Welcome to ESICM NEXT !
Become an ESICM Member and benefit from the reduced membership fee for Intensive Care Trainees
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) is pleased to announce a significant reduction in the In-Training Membership fee, now set at €90. This initiative aims to provide trainees in intensive care medicine with affordable access to cutting-edge resources, educational opportunities, and a vibrant international community of experts. We invite all eligible trainees to take advantage of this opportunity to enhance their professional growth.
But also…
Advance your career through mentoring projects, training grants and fellowships.
Find your peers and start networking.
What is NEXT
Contact the Committee
The NEXT Committee is always available to answer any question you might have, do not hesitate to contact us!
Here you can find information about the NEXT Committee members, our affiliations to reach us.
Opportunities for members
NEXT @ Lives
The NEXT committee and its members play a pivotal role in the success of the ESICM’s annual congress, LIVES.
15-minute medicine: quick-fire contest, vote for the best research!
Experience a showcase of cutting-edge research presented in high-speed style. In this contest, researchers will have just 10 minutes each to convince you of the merit of their studies.
A jury of experts will vote for the most compelling and impactful research presented.
Join us for a session that combines the intensity of competition with the excitement of new medical discoveries.
The eligible projects would be projects that need help (network, methodology expertise…) to be further developed, hence probably no preliminary results.
If you are a NEXT member (Member of the Society ≤ 37 years of age) and you are planning to conduct a research project but need some help to increase the number of centers, you are invited to submit your research project.
The top four highest-scoring projects submitted will be invited to present their findings to a panel of critical care clinicians at LIVES 2025 in Munich and the winner will receive a free registration for LIVES 2026 in Lisbon.
Send us your application, including your CV (max. 2 pages, including your age and ESICM username) and your research project (max 6 pages), combined into a single PDF to next@esicm.org.
Deadline for Submissions: Monday, 1 September 2025, 23:59 CEST
What can this year’s congress offer to young intensivists?
- Unite and represent the young generation of intensive care physicians
- Assess the needs of young intensivists and provide a platform for information and exchange
- Adapt educational resources and congress programmes to the needs of our generation
- Enlarge and empower the young community of ESICM
- Discuss, question and meet with those who carry out ground-breaking research and the authors of our eLearning modules.
Fellowships
Boost your career by participating in one of our free 5-day fellowship programmes and learn everything they have ever wanted to know about management of Immunocompromised Patients.
One of the highly respected European centres in the field will host you for this great opportunity, and this programme will be entirely free for you!
Mentoring
ESICM NEXT trainees and young specialists, we are delighted to announce a new opportunity to boost your career opportunities, research productivity, and personal growth: The NEXT Mentoring Programme.
Join the NEXT Mentoring Programme & become a mentee of an ESICM faculty member!
- Get help with planning and conducting your research projects
- “Go international” by networking with your cross-border mentor and increase mobility in your work
- Get expert advice about your ICM training and career development
The programme will establish mentorship relations between ICM trainees or young specialists and international ICM experts.
- How to apply to become a NEXT-Mentee
- List of NEXT-Mentors
Clinical case challenge & book
This initiative aims at exposing NEXT members, with little prior experience, to scientific writing. The supervision of a senior member of their team will be required to ensure the quality of the cases presented.
The clinical cases will be evaluated by a jury composed of NEXT committee members, according to the published evaluation criteria. The “Best clinical cases” will be defined as those composing the upper quartile after scoring completion.
Intensive Care Fundamentals
Intensive Care Fundamentals (ICF) is the essential NEXT step in your educational journey! Designed specifically for newcomers to the ICU, this comprehensive educational programme is the perfect introduction to a rewarding career in Intensive Care Medicine. Developed and standardised by ESICM experts, ICF offers the unique advantage of being delivered locally, in your language, by ESICM-certified faculty.
ICF has been rigorously validated across Europe and is accredited by the accredited by the European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health Professionals (EBAC®) with 16 CMEs.
Do not miss the chance to join the ICF community and lay a strong foundation for your future in intensive care.
Interested in collaborating with us?
You can give your contribution to many communication activities within the Society, as set out below. Contact us at next@esicm.org.
Are you an up-and-coming researcher in intensive care?
If you are a NEXT member and you are planning to conduct a research project but need some help to increase the number of centers, you are invited to submit your research project.
Podcasts
First-hand information on methodologies, challenges and findings of the research work will be served to you in a podcast format, to be listened to whenever you want!
Help us improve and tailor our educational podcasts to the needs of our Intensive Care community.
Visual abstracts
Quiz
Every third and fourth Tuesday of the month, we engage our social media followers with short multiple-choice quizzes! Questions are drawn from real-world situations faced daily in clinical practice. A simple self-evaluation strategy to help reinforce your knowledge and identify your individual learning needs. Answer and rationale are given the following day so you can reflect on the full correct explanation.