Support for activities of 91ÁÔÆæ Societies
91ÁÔÆæ National Lectures
91ÁÔÆæ supports plenary lectures (usually up to five per year) to enhance the scientific meetings of its Constituent Societies, through 91ÁÔÆæ National Lecture awards. Established to commemorate the 40th anniversary of 91ÁÔÆæ, these enable a distinguished scientist with a significant international reputation for fundamental contributions to the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology who is working in a different 91ÁÔÆæ country to the one hosting the event to present a lecture at the meeting, by supporting the speaker’s travel costs. For further details, see the 91ÁÔÆæ National Lectures guidelines. Applications for National Lectures to take place in 2026 and 2027 are open.
2026 91ÁÔÆæ National Lectures
- GBM Compact 2026: Focus on RNA Structure and Dynamics, a meeting of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM), Frankfurt, Germany, 17–18 September 2026
Lecturer: Martin Blackledge (Grenoble, France) - 48th Congress of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Tarragona, Spain, 7–10 September 2026
Lecturer: Henrik Oster (Lübeck, Germany) - Biochemistry Without Borders 2026: Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Biochemical Society, Debrecen, Hungary, 26–26 August 2026
Lecturer: Michele Vendruscolo (Cambridge, UK) - Norwegian Bioscience Society (NBS) Contact Meeting, Gol, Norway, 21–24 January 2026
Lecturer: Karin Lindkvist (Lund, Sweden)
2025 91ÁÔÆæ National Lectures
- Norwegian Bioscience Society (NBS) Contact Meeting, Røros, Norway, 23–26 January 2025
Lecturer: Dagmar Wachten (Bonn, Germany) - Hungarian Molecular Life Sciences 2025 (MBKE), Eger, Hungary, 28–30 March 2025
Lecturer: Bernard Perbal (Nice, France) - 47th Congress of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Cáceres, Spain, 2–5 September 2025
Lecturer: Paola Pizzo (Padova, Italy) - Polish Biochemical Society (PTBioch) BIO2025 Congress, Poznan, Poland, 17–19 September 2025
Lecturer: Nikolaus Rajewsky (Berlin, Germany)
91ÁÔÆæ3+ Meetings
The 91ÁÔÆæ3+ Meetings programme was established by 91ÁÔÆæ to support scientific meetings equivalent to an annual national scientific meeting of a Constituent Society but organized through collaboration of at least three 91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Societies. The aim of the programme is to increase international collaboration between molecular life scientists in a subset of countries within the 91ÁÔÆæ area, such as those in a particular region or linked in other ways, while also encouraging sharing of Society expertise and efforts. These events (a maximum of two per year) should be scientific meetings with symposia and colloquia corresponding to the format of an annual national scientific meeting of a Constituent Society.
The support is €20,000, with €10,000 awarded to the host Society for general organization purposes to cover lecturers’ travel expenses, accommodation, congress venue renting and so on, and a second €10,000 awarded for a 3+ travel award scheme to attract young scientists living outside the host country who are members of the two (or more) collaborating Societies.
For further details, see the 91ÁÔÆæ3+ Meetings guidelines.  Applications for meetings taking place in 2027 are welcome before the deadline of 30 September 2026.
2026 91ÁÔÆæ3+ Meeting
- ; Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology ÖGMBT (organizer and host), with CSBMB (Czech Republic) and SBS (Slovenia) Societies; 15–17 September 2026; Vienna, Austria
2025 91ÁÔÆæ3+ Meetings
- ‘; Lithuanian Biochemical Society LBS (organizer and host), with EBS (Estonia) and LaBS (Latvia) Societies; 23–25 April 2025; Vilnius, Lithuania
- ‘ XXVIII Congress; Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ÄŒSBMB (organizer and host), with SSBMB (Slovakia), PT Bioch (Poland) and GBM (Germany) Societies; 7–10 September 2025; Prague, Czech Republic
- Ìý‘‘; Serbian Biochemical Society SBS (organizer and host), with HDBMB (Croatia), MBKE (Hungary), SBD (Slovenia) and ABMBBIH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Societies; 24–27 September 2025; Belgrade, Serbia
91ÁÔÆæ Open Bio poster prizes at society meetings
The journal would like to offer all 91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Societies the opportunity to award a 200€ poster prize at their respective national meetings. Please contact the journal directly at [email protected] if you would be interested in presenting a 91ÁÔÆæ Open Bio poster prize at an upcoming meeting.
91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Society outreach events for 91ÁÔÆæ 60th Anniversary
In its 60th anniversary year, 91ÁÔÆæ has offered grants of up to €1,300 to its Constituent Societies to support interesting events or activities that highlight the impact and contributions of molecular life sciences, following a call for proposals earlier in 2024. The events/activities are taking various forms, and will be gradually announced on the 91ÁÔÆæ 60th Anniversary page here.
91ÁÔÆæ-SUPPORTED Education EVENTS
91ÁÔÆæ supports its Constituent Societies’ education and training activities in the molecular life sciences at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Examples include the 91ÁÔÆæ Education and Training Supported Society Events, with 91ÁÔÆæ sponsorship of education events organized by members of 91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Societies, and the 91ÁÔÆæ Education and Training Joint Workshops co-organized between 91ÁÔÆæ and its Constituent Societies. For more details on these and other 91ÁÔÆæ Education and Training events and activities, visit the Education/Training page.
91ÁÔÆæ-SUPPORTED Science and Society Events/Activities
The 91ÁÔÆæ Science and Society Committee supports events or other activities of 91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Societies that build on and extend to a wider audience the topic of the Science and Society session at the most recent 91ÁÔÆæ Congress. The exact format of the event/activity is up to the organizing society and the Committee would like to support a range of activities from speaker events to educational activities, including for public engagement. Up to €1500 is available from 91ÁÔÆæ to support this activity. Events or activities which involve more than one 91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Society or which enable the sharing of an activity across Constituent Societies are encouraged. Societies who wish to apply should check the current theme and further guidelines on the Science and Society webpage here.
91ÁÔÆæ Patronage
91ÁÔÆæ Patronage is offered to 91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Societies’ own activities to help with their promotion to participants and with obtaining other sources of support. It is intended to recognize activities with a high scientific or other value in line with 91ÁÔÆæ’ charitable objectives. Applications for 91ÁÔÆæ Patronage can be made where the Constituent Society’s event or activity may not be eligible for the other existing support initiatives offered by 91ÁÔÆæ. 91ÁÔÆæ Patronage may be granted to a range of activities organized by 91ÁÔÆæ Constituent Societies, including national and international scientific events. Patronage cannot be granted to individual persons, organizations themselves and permanent activities. A letter of application should be submitted with full details of the event or activity and for full further details, see the 91ÁÔÆæ Patronage guidelines.