ESOR
TRAINING CENTRE REGISTRATION
CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Prof. Christian Loewe, Scientific & Educational Director of the European School of Radiology, invites European Training Centres to enrol as host training centres for:
- ESOR Bracco Research Fellowships;
- ESOR AIM China Mentorships.
Learn more in the letter from Prof. Loewe below:
Dear Colleagues,
Building on the outstanding success of the ESOR-Bracco Research Fellowships in the past years, it is my great pleasure to inform you that we have started the preparations for the next application rounds for the Bracco Research Fellowships 2027, kindly supported by Bracco Imaging and open for application to young radiologists from all over the world, and the ESOR Advanced Imaging Mentorship (AIM) China programme, kindly supported by Bracco Imaging and Siemens Healthineers, dedicated to fostering the exchange between European and Chinese training centres.
The ESOR Research Fellowships are designed to cultivate robust skills in research methodology. Fellows will learn to:
- acquire and manage imaging or procedural data;
- identify and minimise bias;
- collaborate effectively with statisticians, clinicians, and clinical scientists;
- master relevant post-processing tools; and
- contribute to scientific manuscripts and oral/written presentations.
• Duration: 3 months, to be completed between January and June 2027
• Grant: the best Fellows receive a stipend from ESOR to offset travel and accommodation costs
• Training fee: Provided pro bono by the host centres – an invaluable contribution for which ESOR is deeply grateful.
How to submit a research proposal and enrol as host centre
If your centre is interested, please fill in our Training Centre Enrollment Form with your research proposal and submit it as a .pdf file through our online platform. Each research proposal should include:
- a project title;
- a brief description and objectives;
- the duties and anticipated benefits for the Fellow.
Training centres are welcome to submit not only one but multiple proposals, each covering a different research topic.
As the number of Fellowships is unfortunately limited it may not be possible to assign a Fellow to every training centre; however, signing up your research project for both of the above indicated ESOR training programmes will definitely enhance your chances of becoming an ESOR host training centre. A broad slate of esteemed European institutions is also essential to give applicants a meaningful choice.
We very much hope your institution will join us in fostering the next generation of radiology researchers, and I look forward to receiving your research proposal(s) by June 14, 2026 at the latest.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Christian Loewe
ESOR Scientific & Educational Director
Dear Colleagues,
I have the pleasure to inform you that the Bracco Fellowship Programme, which is dedicated to the professional and scientific development of young radiologists, will be continued in 2026 with the intent of furthering Bracco’s unbroken commitment to support the radiological community at large.
This bold programme includes three types of fellowships (clinical, management and research). With this letter I would like to invite you to enrol as a training centre for the Bracco Fellowships Programme on Education in Research.
The goal of the Research Fellowship is to develop skills in research and research methodology. It should help the applicant to develop or set up a programme in his/her institution, therefore the applicant should learn to acquire data, to review images or procedures, to manage data, to search for biases, to collaborate with statisticians/clinicians/clinical scientists, to develop skills in tools and post-processing, to collaborate in writing articles, and to prepare oral/written presentations.
These Fellowships have a duration of 4 months and must take place between January and June 2026.
Due to the limited number of fellowships, not all training centres will actually receive a fellow, but it is obviously very important to give the applicants the opportunity to choose from a number of highly esteemed academic centres throughout Europe. The highest scored applicants during the evaluation process conducted by the ESOR Expert Committee will ultimately be assigned to the research project they have chosen during the application process.
Interested European training centres can enrol by submitting a completed research proposal that should include the title of the project, its brief description and objectives, duties and benefits of the applicants. Each reference centre can enrol for one or more research topics submitting more than one proposal.
Each fellow receives a grant from Bracco in order to contribute to travel and accommodation costs. The training itself shall be offered for free by the participating training centres and ESOR is very grateful for such a commitment.
I do hope that you are interested in acting as a European training centre and kindly ask you to fill in this short online enrolment form and to upload your research proposal(s) at the end of the enrolment process. If you would like to submit more than one research proposal, please fill in one enrolment form for each proposal.
In case you have any questions, please contact the ESOR Office for more information. I look forward to receiving your response/enrolment not later than June 9, 2025.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Christian Loewe
ESOR Scientific & Educational Director
projects
| No. | Title | Project Leader | Institution | Location |
| 1 📄 | From orthopantomographies to diagnosis of osteoporosis through AI and radiomics | Prof. Giuseppe Guglielmi | Foggia University School of Medicine | Foggia/IT |
| 2 📄 | The role of basivertebral nerve ablation in the treatment of low back pain / New device for stroke treatment | Dr Mario Mutu | Cardarelli Hospital | Naples/IT |
| 3 📄 | Quantification of iron deposition to the bone marrow and parenchymal organs with the use of deep learning and MR imaging | Assistant Prof. Michail Klontzas | University of Crete | Heraklion/GR |
| 4 📄 | Image quality in prostate MRI: a journey from initial diagnosis to active surveillance and treatment | Assoc. Prof. Francesco Giganti | University College London | London/UK |
| 5 📄 | Cardiac imaging with photon-counting detector CT | Prof. H. Alkadhi | University Hospital Zurich | Zurich/CH |
| 6 📄 | Quantitative image analysis of baseline and follow-up CT scans of colorectal cancer patients | Dr Bettina Katalin Budai | Heidelberg University Hospital | Heidelberg/DE |
| 7 📄 | Functional pulmonary imaging of airway disease: analysis of current projects | Prof. Mark O. Wielpütz | German Center of Lung Research | Heidelberg/DE |
| 8 📄 | Contrast media protocol optimisation in contrast-enhanced mammography | Dr T. J. A. van Nijnatten | Maastricht UMC+ | Maastricht/NL |
| 9 📄 | Diagnostic performance of 68Ga-FAPI PET imaging compared to 18F-FDG PET in breast cancer patients | Dr T. J. A. van Nijnatten | Maastricht UMC+ | Maastricht/NL |
| 10 📄 | Spectral CT imaging in oncologic and musculoskeletal radiology | Dr Christian Booz | University Hospital Frankfurt | Frankfurt/DE |
| 11 📄 | Evaluation of UGAP in diabetics and patients with cystic fibrosis in childhood and adolescence | Prof. Hans-Joachim Mentzel | University Hospital Jena | Jena/DE |
| 12 📄 | Radiomics, artificial intelligence, and predictive models in medical imaging | Prof. Luis Marti-Bonmatí | La Fe Health Research Institute | Valencia/ES |
| 13 📄 | Ultra high field (UHF) cardiac MRI (CMR) at 7T | Prof. Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk | University Hospital Bern | Bern/CH |
| 14 📄 | Prediction of survival in patients with resected haepatocellular carcinoma | Dr Jules Grégory, Prof. Maxime Ronot | Beaujon Hospital | Clichy/FR |
| 15 📄 | Development of a quantification model of pulmonary fibrosis and characterisation of Omics parameters in inspiration-expiration lung CT | Prof. Josep Munuera | Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | Barcelona/ES |
| 16 📄 | Comprehensive multi-Omics analysis of risk factors in the growth and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms | Prof. Josep Munuera | Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | Barcelona/ES |
| 17 📄 | Deep learning analysis in diagnosing otosclerosis on temporal bone CT scans | Dr Ester Granell | Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | Barcelona/ES |
| 18 📄 | Improving the evaluation of patients with haematological cancers with advanced whole body imaging | Prof. Vicky Goh | King’s College London | London/UK |
| 19 📄 | Development of metabolic MRI for cancer imaging | Prof. Ferdia Gallagher | University of Cambridge | Cambridge/UK |
| 20 📄 | AI-driven highly accelerated cardiac MRI | Prof. Felix Meinel | University Medical Center Rostock | Rostock/DE |
Discovery and validation of radiomic prognostic vector in adnexal masses on MRI with correlation to CT | Prof. Andrea Rockall | Imperial College London | London/UK | |
Multiparametric 18F-FDG PET/MRI coupled with Radiomics Analysis and Machine Learning for Prediction and Assessment of Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer | Prof. Thomas Helbich | Medical University of Vienna | Vienna/AT |
