Best Young Scientist Award

Get the opportunity to be recognized as a leading young investigator in cardiovascular medicine and win a KRW 5,000,000 scholarship!

Submission Deadline: Friday, October 3, 2025, 11:59 PM KST (UTC +9)

※ The result will be notified in mid-late December.

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What is Best Young Scientist Award?

The Best Young Scientist Award is designed to acknowledge mid-level young investigators with clinical and academic excellence in cardiovascular medicine and encourage continued commitment and dedication to the field. The winner will be announced at the conference and will receive the award with a KRW 5,000,000 scholarship with a certificate.

Qualifications

  • Younger than 45 years old at the start of TCTAP 2026 excluding individuals who have attained the rank of Associate or Full Professor.
  • Can introduce novel and advanced solutions to complicated issues in TCTAP.
  • Can share their own patient care experience with knowledge and understanding of the clinical practice in TCTAP.

※ Candidates who have presented their abstracts/cases at the events organized by CVRF will get extra points in the evaluation.

PAST RECIPIENTS
Seung-Jun Lee
12th Winner | 2025

Seung-Jun Lee, MD

Severance Hospital, Korea (Republic of)

Ki Hong Choi
11th Winner | 2024

Ki Hong Choi, MD

Samsung Medical Center, Korea (Republic of)

Hashrul Rashid
10th Winner | 2023

Hashrul Rashid, MD

St. Thomas Hospital, UK / Monash University, Australia

Haoyu Wang
9th Winner | 2022

Haoyu Wang, MD

Fuwai Hospital, China

Yi Xu
8th Winner | 2021

Yi Xu, BM, PhD

The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, China

Jeehoon Kang
7th Winner | 2019

Jeehoon Kang, MD

Seoul National University Hospital, Korea (Republic of)

Ho Lam
6th Winner | 2018

Ho Lam, MD

Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Babu Ezhumalai
5th Winner | 2017

Babu Ezhumalai, MD

Fortis Malar Hospital, India

Alfonso Ielasi
4th Winner | 2016

Alfonso Ielasi, MD

IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Italy

I-Ming Chen
3rd Winner | 2015

I-Ming Chen, MD

Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Yusuke Watanabe
2nd Winner | 2014

Yusuke Watanabe, MD

Teikyo University Hospital, Japan

Nikos Werner
1st Winner | 2013

Nikos Werner, MD

Heart Center Trier, Germany