Requirements to become a Centre of Excellence
The new requirements (valid from 2025 onwards) to achieve Centre of Excellence status include:
- Submission of a motivation letter including:
- The ten most important publications from the centre in the past five years, highlighting its contributions to breakthroughs in RMD research.
- Details of the centre’s efforts to disseminate and implement research findings throughout EULAR countries.
- Evidence of an established commitment and ability to collaborate with other research groups and centres across Europe, demonstrated through shared publications, joint grant proposals, or scientific personnel exchanges.
- A description of the centre’s current programme for patient engagement in research.
- Meeting the required Impact Factor threshold (>400 points accumulated over the last five years for original publications).
Each centre receiving the designation is expected to collaborate with other centres, particularly in EULAR’s Low- and Middle-Income Member Countries, to enhance their research capacity. Centres are also expected to actively participate in EULAR Research Initiatives and contribute to major EULAR Research Centre projects.
The selected centres will receive the award during the EULAR Congress and will be presented with a high-quality metal plaque for display at their centre. Additionally, two guests from each centre will be invited to the annual Centres of Excellence reception during the EULAR Congress.
For more information please check/see our Application Guidelines.
