Congratulations to the 2025 Research Prizes Winners!
The EPA Research Prizes rewards the authors of the best scientific papers published in the last year in 5 different categories.
Thank you to all applicants! The Jury has reviewed the applications and winners have been contacted.
Among all the excellent applications received, the international jury selected 5 winners for the 2025 Research Prizes, who will be awarded a prize of €2 000 each and other benefits to attend the EPA 2025 Congress.
Join us in congratulating the winners on their well-deserved success!
Category "Best paper published in European Psychiatry"
Giulia Giordano (Italy)
“External validation of the five domains of negative symptoms: Focus on cognition, functional capacity, and real-world functioning”, published in European Psychiatry.
Category "Biological correlates and treatments of mental disorders"
Thomas Leon Kremer (Germany)
“Multimodal Associations of FKBP5 Methylation With Emotion-Regulatory Brain Circuits”, published in Biological psychiatric.
Category "Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"
Renzo Abregú-Crespo (Spain)
“School bullying in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions”, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
Category "Clinical psychopathology and refinement of psychiatric diagnostic categories"
Angharad de Cates (United Kingdom)
“Association between a selective 5-HT4 receptor agonist and incidence of major depressive disorder”, published in The British Journal of psychiatric.
Category "Psychiatric epidemiology, social psychiatry and psychotherapeutic interventions in mental disorders"
Riccardo De Giorgi (United Kingdom)
“12-month neurological and psychiatric outcomes of semaglutide use for type 2 diabetes: a propensity-score matched cohort study”, published in Lancet eClinicalMedicine.
Applications for the EPA 2025 Research Prizes are closed!
Each year, EPA awards individual Research Prizes to promising young mental health professionals who publish outstanding Scientific papers related to psychiatry or psychiatric research.
5 winners will be selected by the Jury and will receive an award of €2 000 each, as well as a free registration to the EPA 2025 Congress, and up to €500 reimbursed for combined travel and accommodation costs if present at the Congress Opening Ceremony.
Young psychiatrists can submit one article under one of the proposed categories:
- Clinical psychopathology and refinement of psychiatric diagnostic categories
- Biological correlates and treatments of mental disorders
- Psychiatric epidemiology, social psychiatry, and psychotherapeutic interventions in mental disorders
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Best paper published in European Psychiatry
Application deadline: 28 October 2024, 23:59 CET.
For more information, please contact the EPA Office at epa.prizes@europsy.net.
For more information on previous winners, check out our dedicated page.
Eligibility
Applications will be carefully selected by a Jury.
- Qualify as an Early Career mental health professional (professional under 40 years old or within 5 years of completion of specialist training)
- Be the first author of an article published or accepted for publication in a scientific journal in 2024
- Reside in a country included in the World Health Organisation Europe region
The application process is fully internet-based.
Please prepare the following documents and information before you begin your application:
- An updated curriculum vitae in English
- A copy of your ID
- A copy of your published article
