Ferenc Bojan Young Investigators Award
Since 1997, EUPHA has installed a Ferenc Bojan lecture/award in memory of the EUPHA president who tragically died from a car accident in Hungary in February 1997.
About Ferenc Bojan
Ferenc Bojan qualified in medicine in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, in 1970, and spent his early professional career in the academic Department of Hygiene in Debrecen. In 1989, he moved to the Department of Social Medicine as its head and quickly recognised the need to address the challenges of chronic underfunding and the failure to adopt modern approaches to public health. He considered it a high priority to tackle these issues by developing a critical mass of highly trained professionals capable of assessing health needs and developing and implementing effective public health policies.
He was committed to ensuring that Hungary became integrated into the wider European public health community, leading the Hungarian Society for Public Health into EUPHA and subsequently being elected President of EUPHA. During his tenure, Ferenc Bojan actively supported the expansion of EUPHA to neighbouring countries. Throughout the 1990s, he was a source of inspiration and provided significant support to colleagues across Central and Eastern Europe.
Ferenc Bojan Young Investigators Award
In order to continue the legacy of Ferenc Bojan, the EUPHA Executive Council decided in 1997 to annually dedicate one session for Central and Eastern European health issues called the ‘Ferenc Bojan Memorial Lecture’. This was changed in 2007 to the ‘Ferenc Bojan Abstract Award’ for the highest scoring abstract from a Central and Eastern European country. As it was quickly clear that abstracts from that region do not differ from (or even score higher than) abstracts from other countries, it has been transformed in a conference session entitled ‘Ferenc Bojan Young Investigators Award’. Here the five highest scoring abstracts from young professionals (under 30 years) are invited to present their abstract to a small committee. The committee combines abstract with presentation and the winner of the Ferenc Bojan award is announced in the closing session.
The winner is awarded a certificate and waiver of registration fees for the next EPH Conference.
Information on previous winners can be found on the pages of past EPH Conferences.
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
Deadline 1 May 2026 18:00 CET
Submit your abstract
No. Travel grants are not available.
No, this is an in-person conference only. It is not possible to attend the conference online.
Abstracts are scored by the International Scientific Committee, and acceptance is based on the average score.
You can submit your abstract through the online submission system available on the conference website. The system closes on 1 May at 18.00 CET, after which you will no longer be able to submit your abstract for the 19th edition of the EPH Conference.
The 20th edition of the EPH Conference will take place in Belgrade, Serbia from 16 – 19 November 2027.