective endocarditis in RVOT grafts?”
2017 - Gabrielle Norrish (London, United Kingdom) - "Prognosis and risk stratification in infant-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy"