Maximum USD $500 per grant
Students and post-doctoral trainees with accepted presentations; oral presenters given priority but accepted poster presenters may also apply; only one author per accepted oral/poster is eligible; all applicants must be members in good standing of APBioNET or ISCB
TBD 2027 (2025 pattern: applications 4 July 2025, awards notified from 11 July 2025 — passed for 2025/2026)
Submission through the conference's OpenReview travel-grant track (2025 used an openreview.net APBioNET InCoB Travel Grant group); award conditional on acceptance of the paper/poster
Paid on a REIMBURSEMENT basis (cash at the conference or via PayPal); cannot be applied against registration fees or other expenses; applicant must not have the same costs covered by another grant
Dates: 14–17 September 2026 (2026 edition); 2027 dates TBD
Location: Penang, Malaysia
Research match: Bioinformatics databases and tools, AI/ML in bioinformatics, translational bioinformatics, systems biology and precision medicine — directly aligned with Wishart's database/webserver portfolio (HMDB, DrugBank, PathBank, PHASTEST, BASys2, PlasMapper) and his ISCB membership since 2001. 2026 theme: 'Where Bioinformatics Meets AI'.
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