Prizes and medals awarded by EBSA

EBSA acknowledges outstanding scientific activity with awards.

EBSA Young Investigators’ Medal and Prize

Established in 2000, has been awarded twelve times.

The Avanti Polar Lipid / EBSA Award

A newer initiative, first given in 2013, awarded to an investigator for outstanding contributions to our understanding of lipid biophysics.

EBSA-NanoTemper Award 

Was awarded for the first time in 2025 to an investigator for outstanding contributions to the advancement of biophysical methods and their applications in the analysis and characterisation of interacting biological nanosystems.

European Biophysics Journal (EBJ) Prize

First awarded in 2023, prizes are awarded to authors of selected articles published in EBJ.