Awards & Grants

APMA is committed to supporting its members’ professional development. That’s why we offer travel grants to support attendance of relevant conferences and events. As in previous years, APMA will continue offering financial support to student and post-doc members of APMA to attend these upcoming events focused on proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, and bioinformatics:

• EuBIC-MS Developers Meeting 2025, February 2-7^th 2025 in Abbey of Neustift, Vahrn (link)
• Computation and statistics for mass spectrometry and proteomics, April 28^th to May 11^th 2025 in Boston, MA (link)
• AUS-Omics 2025, May 18-25^th 2025, in Cairns, Australia (link)
• ASMS, June 1-5^th 2025 in Baltimore, MD (link)
• EuPA 2025, June 16-20^th 2025 in Saint-Malo, France (link)
• HPLC 2025, June 15-19^th 2025 in Bruges, Belgium (link)
• Metabolomics 2025, June 22-26^th 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic (link)
• 17th Mass Spectrometry School in Biotechnology and Medicine, July 6-11^th 2025 in Dubrovnik, Croatia (link)
• Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) and European Conference on Computational Biology, July 10-24^th in Liverpool, UK (link)
• Brixen Proteomics Summer School 2025, July 27-August 2^nd 2025 in Brixen, Italy (link)
• 6_^th ESCP, August 26-27^th 2025 in Vienna, Austria (link)
• Lipidomics Forum, September 14-17^th 2025, in Vienna, Austria (link)
• APMRS 2025, September 12-13^th in Vienna, Austria
• GERLI Lipidomics Meeting, November 3-5^th in Strasbourg, France (link)
• HUPO World Congress 2025, November 9-13^th in Toronto, Canada (link)

The application requires submission of letter of motivation, a CV, and confirmation of registration at the event. Applications will be reviewed by the APMA board quarterly, so be sure to apply on time. The travel grants provide 200 € for conferences within Austria, 300 € for Europe, Switzerland, and the UK, and 500 € for other countries (slight changes may apply for summer school applications).

If your conference, summer school, or practical course of interest is not listed, you may enquire about your eligibility for a travel stipend by writing to office@apma.at. You will be notified by e-mail regarding the final funding decision of the APMA Board.

The Austrian Proteomics and Metabolomics Association will award the Young Investigator Award based on a significant original research publication in the area of proteomics, metabolomics (including lipidomics) or bioinformatics from a PhD student. The winner(s) will be awarded € 1 000, receive an invitation to give an honorary lecture at the annual APMRS conference, and be featured on the APMA webpage and social media channels.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Excellent original research article accepted between 01/01/2024 and 31/05/2025. The selection by the committee is based on innovative aspects, technical quality as well as potential impact. Journal impact factor may be considered but is not the major determinant of the selection
• Applicant is the first author of the publication and had PhD student status at the time of the article publication
• Current APMA membership
• The applicant’s affiliation on the publication must be a research institution or company in Austria
• Not a member of the APMA main or extended board

Send your publication with a short CV to office@apma.at until May 31^st, 2025! An elected APMA expert committee will select the winner from all applications by end of summer 2025 (date to be announced). The winner(s) will be notified by email and an announcement on the APMA website and social media channels will follow.

The Austrian Proteomics and Metabolomics Association will award the APMA Society Medal based on a significant publication contribution in the area of proteomics, metabolomics (including lipidomics) or bioinformatics from an early career researcher with less than 10 years post-PhD experience*. The winner will be awarded € 1 000, the APMA Society Medal an invitation to give an honorary lecture at the annual APMRS conference, and be featured on the APMA webpage and social media channels.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Excellent original research article accepted between 01/01/2024 and 31/05/2025. The selection by the committee is based on innovative aspects, technical quality as well as potential impact. Journal impact factor may be considered, but is not the major determinant of the selection
• Applicant must be first or corresponding author of the publication and the PhD award date may not be longer ago than 10 years* before the application deadline (*NB career breaks are considered and should be stated in the CV)
• Current APMA membership
• The applicant’s affiliation on the publication must be a research institution or company in Austria
• Not a member of any APMA board

Send your publication with a short CV to office@apma.at until May 31^st, 2025! An elected APMA expert committee will select the winner from all applications by the end of summer 2025 (date to be announced). The APMA society medal winner will be notified by email and an announcement on the APMA website and social media channels will follow.

The Austrian Proteomics and Metabolomics Association will award one Empowerment Grant of 500 € to an APMA member working in proteomics, metabolomics (including lipidomics), or bioinformatics with the aim of supporting scientists in the APMA community from underrepresented groups. The APMA Board strongly encourages women, people identifying with the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities, and people identifying with any ethnic minority or underrepresented group to apply. All career stages are eligible. The grant may be used to cover or support a range of job- or study-related activities, including (but not limited to) conference or course registration, childcare costs, purchasing of lab/office supplies or equipment, and publication fees. The winner will be awarded € 500 and – if they wish – will receive the grant at APMRS and be featured on the APMA webpage and social media channels.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The purpose of this grant resonates with you (we highly recommend people from underrepresented groups to apply)
• Current APMA membership
• Currently affiliated to a research institution or company in Austria
• Not a member of any APMA board

Send your application with a short motivational statement, CV, and details on what you intend to spend the grant money on to office@apma.at until May 31^st, 2025! You may include details about your personal life, such as if you identify with an underrepresented group, however we want to emphasize that this is not a requirement. An elected APMA expert committee will select the winner from all applications by end of summer 2025 (date to be announced).

The Austrian Proteomics and Metabolomics Association awards best poster and presentation awards during the annual APMRS meeting. The award prize money depends on the sponsoring money available. An expert judging committee under the lead of the Teaching and Education Representative will select the award winners in each category.

The Austrian Proteomics and Metabolomics Association awards the APMA Lifetime Award for significant contributions to the field of Proteomics and Metabolomics. The Lifetime Award is based on nomination only and will be directly evaluated and awarded by the APMA Board. The winner will be awarded the APMA Lifetime Award Trophy, receive an invitation to give an honorary lecture at the annual APMRS, and will be featured on the APMA webpage and social media channels.