Previous Research Grant Winners
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2025-2026 Research Grants
- Enthoven Clair (The Netherlands)
Target trial Research Assessing Contraceptive Effects on Sexual pleasure (TRACES) - Ege Can Serefoglu (Turkey)
Comparative Effects of Liraglutide and Semaglutide on NLRP3 Inflammasome Activity and Senescence in Isolated Human Corpus Cavernosum Tissue
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2024-2025 Research Grants
- Stephanie Both (The Netherlands)
The influence of testosterone administration on pelvic organ changes and sexual functioning in transmasculine and gender-diverse persons: a quantitative assessment using magnetic resonance imaging - Gabrielle Van Ramshorst (Belgium)
Sexual function after pelvic exenteration: Exploring and mapping the experiences and needs of patients and their partners and the attitudes, perceptions, barriers and facilitators of healthcare professionals
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2023-2024 Research Grants
- Erika Limoncin (Italy)
A Randomized Feasibility and Usability Study Comparing a Sex Education and Therapy Online Intervention Delivered with and without Guidance for the Treatment of Sexual Desire Discrepancy in Couples - Selim Cellek (United Kingdom)
Investigating the role of TSG-6 in Peyronie’s disease - Jim Pfaus (Czech Republic)
A rat model of clitoral pleasure and clitorodynia
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2022-2023 Research Grants
- Armin Soave (Germany)
A Randomized Feasibility Study on the Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Sex Therapy as an Adjunct Short-Term Intervention for Men with Peyronie’s Disease
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2021-2022 Research Grants
- Patricia Pascoal (Portugal)
Transdiagnostic factors and sexual distress: a preliminary study with a clinical sample
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2020-2021 Research Grants
- Uwe Hartmann (Germany)
Neurobiological and Clinical Factors in Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder: Towards a Better Understanding of a Severe Diseas
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2019-2020 Research Grants
- Selim Cellek (United Kingdom)
The role of exosomes in Peyronie’s disease - Alessandra D. Fisher (Italy)
Clinical impact of Androgen receptor (CAG)n polymorphism on gender-affirming hormonal treatment in transmen - Juan I. Matínez-Salamanca (Spain)
Evaluation of the antifibrotic activity of nanoparticle encapsulated collagenase injected in plaques excised from Peyronie’s disease patients and analysis of local and systemic determinants of collagenase efficacy
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2018-2019 Research Grants
- Marieke Dewitte (The Netherlands)
A dyadic perspective on the treatment of erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer: Restoring penetration versus sexual intimacy - Dimitrios Hatzichristou (Greece)
The effect of platelet-rich plasma injection treatment on erectile function: a triple-blind, placebo controlled randomized clinical trial - Klaus M. Beier (Germany)
The development of an IAT to measure implicit theories in males associated with sexual aggression towards females
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2017-2018 Research Grants
- Andrea Burri (Germany)
Sexual Functioning and Orgasm Ability in Women with Dupuytren’s disease - Javier Angulo Frutos (Spain)
STIM/Orai inhibition as a strategy to facilitate relaxation of human corpus cavernosum and penile arteries and to relief ED in diabetic rats - Maarten Albersen (Belgium)
Revealing novel therapeutic targets for PD using RNA sequencing - Guy T’Sjoen (Belgium)
Psycho-endocrinology: Does gender-affirming hormonal therapy affect psychological status and sexual desire in trans persons?
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2016-2017 Research Grants
- Marcus Ilg (United Kingdom):
A novel combination for treatment of Peyronie’s disease - Michal Lew-Starowicz (Poland):
Clinical efficacy and brain response to pharmacological treatment of compulsive sexual behaviour/ hypersexual disorder - Mark-Bram Bouman (The Netherlands):
Development of patient decision aid for gender confirming surgery in female-to-male transgender individuals - Alessandra D. Fisher (Italy):
Neurobiological correlates of Gender Dysphoria: A longitudinal study
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2015-2016 Research Grants
- Uwe Hartmann (Germany):
Sex addiction in men: Clinical characterisation and alterations of brain structure and function (Sex@Brain-Study) - Sarah Wahlin-Jacobsen (Denmark):
Androgen receptor polymorphism and women’s sexual function - Petr Weiss (Czech Republic):
The study of sexual variation: physiological and neural correlates during experimental exposure to erotic stimuli
ESSM is proud to announce the winners of 2014-2015 Research Grants
- Emmanuel Weyne (Belgium):
The endogenous role and therapeutic modulation of the Neurotrophin Galanin in cavernous nerve injury - Marta Mateus (UK):
Discovery of novel therapeutics for Peyronie’s disease - Marcel Waldinger (The Netherlands):
Prospective observational study for the identification of immunological biomarkers and potential targets for treatment of post orgasmic illness syndrome - Fabio Castiglione (Belgium):
Penile rehabilitation therapy: The fall of a myth. It is time to change paradigms! - Markus Margreiter (Austria):
Impact of sexual counselling and pelvic floor training on sexual health and continence in rectal cancer patients – an open-prospective randomized interventional case-controlled study
