The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) is a non-profit, volunteer-run group that promotes open source software development and Open Science within the biological research community. Membership in the OBF is free and open to anyone who wants to help promote open source or open science in a biological field.

OBF runs the annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC).

BOSC 2025 took place July 21-22, 2025, in Liverpool, UK (as part of ISMB/ECCB 2025). BOSC 2026 will be part of ISMB 2026 in Washington, DC.

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The OBF Event Fellowship program aims to increase diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software development and open science in the biological research community.

• What are the selection criteria?
• What does the fellowship cover?
• What do you require of applicants?
• Who will review the applicants?

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