From 2021, Slovenija-transplant has been announcing a public call for the best research work in the field of organ and tissue donation. So far two research competitions were successfully implemented, the first in 2022 and the second in 2023.
The 3rd research competition is currently open until December 2025. Students of medicine, public health, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities as well as healthcare professionals and others professionals are invited to apply. The competition is limited to applicants from Slovenia.
The aim of the research competition is to promote interdisciplinary research and development in donation medicine and the transfer of new findings into practise. The prize money for the competition is €1,500. The three best research papers are awarded. The priority topics and evaluation criteria are defined in the respective call. The basic criteria are originality of the topic and approach, appropriate use of the scientific apparatus, knowledge of domestic literature, linguistic quality and applicability of new findings into everyday practise.
A collection of award-winning research papers at 1st and 2nd research competition
Winners of 2023
- Tadej Rozman: Ethical views of organ donation after circulatory death : Diploma work
https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=139111 - Jan Krajnik: Organ donation after the death of the donor: the system of presumed consent: A Discussion
- Argresa Bylykbashi: Health care workers` opinions on organ donation at University medical centre Ljubljana: Master’s thesis
https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=141621
Winners of 2022
- Veronika Prtenjak: Legal dilemmas of human organ donation – donation or trafficking?: Master’s thesis https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Iskanje.php?type=napredno&lang=slv&stl0=Avtor&niz0=Veronika+Prtenjak
- Eneja Kovač: Human body as property: Master’s thesis
https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Iskanje.php?type=napredno&lang=eng&stl0=KljucneBesede&niz0=transplantacijski+turizem - Ana Sevšek: Experiences of families concerning organ donation of a brain dead family member: Diploma work
https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=79243&lang=slv - Sinja Čož: Social marketing interventions for organ donation: Bachelor thesis
https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=86692&lang=eng&prip=rul:10880583:r4 - Aleksandra Letonja: Experience of nurses in the nursing care of a dead brain donor: Diploma work
https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=79492&lang=slv&prip=dkum:12970433:r3