Applications in English language are accepted from candidates who meet the following criteria:

• Currently work in a European country in the field of Neurogastroenterology or are interested to develop their career towards this field.
• Have completed MD or PhD degree or are in the last year thereof.
• Are 35 years old or younger on 1 January in the year of application, unless exceptional circumstances have significantly delayed career progression. Please note: For female candidates with children the age limit of 35 is automatically extended by one year per child.
• Researchers from East European countries and North Africa are encouraged to apply to reach out to those with little scientific infrastructure.
• An abstract has to be submitted to the ESNM meeting and attendance is required.
• Former TANDEM participants can apply again.

The nEUROgastro TANDEM meeting is a highly competitive meeting, addressing European scientists with clinical and basic background. The meeting’s leitmotif is translational research: connect basic science to clinical expertise. After a selection process, ten MD and ten PhD applicants will be chosen and paired up three months prior to the meeting. Each team will be mentored by one member of the organizing committee.

Teams are requested to come up with a translational pilot & feasibility project proposal that they must introduce in a 20-min presentation at the TANDEM meeting. Projects will be discussed with all participants and scored. The project/team with the highest score will get funding of 5000 Euro that is intended as start-up money with the goal to lead to an independent grant. The modalities of payment are planned as a reimbursement bound to data presentation required at the next European NeuroGASTRO Meeting. The TANDEM Meeting will be summarized in one of the sessions at NeuroGASTRO as well as highlighted in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology.