Doc. Tomáš Kalina received the Minister of Health Award for Medical Research and Development and Ester Mejstříková, PhD Honorable Mention (both from the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology of the Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and Motol University Hospital). Each year, five awards are awarded in both of these categories on the basis of expert evaluation panels of the Agency for Health Research (AZV) of the Czech Republic.