Geoffrey Harris Award
The Geoffrey Harris Award recognises researchers in the field of neuroendocrinology.
The winner receives the Geoffrey Harris commemorative medal and a monetary award as well as complimentary registration, accommodation and travel expenses to attend the European Congress of Endocrinology 2026 in Prague, Czechia. The award will be presented at the Congress where the recipient will give one of the Plenary lectures on the relevant research and write a review paper to be published in the European Journal of Endocrinology. In addition they will be asked to give two other lectures at future ESE scientific meetings.
2025 Winner
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Geoffrey Harris Award winner is Thierry Brue from France. The 2025 Awards will be presented at the Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE 2025 ‘Connecting Endocrinology Across the Life Course’ in Copenhagen, Denmark. The title of his lecture at the Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE 2025 is 'Learning from rare diseases: from corticotroph deficiency to corticotroph adenomas'.
Nominations for the 2026 Award are now open
The 2026 Awards will be presented at ECE 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Nominations for the award are invited from individuals or any scientific organisation or administrative group. Self-nominations will be accepted if supported by two ESE members. The candidate must be a member of ESE.
Multiple nominations for the same person for the same award will not be accepted. If multiple nominations for the same nominee are received, the nominators will be contacted so that they have the opportunity to combine into one nomination submission. Letters of nominations can be co-signed by multiple supporters.
Members of the ESE Executive Committee and the ECE Programme Organising Committee are not eligible for one year after their term of office ends. ESE Committee Chairs and Focus Area Leads are not eligible whilst in office.
Nominations should include:
- Nomination covering letter, including the merits of the nominee and the reasoning for the nomination (no longer than two pages)
- CV and Bibliography - list the most relevant research/publications of the nominee (up to 10 publications within the last 10 years)
- Letter of support (if self-nomination) from two ESE members
- Tentative title of the plenary lecture
The jury is composed of five members of the ESE Executive Committee and is formed each year. A member of the Executive Committee may not serve in the jury when nominations have been received from from a nominee from their country. If this reduces the number below the minimum of 5 jury members, then external jury members are to be consulted.
The Chairman of the jury is usually the ESE Secretary. If not a member of the jury, for reasons outlined above, the President or the Treasurer will act as Chairman. If all three are not members of the jury, the jury selects a chairman from their own number.
Please contact the ESE Office for further information.
