Through the Young Investigator Awards, the European Charcot Foundation is investing in the future.

Delegates of 35 years or younger (born in 1982 or after) that submit a poster automatically participate to the Young Investigator Awards*.

In order to be eligible for the Young Investigator Awards, the Young Investigator should present his/her poster during the Poster Viewing Sessions organised during the 25th Annual Meeting.

The Scientific Committee divided the posters in 5 different categories:

• Basic Studies
• Clinical
  
• Epidemiology
• Investigations
  
• Treatments
  

The following prizes were announced:

• Best Poster Basic Studies: 4,000 €
  Julia NEDELCU, Germany
  Poster: Segmental demyelination of internodes triggers mitochondrial redistribution
  
  
• Best Poster Clinical: 4,000 €
  Martina CONGIU, Italy
  Poster: Impact of fatigue and depression on motor rehabilitation outcomes in progressive multiple sclerosis
  
  
• Best Poster Epidemiology: 4,000 €
  Daiana BEZZINI, Italy
  Poster: Multiple Sclerosis incidence in Tuscany from administrative data
  
  
• Best Poster Investigations: 4,000 €
  Marco PISA, Italy
  Poster: Motor evoked potentials as a clinically relevant outcome in progressive MS
  
  
• Best Poster Treatments: 4,000 €
  Bryan CERONIE, UK
  Cladribine controls multiple sclerosis via memory B cell depletion
  

* Investigators born before 1982 were welcome to submit a poster, but only investigators born in 1982 or after were eligible to participate in the Young Investigator Awards.