The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) established their joint fellowship program in 2010 to foster international, peer-to-peer collaboration and the exchange of scientific knowledge and best practice. The program enables early-career investigators from low and lower-middle income countries outside of the region, to travel to Europe for multidisciplinary clinical and laboratory training. Applicants must make their own connections and arrangements for the fellowship stay.