Until 30th June, 2007, young researchers working in Europe who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators which is endowed with 15,000 Euro. This highly reputated prize was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding performance based on methods in molecular biology in the field of biomedical research.An independent jury of scientists under the Chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Kai Simons will select the Eppendorf Award prize winner 2007.The prize ceremony with international guests and press representatives will take place during the Medica exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, on November 15th, 2007. Full details on the Eppendorf Award, the selection criteria and previous award winners can be found at the Eppendorf AG Homepage under www.eppendorf.com/award. Potential prize winners will find all relevant information for a successful application.