UEG Activity Grants

UEG promotes and funds educational projects in the field of digestive health in our efforts to advance and harmonise the training and continuing education of professionals, and to improve clinical standards and services to reduce health inequalities across Europe.

In line with these efforts, UEG’s educational strategy is based on the competencies outlined in the European specialty training programme and curriculum for gastroenterology and hepatology, the so-called Blue Book.

The UEG Activity Grant scheme funds innovative and multidisciplinary educational projects that promote collaboration, interdisciplinarity and modern teaching methods across Europe, which are coordinated by UEG Member Societies and other providers of education in the field of digestive health.

Specific types of supported activities in 2025:  

• Live Educational and Scientific Events 
• Updates of existing clinical practice guidelines  

• The project language is English.
• Applications and any additional material (documents, reports, etc.) or digital reference stated in applications must be submitted in English.
• Only complete applications adhering to the conditions set will be accepted for review.
• Project outcome will be made available for dissemination through UEG communications and publications in coordination with the organiser (e.g. UEG Journal, UEG Week-related publications, website, etc.).
• Initiatives that receive funding from UEG will mention UEG’s sponsoring and endorsement on their website and in other publications referring to the initiative (e.g. course programmes, scientific publications).

We offer contribution to the cost of live educational or scientific events held in 2025. UEG wishes to enable scientific and educational projects in digestive health that meet high quality standards, address gap and minority topics, and where additional financial support of UEG is required.

Events are organised by a UEG Member Society in collaboration with at least one other partner organisation such as other UEG Member societies or Common Interest Groups, to promote our multidisciplinary field. UEG assumes that stand alone congresses and regular postgraduate activities of our Member Societies are organized independently. However, symposia or workshops which are organized in conjunction with (before or after) an annual regular event may qualify for this UEG support. To qualify these symposia may not be organized on the same dates as the regular event and a separate programme must be conducted. 

Applications must be submitted min. 3 months prior to the start date of the event.

1. Download and carefully read the criteria for applicants and selection process
2. Download and complete templates for application form and budget
3. Send all completed application documents via e-mail to    

In 2025, UEG supports updates of existing clinical practice guidelines with up to € 30,000 per project. Initiatives are coordinated by UEG Member Societies. The guideline update process must start in 2025 and end in 2027 at the latest.  

The application is now closed. 
The final selection of awardees will be made by end of June 2025.