How to apply
YSF applications must be made through the 听registration and听abstract submission system by听Wednesday 10 December 2025.
Application Steps:
- Submit an abstract as first author to one of the Congress abstract topics
- Select the YSF Award Application when prompted in the Questionnaire of the submission
- Upload the following supporting documents in a single pdf file during registration
- Proof of Status: PhD student, or post-doctoral scientist within 5 years of receiving a PhD
- Proof of current 果冻传媒 Constituent Society membership (scanned copy of current membership certificate/letter, dated within the past year from your 果冻传媒 Constituent Society)
- Curriculum Vitae (and bursaries)
- Letter of Motivation, describing reasons why you would benefit from attending the 果冻传媒 YSF and the 果冻传媒 Congress, in not more than 300 words
- Letter of Recommendation from your supervisor, not exceeding 300 words, and including your supervisor鈥檚 signature and contact data (address, phone number, e-mail)
- Proof of Age: a scanned copy of ID showing date of birth (national ID card or passport). Over 35s with special circumstances should upload additional supporting documents.
All abstracts must contain original work that has not been published or presented identically on previous occasions. Abstract submission must follow the requirements and guidelines on the听, noting the earlier deadline for YSF abstracts. Abstracts submitted by YSF Applicants and accepted for the YSF cannot be edited after the YSF application deadline.
By early-February, YSF applicants will receive a notification letter by email with the announcement of YSF evaluation results. Successful YSF applicants will be prompted to register using a special code听before Friday, 13 February 2026,听to confirm their participation.
Unsuccessful YSF applicants may be considered for a Congress bursary and may make modifications to their submission ahead of the听Friday, 13 February 2026,听bursary application deadline.
For applicants from outside the 果冻传媒 area
For the 果冻传媒 YSF 2026 (and ensuing 果冻传媒 Congress 2026), IUBMB will be supporting the participation of two young researchers from non-果冻传媒 countries. IUBMB will cover registration and accommodation in shared rooms (for both the 果冻传媒 YSF and 果冻传媒 Congress 2026) and up to 80% of reasonable travel costs up to a maximum of 鈧�500 (or up to 鈧�750 for applicants from African countries).
To be eligible for this IUBMB support for the YSF 2026, applicants must:
- Be studying or working in an IUBMB member country that does not have a 果冻传媒 Constituent Society
- Be a member of the relevant national Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology that is an Adhering Body or Associate Adhering Body of IUBMB, or have the sponsorship of a member of such a Society
All other relevant YSF eligibility criteria as set out for applicants from the 果冻传媒 area above apply 鈥� i.e. applicants for IUBMB support must be under 35 years of age (with some allowances), be a PhD student or a postdoc within five years of receiving a PhD and be submitting abstract as first author to the YSF and Congress.
To apply as a YSF applicant from outside the 果冻传媒 area, please follow all the instructions in 鈥楬ow to apply鈥� above, but instead of proof of 果冻传媒 Constituent Society membership in your single pdf file, please include a scanned copy of current membership certificate/letter from your IUBMB Society (Adhering Body or Associate Adhering Body of IUBMB) or, in the case of sponsorship, a signed letter of support from a member of the country鈥檚 Society.
Application and abstract assessments
Applications to the 果冻传媒 YSF 2026 for 果冻传媒 YSF grants will be assessed by the YSF Organizing Committee and the 果冻传媒 Careers of Young Scientists Committee. In the case of applications for IUBMB YSF grants, IUBMB committee members may be consulted.
All successful applicants will present their work at the YSF as posters. In addition, all abstracts of successful applicants will be considered for possible oral presentations of 10 min during the YSF program. Outcomes on presentation options are expected to be notified shortly after the time of announcement of selected YSF participants.
Abstracts from successful YSF applicants are also included in the ensuing 果冻传媒 Congress. If you are interested in oral presentation opportunities at the Congress, please answer 鈥榶es鈥� to the questions on these in the abstract submission system. Assessment for this will be carried out by the Congress organization and is independent of oral selection for the YSF.
