Every year the Council of ESCI awards all original research articles published on European Journal of Clinical Investigation (ESCI) in the previous year. A careful review of both Clinical and Basic/Translation original research article published in this time frame (November to November) with focus on: study design and novelty, technical merit, advance in the research field and interest for readers. All members of Council are in charge of a multi-step manuscript evaluation.

Two best research articles (one Clinical and one Basic/Translational) are finally awarded in an official ceremony during the Annual Scientific Meeting. Winners are required to attend the meeting and have a ten-minute talk that summarizes key findings of the awarded studies.

Each winner receives a  prize of €500 + Travel and 2 nights Hotel and Registration for the ESCI Annual Scientific Meeting attendance,

Winners of the ESCI Research Awards 2023 – Prague, Czech Republic                                                                                                                                                                      Award Winner Best Basic Research Article: Anetta Undas                                                                                                                                                                                          Award Winner Best Clinical Research Article:  Adrian Post

Winners of the ESCI Research Awards 2022 – Bari, Italy
Award Winner Best Clinical Research Article: Natalya Dorofeyeva, MD, PhD
Award Winner Best Basic Research Article: Luis Garcia de Guadiana Romualdo

Winners of the ESCI Research Awards 2021 – Virtual Meeting – COVID Edition
Award Winner Best Clinical Research Article: Sebastien Carballo, MD
Award Winner Best Basic Research Article: Giovanni Camici, FESC

Winners of the ESCI Research Awards 2020 – Virtual Meeting – COVID Edition
Award Winner Best Clinical Research Article: Dr. Francisco Gomez Delgado
Award Winner Best Basic Research Article: Dr. Magdalena Paplińska-Goryca
Award Best Cited Article (2019): Dr. Klarlund Pedersen

Winners of the ESCI Awards 2019
Award for the Best Clinical Research Article: Amaia Roderiquez
Award for the Best Basic Research Article: Ruben Nogeiras
Award for the Most Cited  Article Award (2018): Gianluigi Giannelli

Winners of the ESCI Awards 2018
Award for the Best Basic Research Article: Miguel López
Award for the Best Clinical Research Article: Federico Carbone
Award for the Most Cited  Article Award (2017): John D. Lambris

Previous Award Winners:
Best Basic Research EJCI Article Award  &  Best Clinical Research EJCI Article Award

2017 David Wang & Martin Huelsmann 1996 Paolo Golino
2016 Steven Chamuleau & Luis Caballero 1995 Peter Valent
2015 Danuta Zapolska-Downar & Klaus Distelmaier 1994 Bo Angelin
2014 Dirk Schübeler & Xenofon Baraliakos 1993 Thomas F Lüschel
2013 Luca Scorrano & Mihai Netea 1992 Roberto Montesano
2012 Triantafyllos Chavakis 1991 René RP de Vries
2011 Caetano Reis e Sousa & Georg Schett 1990 Douglas Roland Higgs
2010 Reuven Agami & I. Sadaf Farooqi 1989 Daniel P Lew
2009 Josef M Penninger 1988 Anothony W Segal
2008 László Nagy 1987 Gian Franco Bottazzo
2007 John PA Ioannidis 1986 Lars-Inge Larsson
2006 Michael Roden 1985 Rolf M Zinkernagel
2005 Lars Fugger 1984 Pierre Corvol & J Ménard
2004 Allan Flyybjerg 1983 Fritz R Bühler
2003 Raphael Scharfmann 1982 GG Rousseau
2002 Huge Edward Montgomery 1981 Timothy J Peters
2001 Hans C Clevers 1980 Alberto Malliani
2000 Seppo Ylä=Jerttuala 1979 Jens F Rehfeld
1999 Guido Poli 1978 Lelio Orci
1998 Anthony HV Schapira 1977 David JH Brock
1997 Irene Virgolini 1976 Jean-François Bach