Criteria for application

The applicant should be/have:

• age 35 years or younger at the time of the application deadline; 
• presently active in tobacco control including research, advocacy, policy or practice; 
• abstract has been accepted by the Scientific Committee
• no affiliation with tobacco industry

Applications must be submitted together with the abstract for the conference. Applicants can notify on the abstract submission form that they wish to be candidate for the Young Professional award. The application form that can be found here, should also be completed.

Review
The applications are reviewed by members of the ECToH Youth Board and suggestions for nominations are sent to the ECL board. 

Criteria for evaluation

Efforts will be given to recognize individuals working (either paid or volunteer) from WHO EURO Member States;

In the abstract submitted awardees will have contributed to advancing tobacco control in the following ways:

• Contributing to the advancement of the WHO-FCTC either in their country, in Europe or globally;
• Planning, implementing and evaluating innovative research in the area of tobacco control; 
• Advocacy activity within their country, in Europe or globally; 
• Advancing healthy policy development; 
• Developing and/or implementing innovative and functional tobacco cessation methods and strategies and/or prevention initiatives; 
• Knowledge-transfer efforts to translate tobacco control research to practice.