The following Prizes will be awarded :

• ESTS – Brompton Prize – 2000 EUR
  The Brompton Prize is offered for the best thoracic presentation by an ESTS member at the Brompton Session
  and comes courtesy of the Trustees of the fund initiated by Professor Peter Goldstraw. It is an annual prize
  instituted at the 8th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery held in London November 2000.
  
• ESTS – Young Investigators Award – 2000 EUR
  To stimulate research, the ESTS has instituted a prize for the best presentation on topics of clinical or
  experimental research in the field of thoracic surgery by an ESTS member below the age of 35 years.
  
• ESTS – Grillo Prize – 1000 EUR
  The prize is offered to the best abstract in the session “Experimental / Innovative Techniques” and is named after
  our deceased honorary member Hermes Grillo (Boston).
  The prize was initially awarded in 2009 by Professor Douglas Mathisen of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a
  colleague and friend of Professor Hermes Grillo.
  
• ESTS – Greek Pioneers Prize – 500 EUR
  This prize is offered for the best poster presentation and comes courtesy of a fund chaired by Dr. Kalliopi
  Athanassiadi in the name of the first three Greek thoracic surgeons.
  
• ESTS – Covidien Prize – VATS Masterclass Elancourt
  This prize is offered to the best case presentation and comes courtesy of a donation by Covidien.
  ESTS – Dutch Society for Lung Surgery Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
  This grant is offered by the Dutch Society for Lung Surgery and was created to support a young abstract
  presenter from a low-middle income country.
  
• ESTS – DGT Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
  This grant is offered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie and was created to support a member of
  ESTS from a low income country.
  
• ESTS – FSTCS Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
  This grant is offered by French Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. It will be offered to the best oral
  presentation of clinical work by an author below the age of 35 from a low-middle income country.
  The prizes and awards will be presented at the Gala Dinner on Tuesday, 7 June 2011.