2026 Edition

Day 1:

Participants arrive in the late morning (before 11:00 AM), with the scientific programme beginning shortly after.

The meeting opens with an energising icebreaker activity and an informal conversation with the faculty to create a welcoming atmosphere and encourage early interaction.

Afterwards, participants present their projects in small blocks:

• Presentations are arranged in 5 blocks of 2 presentations each
• Each block includes time for discussion and feedback from faculty and fellow participants
• The format encourages scientific exchange and helps develop presentation skills through constructive feedback

The first day concludes with a social event and group dinner, offering a relaxed setting for informal networking.

Day 2:

The second day focuses on communication skills and career development. It begins with a feedback session, where participants receive comments on their presentations from the previous day.

This is followed by a hands-on workshop on how to deliver an effective elevator pitch:

• Practical tips and real-time coaching
• Emphasis on active learning and peer support

The meeting concludes with a final session:

• A presentation on how to publish in high-impact journals
• Insights into the publication process and strategies for success

The YIM offers a unique platform to:

• Showcase your research on this topic
• Deepen your scientific knowledge
• Enhance your communications and presentation skills
• Receive valuable feedback from faculty members and peers
• Expand your network by connecting with nuclear medicine experts

This year’s theme, ‘Quantification Matters: Precision Imaging Across Organs and Outcomes’, highlights the growing importance of robust, reliable metrics in translating imaging data into actionable clinical insights.

Quantitative imaging is transforming nuclear medicine, enabling precise diagnostics, personalised therapies, and outcome-driven care, therefore robust quantitative metrics are essential for assessing disease burden, monitoring therapeutic response, and predicting patient outcomes across a wide range of applications.

• Applicants must be 33 years old or younger at the time of application.
• Applicants must hold a master’s degree (or be in the final year of obtaining one) and should be actively involved in (pre)clinical research as a full-time researcher or as part of a clinical training programme.
• Applicants are requested to submit an abstract (3000–5200 characters).
• Their research project should be in the field of nuclear medicine and ongoing — meaning that it must not be fully completed, published, or presented elsewhere — so that any received feedback can still be implemented.
• The submission of projects in the final stages of development, even if not yet initiated, is also welcome.
• Applicants must also submit a personal statement (1200 characters) detailing their motivation to participate and the expected benefits of their participation. Young scientists from all fields of nuclear medicine are encouraged to apply, including physicians, physicists, radiopharmacists, radiochemists, engineers, biologists, and technologists.
• Applicants must live in a country represented by EANM (please check the list of EANM Member Societies).
• Applicants must be fluent in English.
• A letter of support signed by the Head of the nuclear medicine department or research group where the applicant works must be provided. This letter must confirm that if the candidate wins the YIM award, the prize money will be dedicated to the awarded project, which will be realised within the department or research group.
• Awardees must agree to write a short report summarising their experience at the meeting and, if they win the YIM award, to send their project to the EANM Execute Office in due time.

• Fulfilment of the application criteria.
• Relevance of the research topic with the meeting’s theme.
• Quality of the submitted abstract: relevance of the clinical topic, clear hypothesis, sound scientific methodology and analysis, feasibility of the project, and potential for clinical translation. The reported (preliminary) results will not be the primary selection criteria.
• Personal statement quality.

• December 1, 2025: Abstract submissions open
• February 9, 2026 (23:59 CET): Abstract submissions close
• April 8, 2026: Notification of outcome
• June 18-16, 2026: YIM’26 meeting

The winner of the YIM’26 event is selected based on the quality of their research abstract, presentation, and overall engagement during the event.

The winner will receive:

• • A research award of €2,500 (paid to the host institution/department).
  • Free registration, travel (max. €350), and accommodation (max. 2 nights, €350/night) for the EANM’26 congress in Vienna, Austria.
  • An invitation to present their research at EANM’26.