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The Quality in Organ Donation (QUOD) initiative at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is excited to announce the launch of the first QUOD Innovation Competition, which is open to research scientists, clinicians, nurses, and allied health professionals wishing to make use of QUOD biobank samples.

QUOD Innovation Competition logoEntries are now open for applications for the first biannual QUOD Innovation Competition, which is in partnership with the charity Live Life Give Life, the pharmaceutical company Alexion, and the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT).

Applications are welcome from researchers worldwide who wish to use up to £5,000 (GBP) worth of QUOD samples for their research. There are two prizes available, for researchers within and outside the ESOT Congress 2025 host country.

Applications close at 18:00 BST on Thursday 17 April 2025.

Full details of the competition can be found on the QUOD website. 

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