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The Young ISDE Committee hosts a Research Dragon’s Den annually during the ISDE World Congress aimed to encouraging and enabling young researchers to execute their research ideas. After initial review of submitted research projects, the committee selects the highest scoring projects that will be pitched to an international panel of experts during the Dragon’s Den live event. The dragons provided the projects with feedback that can be used to further improve the research projects. The winner(s) receive an incentive prize and aid with starting up her/his project.

Support for the winning project can occur in a number of different ways including, but not limited to, assistance setting up contacts for multicenter studies to creating attention and awareness via international networks.

The Young ISDE committee aims to promote education; the exchange of scientific and medical knowledge of the esophagus among a community of trainees and young investigators from medical, surgical, associate health groups, and to facilitate the establishment of scientific connections between trainees, early career clinicians, and young investigators in the field. 

The first Dragon’s Den was held during the 2023 World Congress in Toronto, Canada, and in 2025 has been re-branded the Shark’s Tank for the 2025 World Congress in Brisbane, Australia. This initiative was developed by the Young ISDE Committee and is supported by the Research & Database Committee.

2025 SHARK'S TANK APPLICATION DETAILS

Fire up your research project in the Young ISDE Research Sharks Tank

The 3^rd Young ISDE Research Sharks Tank will be held during the 21^st World Congress in Brisbane, Australia on September 18, 2025. Below are the details for submitting a research proposal.

Key Dates

Call opens: February 5, 2025
Deadline for application: March 31, 2025
Confirmation of acceptance: April 30, 2025
Early-bird registration deadline: June 12, 2025
Young ISDE Sharks Tank during World Congress: September 18, 2025

Full details for the application:

Research projects should be multicenter, international & multidisciplinary
Applications should adhere to the provided template
Applicants should be an ISDE individual member
Early to mid-career researchers* are encouraged to apply
Selected research projects must be presented live during the Sharks Tank
Results of the winning research idea will be published in Diseases of the Esophagus
Winners will be invited to present their research at the next congress
Where a study requires significant resource, it should be clarified within the application whether this has been secured.

*Any physician or surgeon less than 5 years in consultancy

Project Criteria for Consideration: