The latest news, opportunities and key dates from across FEBS.
FEBS Supported Science and Society Events | Application deadline for September to December 2026 events
30 September 2026
FEBS3+ Meetings 2027 | Funding application deadline
30 September 2026
FEBS Short-Term Fellowships | First 2027 application call opens
1 November 2026
FEBS Education and Training Supported Society Events | Application deadline for January to June 2027 events
15 December 2026
FEBS Supported Science and Society Events | Application deadline for January to July 2027 events
15 December 2026
FEBS is pleased to announce the FEBS Research Academy, a scientific excellence body that brings together leading scientists to strengthen FEBS activities in support of research, collaboration, and innovation in the molecular life sciences and beyond. The Founding Members, among them 28 Nobel Prize Laureates, will guide FEBS initiatives in cutting-edge scientific fields and in areas connected to societal challenges.
FEBS will host an inauguration ceremony for the FEBS Research Academy at next year's FEBS Congress in Riga, Latvia. You can read more about the FEBS Research Academy and its Founding Members on our website.
Eleftheria Zeggini receives the 2027 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award
FEBS and EMBO are delighted to announce Eleftheria Zeggini, Director of the Institute of Translational Genomics at Helmholtz Munich, as the recipient of the 2027 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award, which celebrates its 20th edition this year.
Zeggini is recognised for her pioneering contributions to human genomics and the translation of large-scale genetic discoveries into biological and clinical insights, alongside her leadership in equality and inclusion in science.
The award will be presented at the 51st FEBS Congress in Riga, 3–7 July 2027, where Zeggini will deliver a plenary award lecture.
The FEBS Congress 2027: Save the dates!
The 51st FEBS Congress – “From biomolecules to biomes” – will be held in the vibrant city of Riga, Latvia, 3–7 July 2027. The hosting of this FEBS Congress is a special collaboration between the biochemical Societies of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. For now, browse the early plans for the event on the Congress website, save the dates and spread the word!
We are delighted to congratulate and introduce here the recipients of FEBS medals for the FEBS Congress 2027: Elke Deuerling, Johanna Ivaska, Vivek Malhotra and Adrian Bird.
The medals are awarded by FEBS for outstanding achievements in biochemistry and molecular biology or related sciences to distinguished senior scientists active in European research, with the awardees delivering key plenary lectures at the FEBS Congress. We look forward to four insightful lectures from the 2027 medal recipients in Riga:
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FEBS Sir Hans Krebs medal lecture: Elke Deuerling, University of Konstanz, Germany – ‘New principles of co-translational protein biogenesis’
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FEBS Datta medal lecture: Johanna Ivaska, University of Turku, Finland – ‘Cell–matrix interactions in cancer progression’
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FEBS Theodor Bücher medal lecture: Vivek Malhotra, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain – ‘Beyond the dogma: A new pathway controlling collagen secretion and tissue repair’
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FEBS Rita Levi-Montalcini medal lecture: Adrian Bird, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom – ‘Genetic and epigenetic modulators of the transcriptome’
Visit the Congress website’s plenary speaker page for more details.
FEBS Short-Term Fellowships: New application schedule for 2027
The FEBS Short-Term Fellowships programme, which supports scientific collaboration, advanced training and research visits of up to two (or exceptionally three) months, will move to two annual application calls from 2027. Eligible PhD students and early-career postdocs can apply for funding covering €100/day subsistence costs plus travel support.
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1st call: 1 November to 10 December 2026 (results by end January 2027)
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2nd call: 1 May to 10 June 2027 (results by end July 2027)
Research visits funded under these calls can take place between March 2027 and February 2028. Applicants are encouraged to apply in the call that best matches their planned visit dates.
Open positions at FEBS Press
FEBS Press is currently recruiting for three positions across its journals and publishing team:
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Digital Marketing Manager, FEBS Press
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Editor in Chief, FEBS Letters
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Editor, Molecular Oncology
Interested in joining FEBS Press, or know someone who might be a good fit? Explore the opportunities, apply or share them with your network.
At The FEBS Journal, biochemistry is the starting point – not the limit. Through our commitment to publishing rigorous, high-impact research in all aspects of the molecular life sciences, the journal brings together diverse communities.
To get you started on your Biochemistry & Beyond journey with us, explore our RNA biology & epigenetics collection. Beyond transmitting genetic information and regulating gene expression, various RNA species exert fundamental regulatory signalling functions, and their dysregulation drives many diseases.
If you are working on any aspect of RNA structure and biology, coding and non-coding RNA species, epigenetic factors or chromatin dynamics, submit your next manuscript to us. It’ll be in excellent hands!
FEBS Open Bio is pleased to announce the launch of the Early Career Reviewer Hub, a new initiative designed to provide professional training and first-hand experience to early career researchers (PhD students and postdocs) interested in taking part in the peer review process. If you are interested in this initiative or know of anybody that might be, visit our website and apply here. The official project presentation will take place on Tuesday, September 22, 16:00 pm CEST and we invite you to register to the webinar here.
In addition, to accompany the recent Special Issue on Bioplastics and Biopolymers, we are pleased to announce that a free webinar entitled "Bioplastics and Biopolymers: A step closer towards environmental sustainability" that will be held on Tuesday, September 29 at 16:00 CEST. To register, please follow this link. We look forward to welcoming you all!
The latest Special Issue of FEBS Letters, “Inositol phosphates and phosphoinositides — functions and cellular dynamics,” is online now! This issue, guest edited by Prof. Volker Haucke (FMP, Berlin) and Prof. Feng Rao (SUSTech, Shenzhen), brings together 15 complementary review articles by renowned experts in the field, which together highlight how soluble inositol phosphates, inositol pyrophosphates, and phosphoinositides form an interconnected signalling network with fundamental and translational relevance. We invite you to read the full issue for free here.
To accompany this new issue, FEBS Letters is also organising a free webinar on the latest in phosphoinositide research, featuring presentations by Volker Haucke (FMP, Berlin) and Feng Rao (SUSTech, Shenzhen). The 1-hour webinar will be held on Wednesday 21 October at 09:00 BST (10:00 CEST); we invite you to register here.
In support of Gynaecological and Urological Cancer Awareness Month, the September issue of Molecular Oncology focuses on malignant conditions in the female reproductive system and urinary tract. The issue features articles on pre-clinical research alongside manuscripts on clinical diagnostics and treatments for ovarian, endometrial, cervical, bladder and urothelial cancers.
We are excited to announce the 4th call for the joint EACR-Molecular Oncology editorial fellowship. This program supports and educates early-career scientists by providing hands-on experience in academic publishing through a 3-month placement with the Molecular Oncology editorial team. Applications are open from 16 September to 11 November 2026.
We invite you to check the list of FEBS Advanced Courses planned so far for 2027 and share it with contacts and networks, to reach potential course participants. Course organizers are preparing the course websites, ready to receive registrations.
We also just had the deadline for Round 2 of applications to organize 2027 courses. As the FEBS Advanced Courses Committee gets ready to review them, this brings the end of the 2027 call. The next deadline will be 1 March 2027, for courses in 2028.
We will announce the approved courses from Round 2 by December 2026. All courses can be found on the FEBS Advanced Courses section of the FEBS website. You can also explore posts from past course participants on the FEBS Network.
New call: FEBS Education and Training Supported Society Events
The second 2026 call for FEBS Education and Training Supported Society Events opens on 15 September, supporting educational activities organized by FEBS Constituent Societies and taking place between January and June 2027.
Funding of up to €2,500 for in-person events and €750 for online events is available. FEBS particularly encourages proposals addressing AI and Machine Learning in Molecular Life Sciences and Skills for Industry 4.0, although proposals on other educational topics in the molecular life sciences are equally welcome.
Application deadline: 15 December 2026
Wellbeing in academia
How can we create healthier, more inclusive and supportive academic environments? The FEBS Education and Training Committee has recently explored wellbeing, inclusivity and collegiality in academia, including through a survey of European biochemists and life scientists and discussions at the FEBS Congress 2026 Education Special Session.
Explore the findings and reflections on the FEBS Network:
Upcoming FEBS Education activities
Beyond the Textbook: Biosciences Education in the Digital Era
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This FEBS Education and Training Supported Society Event will explore active learning, digital tools, AI in bioscience education, curriculum innovation and capacity building for faculty and early-career researchers.
FEBS Education National Lectures
Pride in Progress: LGBTQIA+ Scientists in STEM
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????️ Professor Cormac Taylor, University College Dublin
Innovating Education in Biosciences
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????️ Professor Robert Harris, Karolinska Institute
FEBS Supported Science and Society Events
Have an idea for a science outreach activity? FEBS offers funding to Constituent Societies for events that bring molecular life sciences closer to the public. Funding of up to €2,000 for in-person events and €750 for online activities is available.
???? Events taking place September to December 2026: The application deadline has been extended to 30 September 2026.
???? Events taking place January to July 2027: A new call opens today with applications accepted until 15 December 2026.
Support for meetings of FEBS Constituent Societies: call for proposals
FEBS3+ Meetings
The FEBS3+ programme supports conferences equivalent to an annual national scientific meeting of a FEBS Constituent Society but organized through collaboration of three (or more) such Societies. It aims to increase international collaboration between molecular life scientists in a subset of FEBS countries, such as those in a particular region or linked in other ways, while also encouraging sharing of Society expertise and efforts. FEBS3+ Meeting grants of €20,000 are available.
The deadline for proposals from FEBS Societies for FEBS3+ Meetings to be held in 2027 is 30 September 2026. Find guidelines here.
FEBS National Lectures
FEBS National Lectures are FEBS-supported plenary lectures from distinguished scientists from outside the event-hosting country at scientific meetings of FEBS Constituent Societies. An engraved glass award is presented to the lecturer. Applications are invited from FEBS Societies for FEBS National Lectures at 2027 events; find more details in the FEBS website’s Societies support section.
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