The third Early Career Investigators Workshop in Health Services Research (NWA) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) was initiated and hosted in 2014 by the Centre for Health Services Research Cologne (ZVFK) in cooperation with the Centre for Health and Society (CHS) in Dusseldorf and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Healthcare Research (IZVF) in Witten. The aim of the NWA participation was submitting a research proposal to the DFG. Young scientists were invited to apply with a draft proposal. A total of 100 applications were received. Out of these, 20 participants (15 women and 5 men) were selected. The disciplines most frequently represented were medicine, psychology, and sociology. After a one-day preparatory workshop, the preparation and evaluation of a project proposal, a 5-day academy and finalization of the proposal, a total of 19 research proposals were submitted to the DFG, out of which 10 were approved. The funded projects will be presented in 2015 at the German Conference of Health Services Research (DKVF).