Lambris Complement Training Award
The Lambris Complement Training Award, sponsored by the Lambris Family, is presented by the International Complement Society (ICS) at the biennial Complement Workshop.
Purpose
This award recognizes and supports an outstanding trainee or early-career researcher who shows exceptional promise to become a future leader in biomedical research on the complement system.
Eligibility
Research may include laboratory, clinical, epidemiological, or experimental animal studies in complement biology.
Candidates must submit an abstract to the biennial ICW Workshop.
Preference is given to nominees in trainee or mentored positions.
Nominations must be submitted by an ICS member (self-nominations are not accepted).
Nomination Requirements
- Registration for the ICW Workshop and abstract submission
- Letter of Recommendation
- Curriculum Vitae
- Extended abstract (up to 750 words) describing the nominee’s work
Nomination deadline: Please refer to the official ICS website for the latest dates and submission guidelines.
Award
The selected awardee will receive:
- Certificate of Award
- Honorarium of $5,000
- Recognition in the ICS Newsletter and on the ICS website
Awardees
Below are the recipients of the Lambris Complement Training Award:
| 2025 | ![]() | Marco Mannes | University Hospital of Ulm | Germany |
| 2023 | ![]() | Felix Poppelaars | University of Colorado Anschutz | USA |
| 2021 | ![]() | Wioleta Zelek | Cardiff University | United Kingdom |
| 2018 | ![]() | Christoph Q. Schmidt | Ulm University | Germany |
| 2016 | ![]() | Martin Kolev | King’s College, London | United Kingdom |
| 2014 | ![]() | Suzan Rooijakkers | UMC Utrecht | The Netherlands |
| 2012 | ![]() | Mikkel-Ole Skjodt | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |






