IFPA Awards and Previous Awardees
(See also Terms of Reference - opens in a new window)
The IFPA Award in Placentology acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. Nominees should be within 15 years of receiving their doctoral degree and be nominated by established senior scientists. The award is offered every two years at an IFPA-designated meeting. The next award will be in 2009.
2002 Eric Jauniaux (London, UK)
- 2004 James C.Cross (Calgary, Canada)
- 2005 Thomas Jansson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
- 2007 Myriam Hemberger (Babraham, UK)
The IFPA Gabor Than Award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. It is intended to recognise the work of early career researchers: as a guide, nominees normally should be within 7 years of receiving their doctoral or senior degree. The award is offered every two years at an IFPA-designated meeting. The next award will be in 2008.
- 2003 Vicki Clifton (Newcastle, Australia)
- 2006 Ian Crocker (Manchester, UK)
National Institutes of Health Lecturer. This award sponsors an established US investigator to attend the annual IFPA meeting and give a state-of-the-art plenary lecture.
- 2005 Allen Enders (Davis, USA)
- 2006 Joan S. Hunt (Kansas City, USA)
- 2007 R. Michael Roberts (Columbia, USA)
The Elsevier Trophoblast Research Award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a scientist in training based upon a poster presentation at an IFPA-designated meeting. The award provides for a special podium research presentation by the scientist at the next IFPA meeting.
- 1997 Reinald Fundele (Berlin, Germany)
- 1998 Atsuchi Suzuki (Keio, Japan)
- 1999 Richard Vasicek (Graz, Austria)
- 2000 Mikhail Tchirikov (Hamburg, Germany)
- 2001 Judith Cartwright (London, UK)
- 2002 Suzanne Campbell (Sydney, Australia)
- 2003 Adrian Miller (Manchester, UK)
- 2004 Helen Bond (Manchester, UK)
- 2005 Erica Watson (Calgary, Canada)
- 2006 Malgorzata Gasperowicz (Freiburg, Germany)
- 2007 Jocelyn Ray (Toronto, Canada)
The Elsevier Placenta New Investigator Award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a scientist in training based upon a podium presentation at an IFPA-designated meeting.
- 2002 Rebecca Jones (Monash, Australia)
- 2003 Vanessa Murphy (Newcastle, Australia)
- 2004 Shawn Chavez (New Haven, USA)
- 2005 Tereza Cindrova-Davies (Cambridge, UK)
- 2006 Ursula Hiden (Graz, Austria)
- 2007 Miao Chang (Springfield, USA)
The Y.W. Loke New Investigator Travel Awards
These awards offset travel expenses for ~40 New Investigators. The awards are based on a review of abstracts submitted for an IFPA-designated meeting. Candidates must be scientists in training (see Terms of Reference - opens in a new window).
The EPG Peter Kaufmann Award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a scientist in training (see Terms of Reference) based upon a poster or podium presentation at an EPG meeting that incorporates any morphological method that is critical for data interpretation. This award will cover the local registration/ accommodation fee to the subsequent IFPA meeting. The next award will be in 2008.
- 2005 Philip Coan (Cambridge, UK)
National Institutes of Health New Investigator Travel Awards. These travel awards are to enable US-based new investigators in any aspect of placental research to attend the annual meetings of IFPA. New investigators are defined as scientists in training (see Terms of Reference - opens in a new window). The awards are based on a review of abstracts submitted for an IFPA-designated meeting.
Ad hoc Awards
In addition to the awards listed above, the organizers of recent IFPA Meetings have generated funds for a number of awards to New Investigators based on podium or poster presentations at the meetings.
Past Awards:
The Adriana and Luisa Castellucci Award was awarded 1995–2001 to acknowledge outstanding research in the field of placentology. It was the predecessor to the IFPA Award in Placentology.
- 1995 John Aplin (Manchester, UK)
- 1996 Michael Soares (Kansas City, USA)
- 1997 John Kingdom (London, UK)
- 1999 Charles Graham (Kingston, Canada)
- 2001 Isabella Caniggia (Toronto, Canada)
