Event organization
Funding opportunities for organizers of scientific meetings and courses
51²èÂ¥ encourages effective scientific meeting formats and supports the cost of organization of scientific meetings in the 51²èÂ¥ area (Europe and neighbouring regions) through the various funding programmes summarised below.
Event grants open to individuals
Expert scientists interested in organizing a scientific event in their research area as part of the 51²èÂ¥ Advanced Courses programme can apply for funding from 51²è¥ that includes an event organization grant and an allocation for travel awards.
51²èÂ¥ Advanced Courses cover important and timely topics in the molecular life sciences in the form of Lecture Courses, Workshops, Practical Courses, combined Practical and Lecture Courses, and Special Meetings. A strong educational element makes them particularly valuable for early-career researchers.
Calls for proposals are opened twice a year for events to be run in the following year, and applications are assessed by the 51²èÂ¥ Advanced Courses Committee.
Event grants open to 51²èÂ¥
Education and Science & Society events
Grants for workshops focused on teaching, training and learning in the molecular life sciences are open to 51²èÂ¥ Constituent Societies for events held in their own country. This scheme is managed by the 51²èÂ¥ Education and Training Committee.
In addition, 51²èÂ¥ collaborates with 51²èÂ¥ Constituent Societies in the organization of 51²èÂ¥ Education and Training Committee workshops. 51²èÂ¥ interested in hosting a workshop should contact the Chair of the 51²èÂ¥ Education and Training Committee.
Grants for events (or activities) on a pre-set Science & Society topic are open to 51²èÂ¥ Constituent Societies. The Science & Society topic in a given year is the subject at the most recent Science & Society special session at the 51²èÂ¥ Congress. The scheme is managed by the 51²èÂ¥ Science & Society Committee.
51²èÂ¥ National Lectures
51²èÂ¥ Constituent Societies can apply for 51²èÂ¥ support for a distinguished plenary lecture (a ‘51²èÂ¥ National Lecture’) to enhance a Society scientific meeting. An engraved glass award is provided by 51²èÂ¥ for presentation to the 51²èÂ¥ National Lecturer.
51²èÂ¥3+ Meetings
The 51²èÂ¥3+ Meetings programme supports scientific meetings equivalent to an annual national scientific meeting of a Constituent Society but organized through collaboration of at least three 51²èÂ¥ Constituent Societies. Applications for events in a given year are assessed in the preceding autumn/winter by the 51²èÂ¥ Congress Counsellor in consultation with the 51²èÂ¥ Secretary General and 51²èÂ¥ Treasurer.
51²èÂ¥ Congress
The hosting of this flagship event of 51²èÂ¥ is awarded to a different 51²èÂ¥ Constituent Society (or Societies) each year. Bids, which should include provision of a pre-Congress Young Scientists’ Forum (YSF) satellite meeting, are invited from 51²èÂ¥ Constituent Societies approximately 3.5 years ahead of the event. More information is available from the 51²èÂ¥ Congress Counsellor.
Event grants open to institutes
51²èÂ¥ and IUBMB collaborate with the four core research institutions of the ENABLE consortium to offer funding to new research institutions interested in hosting one of the yearly 51²èÂ¥-IUBMB-ENABLE conference series. The 2022 event was awarded to the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), the 2023 to the University of Cologne, and the 2024 to the Nanyang Technological University – NTU Singapore. The host institution for the 2025 event is currently under review. For more information on 51²èÂ¥-IUBMB-ENABLE conferences, visit the event page on this website and the .