Friday May 5^th  15.00- 17.00 

What can you win?

The prestigious BJS-EHS Prize is awarded to the top two oral presentations with additional monetary prizes of 3500 euro for the winner and 1500 euro for the runner up.

What will you have to do if you are in the top 4 of this competition?

1. Present your paper at the BJS Society Prize session at EHS 2023 in Barcelona.
2. Present your paper again later in the year at a separate webinar promoted by the BJS and the EHS.

So, am I eligible and how do I apply?

The BJS - EHS prize is awarded to the best paper submitted to the BJS to be considered for publication on a hernia/abdominal wall related topic by an author who is eligible.

To be eligible,

1. You have to be a current EHS member (if you are not please join NOW!)
2. You have to be the first AND the corresponding author on the paper.
3. You have to submit an abstract of the paper through the EHS 2023 abstract submission portal by 31^stJanuary 2023.
4. If successful for the prize session, you must submit the finished full paper to the BJS or BJS Open by 28^th February 2023.
5. The completed manuscript has to be simultaneously emailed by 28^th February 2023 (tbc) to the EHS secretary (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.), labelled “BJS: EHS Society Prize session” and state that the competition has been entered by the closing date of the competition.

The top scoring abstracts will be considered for the BJS prize session by members of the EHS Board and the two prize winners from this shortlist chosen by the Editors of the BJS and BJSOpen. 

We welcome your application and wish you the best of luck.