ISCB-Latin America conference travel fellowships

ISCB-Latin America SoIBio SPBBC Conference on Bioinformatics 2026 International
Amount

not published for 2026 (2018 confirmed pattern: CABANA fellowships up to USD $1,000; PLOS fellowships USD $750 plus complimentary registration)

Alternative reports:

  • $1,500 USD for South American applicants; $1,500 for international applicants from developing regions
Eligibility

2018 pattern: CABANA fellowships open to scientists at any career stage whose place of work is a Latin American country other than the host country, presenting a poster or talk and registered for at least one tutorial/workshop plus the main conference; PLOS fellowships for a student and a postdoctoral fellow presenting a talk or poster

Deadline

TBD 2026 (2018 pattern: CABANA 15 September, US Army and PLOS 21 September — passed for those editions)

Alternative reports:

  • By invitation after abstract acceptance
Application Requirements

Application through the conference travel-fellowship page; based on need and accepted work

Contact / Links
  • iscb@iscb.org
Notes

The 2018 CABANA scheme excluded residents of the host country and was restricted to Latin America-based workplaces; funders differ each edition, so the 2026 slate is not guaranteed to repeat

Conference Information

Dates: 2026 — exact dates not published in the sources retrieved (abstract deadline 26 August 2026; the FAQ's visa-letter guidance of 12 weeks before the start implies a start after mid-November 2026)

Location: Lima, Peru

Research match: Bioinformatics and computational biology across genomics, statistics and medicine, organised with SoIBio — a route into the Latin American metabolomics/bioinformatics community that complements Wishart's database and tool dissemination work.

Conference links:

Canadian Bioinformatics Hub

CBH CIRCLE is an Affiliate Partner of the Canadian Bioinformatics Hub.