Final Program ESSM2019

7 21 st CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR SEXUAL MEDICINE ESSM BASIC SCIENTIST TRAVEL GRANTS These grants, which all members of ESSM are welcome to apply for (providing that they meet the eligibility criteria), are intended to support basic scientists wishing to attend the ESSM Annual Congresses. ESSM recognises that basic scientists who are not actively engaged in clinical work in sexual medicine field may have difficulty finding sponsors to attend ESSM Annual Congresses. ESSM will therefore award a free registration and EUR 500 travel expenses to ten of its members towards attending the Annual Congres- ses. The application deadline, eligibility criteria and terms and conditions of the grants can be found on the ESSM website. ESSM AWARD WINNERS Best Presentation Awards 1995 Christian Stief, Germany 1997 Paul F. Engelhardt, Germany Fran ç ois Giuliano, France Suks Minhas, United Kingdom 2000 Apostolos Apostolidis, Greece F. Mumtaz, United Kingdom 2002 Annamaria Giraldi, Denmark Andrea Salonia, Italy 2003 Stefan Ückert, Germany Ilan Gruenwald, Israel Mustafa Usta, Turkey Alberto Briganti, Italy 2004 Byoung Ahn, Republic of Korea Javier Angulo Frutos, Spain Antonio Aversa, Italy 2005 Giovanni Corona, Italy Elke Gizewski, Germany Halim Hattat, Turkey Attila Kun, Hungary Sava Perovic, Serbia 2006 Fotini Ferenidou, Greece Giulio Garaffa, Italy Wayne Hellstrom, USA Linda Vignozzi, Italy Guido van Wingen, The Netherlands 2007 Stephanie Ortigue, France Dara Lazar, Austria Ignacio Moncada Iribarren, Spain Jun-Kyu Suh, Republic of Korea Tolga Akman, Turkey MEETING AWARDS The best presentations will be awarded by ESSM’s Scien- tific Committee. 1. Prize for the best presentation on psychosexual, gender and sexology 2. Prize for the best presentation on FSD (clinical) 3. Prize for the best presentation on basic and translational research 4. Prize for the best presentation on MSD (clinical) 5. Prize for best surgical video Please note that the author of the presentation must be present during the congress in Ljubljana. THE ESSM PRESTIGE AWARDS The Executive Committee of ESSM decided to establish two awards to be presented during the annual meetings of the Society: The ESSM Career Award This award will be presented to a senior scientist who has made an outstanding contribution in the field. The award winner will be decided by the Executive and Scientific Com- mittees. The award will be presented during the opening ceremony. The ESSM Award of Excellence This award is presented annually to a physician or scientist under 40 years of age (either in basic sciences or clinical practice) who has made recent exceptional achievement in the field. ESSM RESEARCH GRANTS Every year ESSM grants up to EUR 30,000 each to 3 – 5 research projects with a maximum duration of 18 months. Research Grants are open to all ESSM members who meet the eligibility criteria. The application deadline, eligibility criteria and terms and conditions of the grants can be found on the ESSM website. We will be hearing from some of the previous grant holders in the Ljubljana meeting about their exciting and ground-breaking research. ESSM Prizes and Awards