The call for applications for round 1 of the OBF Event Fellowship for 2025 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2025. You can submit your application through this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling out the form – make a copy of this template.
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)’s Event Fellowship program is aimed at increasing diverse participation at events promoting open science in the bioinformatics and biological research communities. Awards are made three times a year; the next deadline is April 1, 2025. (For those who want to apply for BOSC, note that this is earlier than the BOSC/ISMB submission deadline of April 17.)
We invite applications from candidates seeking financial support to attend relevant scientific events between May 2025 to April 2026. These events include conferences, workshops, code fests, hackathons, training courses, collaborative sprints, informal meet-ups or other skill-building and networking events. For more details, please read our OBF Event Fellowship policy document.
Overview of the third 2024 round of the OBF Event Fellowship
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program is now in its 8th year. Since 2023, we have three application rounds per year with the following deadlines: 1 April, 1 August, and 1 December.
In the third round of 2024 (December 2024), we received numerous applications, and four applicants were selected for funding to support their participation in various events. Congratulations to the following recipients:
- Jacqueline Wahura: the Royal Entomological Society Conference 2024.
- Kyra Feuer: 2025 International Statistical Genetics Workshop.
- Zoé Pochon: ISBA11 (International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology) and SPAAM7 (Standards, Precautions, and Advances in Ancient Metagenomics) in Turin, Italy
We require each awardee to write a blog post about their conference experience, to share what they learned with the wider community. Here are some examples from our recent awardees:
Masturina Binti Md Mansor (left) attended the 1st Asia & Pacific Bioinformatics Joint Congress 2024, supported by OBF Event Fellowships. Read about their experience here.
Erin Krichilsky received the award to attend the 27th International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024 Kyoto) and shared their story here.
Jacqueline Wahura attended the Royal Entomological Society Conference 2024, virtually. They reported their experience here.
Congratulations to all of our awardees! We are delighted to support their participation with OBF Event Fellowships, and we wish them all the best for their future work.
Please share this post and apply for the fellowship before 1 April 2025.