Eppendorf Award 2027: Applications Open for Young Researchers in Europe

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Hamburg, Germany, October 01, 2026 - Applications are now open for the 2027 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. The €20,000 award recognizes outstanding contributions to biomedical research and is presented in collaboration with the scientific journal Nature.
 
Researchers who hold a Ph.D., are no older than 35 at the time of application and conduct their research in Europe are eligible to apply. The application deadline is January 15, 2027: www.eppendorf.com/award/application.
 
The award recognizes research in molecular, cellular, systems, or organismal biology, as well as innovative analytical concepts. The award ceremony will take place at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany.
 
The potential of awardwinning research to shape the future is demonstrated by the 2026 award recipient, Dr. Martin Pačesa. He received the award for his work on AIassisted de novo design of functional protein binders.
 
The recipient of the 2027 Eppendorf Award will be selected by an independent jury chaired by Laura Machesky of the University of Cambridge, UK. Information on eligibility requirements, the selection process, and how to apply is available at www.eppendorf.com/award.
 
About the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators
Since 1995, the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators has been presented annually to an earlycareer researcher in Europe who is no older than 35 at the time of application. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on laboratory methods in molecular, cellular, systems, or organismal biology  including novel analytical concepts. The recipient is selected by an independent jury of experts chaired by Professor Laura Machesky of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK. The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators is presented in collaboration with the scientific journal Nature. About the Eppendorf Group Eppendorf is a leading international life science company that develops, manufactures, and distributes instruments, consumables, and services for use in laboratories around the world.
 
The product portfolio of the business units Liquid Handling, Consumables, Automated Liquid Handling, Separation & Instrumentation and Bioprocess includes, for example pipettes, pipette tips, centrifuges, mixers, ultrafreezers and bioreactors for cell and gene research. In addition, Eppendorf offers a wide range of highquality consumables. In fiscal year 2025, the Eppendorf Group recorded consolidated revenue of €924 million and invested €60.9 million in research and development (R&D).
 
Eppendorf products are used in academic or industrial research laboratories, such as pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and food industries, as well as clinical, environmental, forensic, and industrial laboratories for process analysis, production, and quality assurance.
 
Since 1945, the Eppendorf Group has been headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, and today operates production and R&D sites in Europe, Asia and North America and has subsidiaries in 30 countries. The Group employs more than 4,000 people worldwide. They all act in accordance with the purpose of the company’s founders: to improve human living conditions. Eppendorf Media Contact: Sabrina Stock Eppendorf SE Barkhausenweg 1 22339 Hamburg Mail: stock.s@eppendorf.de