How to submit your work for the European PRRS Research Awards 2025

Boehringer Ingelheim, a global leader in animal health, honours three research proposals with a total funding of 75,000 Euro (25,000 Euro each) to encourage further development of practical methods for controlling PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome), and to recognize scientific accomplishments in this field.

The independent European PRRS Research Award review board is chaired by Enric Mateu (Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona) with members from across swine practice and academia: Julia Stadler (LMU Munich), Nicolai Weber (Danish Agriculture & Food Council), Giovanbattista Danilo Guadagnini (VetEvolution), Carles Vilalta (IRTA-CReSA) and Joachim Seelhoff (Vet-Team Vechta).

In 2025, Boehringer Ingelheim will have sponsored the annual European PRRS Research Award for the twelfth time, having already funded a total of 900,000 Euro for practical research projects.

Further support needed?

To encourage Veterinarians to preapare impactful proposals we offer the expertise of former Review Board member and successful applicant Tomasz Stadejek, Andrea Ladinig and Guillermo Ramis. Please contact them with your ideas and they can assist you to prepare your submission.

Tomasz Stadejek, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland. His current research is focused on diagnostic and epidemiology of PRRSV, IAV, PCV2, PCV3 and emerging porcine parvoviruses.

Contact Tomasz Stadejek to support you with your proposal
tomasz_stadejek@sggw.edu.pl

Guillermo Ramis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Murcia, Spain. After 13 years as practitioner in a  integration company he moved to academia researching swine health and genetics, biomarkers and viral and bacterial diseases.

Contact Guillermo Ramis to support you with your proposal
guiramis@um.es

Andrea Buzanich-Ladinig, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria. Since her PostDoc in Canada, her research focuses on PRRSV. Applied research projects include the testing of different vaccines against PRRSV, the investigation of different diagnostic procedures and sampling methods for the detection of PRRSV, and also the involvement in the Austrian monitoring program of PRRSV.

Contact Andrea Buzanich-Ladinig to support you with your proposal
andrea.ladinig@vetmeduni.ac.at

Discuss your ideas with Andrea, Tomasz, or Guillermo and apply for the European PRRS Research Awards 2025 now!

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