SPIN Award Program 2015

The SPIN (Scientific Progress – Immunoglobulins in Neurology) Awards are part of the Grifols Scientific Awards program, which is committed to promoting scientific research as the cornerstone of a process that will lead to better health and quality of life for patients.

The SPIN Awards Program supports the development and testing of innovative ideas and hypotheses in the field of immunoglobulin research in neurology. It was launched in 2008 under its former name, eSPIN (European Scientific Progress – Immunoglobulins in Neurology). As of this year, the scope of the SPIN Awards has been extended and now invites applications from around the globe.

The first winner of the new, global 2015 SPIN Award is: Krista Kuitwaard, MD, from The Netherlands.

The SPIN Award Program offers a prize of 50,000 euros for the proposal that best matches the program's objectives:

• To develop novel concepts in immunoglobulin research in neurology
• To encourage the discovery of beneficial immunoglobulin applications in neurological disorders
• To promote research on novel therapeutic options for patients with neurological conditions