GSCN Awards 2026

The GSCN 2026 Young Investigator Award goes to Jesse Veenvliet of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden.
The GSCN 2026 Hilde Mangold Award goes to Maike Sander of the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin.
The GSCN 2026 Publication of the Year Award goes to Annika Zink, Alessandro Prigione, Ole Pless, Markus Schuelke, Annika Wittich, et al. for their publication, “Pluripotent stem-cell-based screening uncovers sildenafil as a mitochondrial disease therapy” published in Cell on March 19, 2026.

Find the GSCN press release From understanding cells to developing new therapies  here  

There will be two poster awards for each poster session. The poster jury will determine the Poster Award winners during the conference.
The awardees will receive € 500 each. Authors are asked to be present at the poster award ceremony on Friday, 11 September 2026 at 15:30 – 15:50 h in the Plenary Hall.

GSCN Travel Awards

Apply for travel awards to the 14^th GSCN Conference.

To apply please send the submitted abstract to the event and a short letter of motivation (max. 1 page) to the GSCN Office (✎ office@gscn.org). The letter should contain 1) the importance of the event for the applicant, 2) how the applicant profits from the event and 3) why financial support is important.

Deadline for the application is 15 June 2026.