The European College of Sport Science is an international non-profit organization founded in Nice, France in 1995. Its purpose is the promotion of science and research, with special attention to the interdisciplinary fields of sport science and sports medicine. ECSS is dedicated to collection, generation and dissemination of sport scientific knowledge. It offers individual membership for sport scientists worldwide and has annually approximately 2.500 members. With this ECSS is a leading association for sport scientists at the European level and it has several distinguished collaborations with sport scientific associations and institutions worldwide. From its inaguration ECSS has steady grown its membership as well as the size of the annual congress, which is the highlight of the academic year. At the annual congresses approximately 2.500 international sport scientists come together to network, present their research and meet old friends. In the framework of the ECSS annual congress a Young Investigators Award is organized to support the careers of young up-coming scientists. ECSS offeres several membership benefits to its members. Here a few of them. - Participation in the ECSS Young Investigators Award - Reduction on the congress registration fees - Full access to the European Journal of Sport Science - Full access to European Events in Sport Science, European Vacancies in Sport Science and European Workshop in Sport Science Please find all the membership benefits and more information www.sport-science.org