EACS Award

The EACS Award is handed out every two years at the time of the European AIDS Conference in recognition of an individual’s longstanding, impactful and sustained professional contribution to the field of HIV.

Contributions worthy of this recognition are expected to reflect sustained excellence in the field of HIV. Such contributions may be scientific in nature, and/or relate to advancing the prevention and care of people at risk of or affected by HIV, or to promoting education, policy, community engagement or advocacy. Additional details can be found in the Terms of Reference.

In 2025, the recipients of the EACS Award were announced during the Opening Ceremony of the 20th European AIDS Conference on Wednesday, 15 October 2025 in Paris.

The EACS Award laureates are Prof. Jürgen Rockstroh and Mr Ben Collins

The EACS Award is handed out every two years at the time of the European AIDS Conference in recognition of an individual’s longstanding, impactful and sustained professional contribution to the field of HIV.

Contributions worthy of this recognition are expected to reflect sustained excellence in the field of HIV. Such contributions may be scientific in nature, and/or relate to advancing the prevention and care of people at risk of or affected by HIV, or to promoting education, policy, community engagement or advocacy. Additional details can be found in the Terms of Reference.

In 2023 the recipients of the EACS Award were announced during the Opening Ceremony of the 19th European AIDS Conference on Wednesday, 18 October 2023 in Warsaw.

The EACS Award laureates are Prof. Christine Katlama and Mr Alex Schneider.