On Monday, September 19, 2022, the founding meeting of Council of Early Career Researchers of the "Jožef Stefan" Institute (SZK) was held in the large lecture hall of the JSI. At the meeting, which was also attended by the Director of the Institute, Prof. Boštjan Zalar, the candidates for membership in the Council introduced themselves. After an interesting discussion about the challenges faced by researchers at this stage of their career, the elections of the members of the SZK were held. The following members were elected and appointed to the Council: Asst. Prof. Tome Eftimov and Asst. Prof. Tadej Petrič in the field of electronics, information technology, energy; Asst. Prof. Matjaž Humar, Dr. Zala Lenarčič and Dr. Nerea Sebastian in the field of physics and nuclear engineering; Asst. Prof. Slavko Kralj and Asst. Prof. Matic Lozinšek in the field of chemistry, biochemistry, materials and environment and independent centers. The first meeting of the SZK will be organized shortly and you are cordially invited to attend.