ESA Research 2015 Activities: Dont miss the deadlines! CTN Call for Centres Wouldyourhospitalliketojoinoneofthesestudies?RegisterviatheCallforCentreform, available at www.esahq.org/ctnform POPULAR: POstAnaesthesia PULmonary complications After use of muscle Relaxants in Europe: a Prospective Observational International Multicenter Cohort Study - Chief Investigator: Prof. Manfred Blobner (Germany) (study ongoing) Application deadline: 30 January 2015 PLATA: Prevention of Phantom Limb Pain After Transtibial Amputation: Randomized, double-blind, controlled, multi-center trial comparing Optimized pain control vs Optimized pain control plus Nerve Block Interventional study - Chief Investigator: Philipp Lirk (Netherlands) (study ongoing protocol ready)NECTARINE: NEonate-Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN EuropeEpidemiology of morbidity and mortality in neonatal anaesthesia: A European prospective multicentre audit of practice - Chief Investigator Nicola Disma (Italy) (study planned for 2016-no protocol available yet)EPiMAP Obstetrics: European Practices in the Management of Accidental dural Puncture in Obstetrics Observational study. Chief Investigator Anil Gupta (Sweden) (study planned for 2016-no protocol available yet)PROBESE: PRotective Ventilation with Higher versus Lower PEEP during General Anesthesia for Surgery in OBESE Patients - Chief Investigator Marcelo Gama de Abreu (Germany) (study planned for 2015-protocol available) Grants and Prizes supported by Industry Get the support you need and recognition for your research! IndustrySupportedGrantsandPrizesapplicationsaresoughtforthefollowing:BAXTERPrize (10,000), DRGER Prize (10,000), MAQUET Grant (10,000), PHILIPS Grant (10,000). Application deadline: 1 March 2015 More information? Visit the ESA website (www.esahq.org)ESA Masterclass 2015 Masterclass on EU Funding: Horizon 2020, 16-18 April 2015, Brussels, Belgium What are the funding opportunities for research in anaesthesiology? How do you identify a project, find partners and organise a consortium, understand the application phase, write the proposal? Maximise your success and sign up today! (www.esahq.org/masterclasses) Application deadline: 1 March 2015 Call for ESA Mentorship Programme leader Do you want to supervise a Programme to allow anaesthesiologists to develop their professional relationship and share experience? The ESA Research Committee (RC) has decided to develop a mentorship programme to promote professional development of young researcher and established investigators. Application deadline: 30 April 2015 More information? Visit the ESA website (www.esahq.org/mentorship) More information? Visit the ESA website www.esahq.org/researchContact: Sandrine Damster, Brigitte Leva and Benoit Plichon from ESA Research Department, research@esahq.org