During ECE 2008, Berlin the following prizes were awarded: The Geoffrey Harris prize was awarded to Professor George Chrousos (Greece). ESE would like to thank the sponsor Ipsen for their continued and generous support of this prize. The European Journal of Endocrinology prize was awarded to Professor Claes Ohlsson. Six Young Investigator awards were presented to: Dr Julie Acunzo (France) for S20.1, Dr Davide Calebiro (Italy) for S14.1, Ms Inga Johnsen (Germany) for OC4.3, Dr Rossella Libé (France) for S14.3, Dr Nicole Reisch (UK) for OC4.2, Dr Agatha van der Klaauw (The Netherlands) for OC1.3. Four Poster prizes were awarded to: Dr Laure Cazabat (France) for poster P656 (Basic), Dr Inka Gotthardt (Germany) for poster P269 (Basic), Dr Maria Cristina De Martino (Italy) for poster P4 (Clinical), Dr Oliver Blankenstein (Germany) for poster P587 (Clinical). The ESE would like to thank the sponsor Novartis for their continued and generous support of these awards.