Support Programmes
Invest in the Youth
For ECR 2024, ESR offers 1000 places for young residents, radiographers in training and physicists undertaking their PhD.
Accepted applicants receive accommodation support of €300 and free congress registration.

The Invest in the Youth programme is a voluntary support programme initiated and funded by the European Society of Radiology to support young professionals in their active participation in the annual European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
Accepted applicants in the programme receive free registration to the ECR 2024 and accommodation support.
Application is open.
Proofs (ID scan and confirmation of training status of the department or hospital) have to be uploaded via your profile in the ESR MyUser Area at www.myesr.org/investapplication
Application to the programme is open to
- Residents in radiology under the age of 35*
- Physicists undertaking PhDs under the age of 35*
- Radiographers in training under the age of 30*
* Age limits apply to the time of the congress; applicants’ 36th or 31st birthdays, respectively, must be after March 5, 2024.
Applicants must be members or, respectively, friends of the ESR for 2023, and submitting and presenting authors of a research presentation or poster abstract for ECR 2024.
For the selection of final recipients, abstract acceptance, geopolitical spread and previous inclusion in the programme are considered. The ESR reserves the right to grant support at its sole discretion.
Applicants must use the same ESR personal ID for their programme application and for their abstract submission(s).
Should you have any questions regarding the Invest in the Youth programme, please contact us at [email protected].
Shape your Skills

Application is open.
Application is open to all radiographers:
- Who are active ESR members for 2023
- Who are submitters of an abstract (oral or poster)
Application procedure:
Interested radiographers must be submitting and presenting author of an abstract for ECR 2024 (make sure to select the respective affirmation (’Shape your skills Application’) during your submission. After abstract submission, the applicant’s proof of profession must be sent to [email protected].
Decision notifications will be sent by December 2023.