Roland Schauer Early Career Award 2026

This award honours a scientist who has demonstrated outstanding research achievements in a field of glycobiology relevant to the GBM. The prize is awarded to excellent early-career researchers whose doctoral degree was completed no more than eight years prior to the application. For candidates holding a medical doctorate (MD), the time limit is extended to a maximum of nine years. Family-related career interruptions may be additionally taken into account, with up to two years per child.

The award is endowed with € 2,000. The prize money was donated in memory of the glycobiochemist Prof. Dr. Roland Schauer (Biochemical Institute, Kiel University). Nominations by colleagues as well as self-nominations are welcome. The GBM would appreciate it if awardees accept the prize in person and give a lecture at the “35^th Joint Glycobiology Meeting” in September 2026. Travel expenses will be supported by the GBM.

Nominations, including the required documents, must be submitted electronically by email to the GBM office at awards@gbm-online.de by 15 May 2026.

The nomination must include the following documents (in this order):

• Contact details of the nominee and, if applicable, of the nominating person
• Curriculum vitae of the nominated early-career researcher
• List of publications
• Motivation letter or letter of recommendation from the nominator describing the award-worthy work
• Overview of the main highlights of the research activities (maximum 3 pages)
• The most important publications resulting from the work (maximum 5)

Please combine all documents into a single PDF file (maximum size 15 MB).

For further information, please contact the GBM office (telephone: +49 69 660 567-0) or the spokesperson team of the Glycobiology Study Group (https://gbm-online.de/en/study-groups/glycobiology.html).

General information about the Roland Schauer Early Career Award and it's past recipients is available on the award's website.