About the Award
The Jon van Rood award was created in the name of the late Jon van Rood, a long active immunologist who made seminal discoveries and observations in the field of cell and tissue transplants, in particular haematopoietic cell transplantation. While haematopoietic cell transplantation remains a historical and canonical form of cell transplant and in many of its applications in immunotherapy of haematological malignancies, many recent developments have led to the approval and commercialisation of innovative industry-manufactured medicinal products, some of which have resulted in the engineering of autologous or allogeneic immune effector cells with clinical efficacy in some disease subsets. To recognise these important changes, the scope of the Jon van Rood Award is now expanded to cover immunological aspects of haematopoietic cell transplantation as well as new developments in the design and evaluation of immune effector cell therapies.
EBMT Cellular Therapy & Immunobiology Working Party (CTIWP) is pleased to offer this prestigious (5,000€) award for outstanding contributions in the field of haematopoietic transplantation immunology, immunogenetics, tolerance, graft-vs-leukaemia/tumour effects, immune monitoring and development of innovative therapeutic approaches based on the engineering of immune effector cells. The selection will be undertaken by a distinguished international jury.
The award will be presented on an annual basis during the Cellular Therapy and Immunobiology Working Party Scientific Session at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the EBMT.
Important information to qualify for the award:
- The paper should be published or accepted for publication during the year 2026.
- The candidates should not be older than 40 years on 31 December 2026.
- The Award is restricted to the first author of the paper or one of the first co-authors with equal contribution*. (*In case of equal contribution/shared first authorship, a letter of approval of the other co-first author should be submitted.)
- The Award is not restricted to EBMT members.
- The Academic paper is in English.
Application guidelines
Applications for the award should include the following:
- Letter of application/ motivational letter (maximum one page)
- Curriculum vitae (CV) of the applicant (including year of birth)
- Academic paper
Please send your application through this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JJvanRood2027
Date application period open: 01 October 2026
Deadline to apply: 17 January 2027
The award of 5,000€ is generously supported by the EBMT with an unrestricted educational grant.