Awards and Grants
ESAIC Grants
Call for ESAIC Grants 2026 is open!
The ESAIC Andreas Hoeft Grant (€55,000) – Dedicated to Anaesthesiology
The ESAIC Paolo Pelosi Grant (€55,000) – Dedicated to Intensive Care
The ESAIC Grants aims to support researchers in conducting high-quality anaesthesia and intensive care related studies that can improve clinical practice and patient outcomes.

Call for short abstract applications: 15 September 2025
Deadline for short abstract applications: 30 October 2025
Deadline for full applications: 19 January 2026
Final results to applicants: April 2026
The submission process for short-abstract Grant applications
- For ESAIC grants, all applicants must be full ESAIC members (either active, affiliate, honorary, non-physician health professionals or retired) or if there are co-investigators, at least one of these investigators should be a full ESAIC member at the moment of application.
- All applicants for a grant in the framework of the Grant Programme must be a qualified member of an institution in one of the countries that is represented in the ESAIC Council as defined in the By-laws of ESAIC.
- The work must be conducted in one of the European countries represented on the ESAIC Council or in a country where the National Society is a member of the ESAIC. Collaborative studies among different European countries may be supported. In this case, it is necessary to receive recommendation letters from all the institutions participating in the study.
Please note that due to the high number of applications that are received, it is unfortunately not possible to provide individual feedback to applicants.