Pre-registration extended until April 14, submit here your application. Please upload your two pages CV and once reviewed you will be sent a registration link.

Organised by the Council on Basic Science, this biennial event aims to inspire a new generation of basic cardiovascular science leaders taken from among the most gifted science and medical graduates.

Target audience

Mainly early stage researchers (PhD and MD/PhD students in the first three years of their research) plus a few more experienced researchers whose PhD degree was obtained within the last 2 years. Delegate numbers limited to 70.

Registration:

Pre-registration is now open submit here. Pre-registration will close on April 14th.

Registration fees are €425 and include accommodation in a shared twin room on a double occupancy basis, lunches, networking event.

Course Objectives

• Inspire a new generation of basic cardiovascular science leaders among the most gifted science and medical graduates.
• Help students improve their basic foundations in cardiovascular disease and help them develop new skill sets for the future. 
• To allow basic/medical graduates to gain in-depth knowledge in the field of cardiovascular disease by providing a focused academic environment
• Foster relations and interactions between researchers around Europe
• To improve young researchers' skills to present their data to other peers

Abstracts

All Summer School participants must submit an abstract (max 300 words) with the following headings:

• Background
• Working hypothesis
• Main objective
• Strategy (type of approach, main technology, innovative aspects)
• Expected results
• Optional - Preliminary results
• Scientific outlook (plausible impact of the expected results)

All abstracts will be presented as a printed poster.

The best 30 abstracts for a 3-minute oral presentation and Q&A. Those selected for oral presentation will be required to present their pdf-poster. All attending students will vote for the three best posters.

Travel

The Participants' accommodation is organised in a twin room, on a double occupancy basis.

Participants must make their own travel arrangements to arrive/leave in good time to complete the entire Summer School Scientific Programme.

The closest airport is Nice Airport.

Active Participants

All participants are encouraged to actively participate in the course. The most active participants will be recognised at the end of the event.