The call for applications for round 2 of the OBF Event Fellowship for 2026 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 August 2026. 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 OBF Event Fellowship program aims to increase diverse participation at events that promote open-source bioinformatics and/or open science. We invite applications from candidates seeking financial support to attend relevant scientific events between September 2026 to August 2027. 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.
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program is now in its 9th year. Since 2023, we have had three application rounds per year with the following deadlines: 1 April, 1 August, and 1 December.
Looking back at the first round of 2026, we received 40 applications, and six applicants were selected to support their participation in various events.
Francesco Maria Antonio Micocci: BITS 2026 & BioHackathon 2026, 26-29 May 2026
Aditya Karna: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2026), July 14-15, 2026
Lee Jia Wei: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2026), July 14-15, 2026
Anastasia Bratulin: 34th Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, July 12-16, 2026
Jeremy Fan: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2026), July 14-15, 2026
Neha Arora: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2026), July 14-15, 2026
Congratulations to all of our awardees! We are delighted to help support their participation in open-source-related events with OBF Event Fellowships, and we wish them all the best for their future work.
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