SEORL-CCC 2026 Awards
General information
The winners of these awards will be published in the website of SEORL-CCC before the start of the 77th National Congress, to be held in October 2026, and they will be presented at the Awards Ceremony of said Congress.
To qualify for these awards, the first author must be a member of the SEORL-CCC.
The Evaluation Committee that will award these prizes will be designated by the Scientific Committee, and ehe decision shall be final. Members of the Evaluation Committee may not have any conflicts of interest.The award may not be conferred.
The decision of the Evaluation Committee will be final and will be communicated to the authors as soon as possible and it will be final. It is possible that the award may not be conferred.
Any proposal that does not meet any of the requirements described will be automatically discarded.
In the event that several contestants win the prize ex-aequo, the amount awarded will be divided equally among them.
Call for awards deadline:
June, 2026
at 23:59 h
Important
During the evaluation process, if an author receives the highest score in multiple submitted candidacies, the Scientific Committee will grant them the award with the highest value or amount, automatically excluding them from the other submitted candidacies.
Acta ORL Española Award
Awarded with €1.500 (minus the corresponding withholding) and an honorary diploma from SEORL-CCC.
The best paper published ONLINE during 2025 in the Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española will be awarded, according to the Evaluation Committee.
Papers must be original, and the can be either surgical, clinical or research based.
Your application must be submitted electronically to the email address: congreso.premios@seorl.net before 26th of June of de 2026 with the subject line: “PREMIO ACTA ORL 2026”.
The projects will be scored according to the following evaluation criteria:
- Originality (1-3 points): Evaluations will be based upon an original topic, a new description or approach to the issue, and the existence of similar published works.
- Methodology (1-3 points): The quality of the methodology used in the study will be assessed (patients and/or variables studied, technical complexity, relevance of the methodology, statistical method, etc.).
- Practical application of the results (1-3 points): Assess possible effects of the results of the study on clinical practice.
Award for the best Doctoral Thesis
Awarded with €1.500 (minus the corresponding withholding) and an honorary diploma from SEORL-CCC.
The best Doctoral Thesis in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery presented during 2025 will be awarded. The thesis topic must be related to any branch of ENT research.
Applicants must submit an electronic copy of their thesis to the email address: congreso.premios@seorl.net before 26th of June of 2026, including the following documentation:
- Certification obtained.
- Composition of the court that assessed it.
- Articles related to thesis writing.
The subject of the email must be “PREMIO TESIS DOCTORAL 2026”.
The winning thesis will be included in the library at the SEORL-CCC headquarters. The winner will send a printed copy of the thesis after being notified of the panel’s decision. Participation in the award implies the implicit authorization, on the part of the contestant, for the publication of the submitted thesis on the SEORL-CCC website for all members to consult.
The projects will be scored according to the following evaluation criteria:
- Originality (1-3 points): Evaluations will be based upon an original topic, a new description or approach to the issue, and the existence of similar published works.
- Methodology (1-3 points): The quality of the methodology used in the study will be assessed (patients and/or variables studied, technical complexity, relevance of the methodology, statistical method, etc.).
- Practical application of the results (1-3 points): Assess possible effects of the results of the study on clinical practice.
- Publications derived from the thesis (must be attached): 1 point per article. Publications with an impact factor will have their corrected impact factor (impact factor divided by quartile in their category) added to them.
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Award for the Best Clinical Research Paper published online in an international journal
Evaluation Committee
Awarded €1,500 (minus the corresponding withholding tax) and an honorary diploma from SEORL-CCC.
The best work published ONLINE during 2025 in an international journal with an impact factor in the Science Citation Index will be awarded.
The papers must be original, and the first author must be a member of SEORL-CCC.
They may be surgical or clinical articles, excluding presentations of clinical cases and articles reviewing a subject.
To be eligible for this award, you must send a copy of your work to congreso.premios@seorl.net before 26th of June, 2026 with the subject line “PREMIO TRABAJO CLÍNICO 2026”.
The quality of the work and the relevance of the journal in which it was published will be kept in mind during the evaluation, using the following evaluation criteria:
- Originality (1-3 points): Evaluations will be based upon an original topic, a new description or approach to the issue, and the existence of similar published works.
- Methodology (1-3 points): The quality of the methodology used in the study will be assessed (patients and/or variables studied, technical complexity, relevance of the methodology, statistical method, etc.).
- Practical application of the results (1-3 points): Assess possible effects of the results of the study on clinical practice.
- Corrected impact factor: the points resulting from dividing the journal’s impact factor by the quartile in which it is located in its category will be applied (1 if it is in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd and 4 in the 4th).
Award for the Best Basic or Applied Research Paper published online in an international journal
Evaluation Committee
Awarded €1,500 (minus the corresponding withholding tax) and an honorary diploma from SEORL-CCC.
The best work published ONLINE during 2025 in an international journal with an impact factor in the Science Citation Index will be awarded.
The papers must be original, and the first author must be a member of SEORL-CCC.
They may be basic or applied research articles, excluding articles reviewing a research topic.
To be eligible for this award, you must send a copy of your work to congreso.premios@seorl.net before 26th of June, 2026 with the subjetc line “PREMIO TRABAJO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 2026”.
The quality of the work and the relevance of the journal in which it was published will be kept in mind during the evaluation, using the following evaluation criteria:
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- Originality (1-3 points): Evaluations will be based upon an original topic, a new description or approach to the issue, and the existence of similar published works.
- Methodology (1-3 points): The quality of the methodology used in the study will be assessed (patients and/or variables studied, technical complexity, relevance of the methodology, statistical method, etc.).
- Practical application of the results (1-3 points): Assess possible effects of the results of the study on clinical practice.
- Corrected impact factor: the points resulting from dividing the journal’s impact factor by the quartile in which it is located in its category will be applied (1 if it is in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd and 4 in the 4th).
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SEORL-CCC