We recognise excellent science and innovation

The Dr. Bares Award is an international award granted to the best papers published on for experimental or clinical practice in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. We have held the competition since 1993, usually every two years.

To honour the memory of Dr. Rudolf O. Bares, the founder of the competition, the company’s general director of many years and a major supporter of gastroenterology, the competition was renamed the Dr. Bares Award in 2005.

17th Dr. Bares Award to Start in January

The 17th annual professional Dr. Bares Award, Publication competition will commence in January 2025. From this time, authors of scientific articles will be able to nominate their works related to gastroenterology or hepatology that have been published in professional journals over the past three years.

Dr. Bares Award — Dec 3, 2024

Prestigious medical research award

In the Publication category we present awards to published scientific research papers in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. An independent committee of specialists evaluates the submissions and selects the three best publications for the award based on their innovativeness and significance to gastroenterology into the future.

In 2018 we also presented awards in the Idea category to innovative ideas that may lead to new applications for existing active substances based on hypotheses, preclinical or clinical research, individual observations, or experience with off-label use.

1993 first Dr. Bares Award

48 winners

16 editions

We’ve been recognising medical research since 1993

With each edition, the international Dr. Bares Award has enjoyed increasing attention from gastroenterologists and hepatologists throughout Europe. The last time we announced the three most important scientific papers in the Publication category was in 2022.