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ConferenceAsian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver
APASL's annual hepatology meeting on the theme 'Transforming Liver Medicine: Innovation in Practices'; abstract submission was extended (final extension) to 16 November 2026, 12:00 midday AEDT.
Medicine and clinical research · Australia
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Organoid models as a bridge between molecular insight and clinical practice.
Translational science · United Kingdom
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ConferenceEuropean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
The ESCMID congress (formerly ECCMID) on clinical microbiology and infectious diseases; abstracts close 18 November 2026 at 17:00 CET with novel, unpublished data only, and late-breaking abstracts are due 10 February 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · Sweden
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Funding callSão Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Researchers of any nationality living abroad with at least two years of post-PhD experience abroad who wish to establish their research career at an institution in São Paulo State, in seven strategic areas including biotechnology.
Life sciences · Brazil
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ConferenceEuropean Society of Cardiology / European Association of Preventive Cardiology
The ESC's congress on cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation; abstracts close 19 November 2026 at 12:00 noon CET, clinical cases 26 November 2026.
Public health and epidemiology · Portugal
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Funding callEuropean Commission – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Consortia of universities, research organisations and non-academic partners across EU Member States and Associated Countries proposing joint doctoral training programmes in any discipline.
Life sciences · International
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Funding callIndian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Investigator-initiated proposals from Indian institutions for novel, first-of-their-kind health research; at least one co-PI from the PI's own institute is mandatory.
Medicine and clinical research · India
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Diagnosis, support and outcomes across the lifespan.
Paediatrics and mental health · United Kingdom
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Funding callAlzheimer's Association
Associate Professors or above with a record of major external grant support as PI; previous Zenith recipients and clinical trials are ineligible; full applications due 30 March 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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Funding callAmerican Cancer Society
Independent investigators at US academic or eligible non-profit institutions within 8 years of their first independent appointment, holding no more than one R01-equivalent grant.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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Funding callAmerican Heart Association
Early-career faculty-level researchers with a doctoral degree (MD, PhD, DO, DVM, DDS or equivalent) who are AHA Professional Members and have not previously held a Career Development Award or Scientist Development Grant.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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Funding callRussell Sage Foundation
Multi- or interdisciplinary teams led by doctorate-holding PIs studying US social, economic and political challenges (democracy, societal impacts of AI, inequality and affordability, data infrastructure).
Social sciences · United States
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ConferenceAssociation for Psychological Science (APS)
Annual convention across psychological science, inviting submissions of posters, talks and symposia until 1 December 2026.
Psychology and mental health · United States
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ConferenceEuropean Society for Medical Oncology
ESMO congress for professionals in early clinical drug development and translational oncology research, held at the Palais des Congrès, Paris.
Pharmacology and drug development · France
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Funding callAnusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Researchers up to 42 years of age (with relaxations) holding a regular academic or research post at a recognised Indian institution, applying within two years of joining; open across science and engineering disciplines including life sciences.
Life sciences · India
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Funding callNational Institute for Health and Care Research
Research teams proposing applied programmes on children and young people's health, care and wellbeing (run with the RCPCH); outline stage closes 2 December 2026 at 1pm.
Medicine and clinical research · United Kingdom
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ConferenceAGA, AASLD, ASGE and SSAT
Large gathering for gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and GI surgery research, with general abstracts accepted until 2 December 2026.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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Funding callCancer Research UK
Researchers at eligible institutions proposing projects on the early detection and diagnosis of cancer, funding postdoctoral and technical staff with running costs.
Medicine and clinical research · United Kingdom
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Funding callFogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
Early-career research scientists holding junior faculty positions at institutions in low- and middle-income countries, seeking mentored career development in global health research.
Public health and epidemiology · United States
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Funding callSão Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Projects on the Synthesis and Transformation axes of the BIOTA biodiversity programme; eligibility consultation and pre-proposal due 4 Dec 2026, invited full proposals by 22 Feb 2027.
Environmental and agricultural sciences · Brazil
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ConferenceInternational Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
Hybrid world congress on health and biomedical informatics, held in the Middle East for the first time; papers, posters, panels and workshops due 4 December 2026 (emerging-technology/AI tracks later).
Data science and AI in health · United Arab Emirates
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Call for papersBMC Medical Research Methodology
Trial designs addressing longstanding limitations of conventional trials.
Research methodology · United Kingdom
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ConferenceEuropean Orthodontic Society (EOS)
Annual orthodontic science congress; accepted abstracts are presented as e-posters, with top-scoring ones eligible for flash presentations.
Medicine and clinical research · Austria
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ConferenceIPMI 2027 organising committee
Biennial, single-track conference on methods for medical image analysis and computing; abstracts due 7 December and full papers 14 December 2026.
Data science and AI in health · Canada
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Curriculum gaps in preparing clinicians to care for disabled patients.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
ADCs in cancer treatment, from translational work through to clinical use.
Oncology · United Kingdom
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ConferenceAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Annual biochemistry and molecular biology meeting accepting regular abstracts until 8 December 2026 and poster-only late-breaking abstracts until 27 January 2027, with abstracts published in a JBC virtual supplement.
Life sciences · United States
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Funding callNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Open nominations for awards in Consumer Involvement, Ethics and Integrity, Research Quality and Science to Art recognising Australian health and medical research.
Medicine and clinical research · Australia
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ConferenceStudents' Scientific Society, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
English-language health sciences conference for students and early-career researchers, with abstracts due 22 December 2026.
Medicine and clinical research · Lithuania
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Funding callSouth African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
Organisers of conferences with medical or health research as the central theme hosted at a venue in South Africa, applying at least six months before the event.
Medicine and clinical research · South Africa
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Funding callAnusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Nominations of high-calibre scientists of Indian origin working abroad who wish to take up research positions in India, across science and engineering disciplines.
Life sciences · India
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ConferenceEmirates Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Congress organising committee
Regional congress on paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and gene therapy, inviting abstracts until 31 December 2026.
Medicine and clinical research · United Arab Emirates
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ConferenceGlobal Harmonization Initiative (GHI)
World congress at Selçuk University on food safety, security, regulation and governance, inviting abstracts until 31 December 2026.
Nutrition and food science · Turkey
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Call for papersGlobal Health Action
Special issue on how health systems and communities recover and build resilience after crises, and what this means for global health equity.
Public health and epidemiology · United Kingdom
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Call for papersMedical Care Research and Review
Special theme issue on formal (paid) home-based health care; submissions are considered on a rolling basis until the deadline.
Public health and epidemiology · United States
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Call for papersPLOS Global Public Health
Original research, implementation studies, policy analyses and interdisciplinary perspectives on how health systems can prepare for and adapt to climate-related threats, including planetary health and climate-sensitive infectious diseases.
Public health and epidemiology · United States
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Call for papersBMC Medical Research Methodology
Methods supporting more collaborative and trustworthy research.
Research methodology · United Kingdom
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ConferenceAmerican Diabetes Association
The ADA's annual diabetes research meeting; regular abstracts close 5 January 2027 at 5:00 p.m. ET, and late-breaking abstracts are accepted 25 January to 8 March 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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Funding callAustralian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Nominations of Australian scientists, innovators and science teachers for national prizes; shortlisted nominees complete Stage 2 in April–May 2027.
Engineering and technology · Australia
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ConferenceEuropean-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA)
Biennial congress on hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and care, accepting written and video abstracts until 7 January 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · Germany
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ConferenceHeart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
The annual ESC heart failure congress (London and online); abstracts close 7 January 2027 at 12:00 noon CET and clinical cases 19 January 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · United Kingdom
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Funding callBrain Science Foundation
Young brain-science researchers in Japan travelling abroad for international conferences or short-term joint research (up to six months).
Life sciences · Japan
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Funding callJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Pre- and postdoctoral researchers from North America and Europe in all fields, applying through a host researcher in Japan for a short-term research stay.
Life sciences · Japan
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ConferenceISPOR – The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Annual conference on health economics, outcomes research and real-world evidence, with research abstracts due 8 January 2027.
Pharmacology and drug development · United States
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ConferenceAlzheimer's Association
The largest international dementia research meeting (Chicago and online); the general abstract and session deadline is 11 January 2027, extended to 18 January 2027 for ISTAART members.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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ConferenceInternational Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
ISTH's annual congress on thrombosis, haemostasis and vascular biology at the Vancouver Convention Centre; abstract submission opens 23 November 2026 and closes 11 January 2027 at 17:00 US Eastern.
Medicine and clinical research · Canada
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Digital and immersive teaching methods, continuing an earlier collection.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Health implications of ultra-processed foods, their mechanisms and the policy response.
Nutrition and public health · United Kingdom
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Funding callEuropean Research Council
Researchers of any nationality with a PhD defended between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2021, hosted in an EU Member State or Associated Country, in any field including life sciences.
Life sciences · International
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Funding callNovo Nordisk Foundation
Postdoctoral researchers in bioscience and basic biomedicine seeking funding for a research stay at an institution abroad.
Life sciences · Denmark
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ConferenceEuropean Society for Medical Oncology
ESMO's thoracic oncology congress at ICM Munich; ESMO lists 12 January 2027 as the abstract deadline, with late-breaking abstracts due 16 February 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · Germany
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Funding callCanadian Cancer Society
Research grant competition on workplace-related cancer; see the competition application guide for applicant eligibility and requirements.
Public health and epidemiology · Canada
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Funding callMedical Research Council (UKRI)
Registered healthcare professionals with a PhD who are consolidating an independent research niche within MRC's remit, supported by an eligible UK organisation and intending to remain clinically active.
Medicine and clinical research · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Teaching nutrition science across the health professions.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Funding callLundbeck Foundation
Neuroscience researchers qualified to full-professor level with demonstrated research leadership; two-step process starting with a short expression of interest.
Life sciences · Denmark
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ConferenceEuropean Academy of Neurology
Europe's main annual neurology congress, covering all areas of clinical neurology and neuroscience, held at Gothia Towers in Gothenburg.
Medicine and clinical research · Sweden
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ConferenceInternational Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Proceedings track for full papers reporting new, unpublished theoretical, computational and statistical advances in computational biology and bioinformatics, published open access in Bioinformatics (OUP); deadline 14 January 2027 AoE with no extension.
Life sciences · Denmark
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ConferenceEuropean Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR)
Annual European congress for clinical and basic research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, with regular abstracts and case reports invited.
Medicine and clinical research · Germany
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ConferenceIPCAI / MICCAI Society (held with CARS)
Conference on computer-assisted interventions and surgical data science; the regular full-paper deadline (30 October 2026) has passed, but long abstracts are accepted until 15 January 2027.
Biomedical engineering and devices · Germany
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ConferenceMaterials Research Society of Singapore
Materials science conference with 39 symposia, inviting original-research abstracts until 15 January 2027.
Engineering and technology · Singapore
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Teaching the health needs of LGBTQ+ patients.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
New perspectives and care practices in menopause.
Women’s health · United Kingdom
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Funding callDamon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Early-career physician-scientists at the Assistant Professor level conducting patient-oriented cancer research; applications via Proposal Central with reference letters uploaded by the deadline.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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Funding callERA4Health Partnership
Transnational research consortia developing nano and advanced technology diagnostic tools to improve detection and clinical management of non-communicable diseases; call opens 17 Nov 2026, full proposals due 9 Jun 2027.
Biomedical engineering and devices · International
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ConferenceAMEE – International Association for Health Professions Education
International health professions education conference; short communications, ePosters, workshops and similar formats close on 19 January 2027 (research papers closed earlier).
Medical education · Finland
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ConferenceEuropean Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
Annual hepatology congress at ExCeL London and online, inviting abstracts on liver disease research ahead of a later late-breaker window.
Medicine and clinical research · United Kingdom
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ConferenceEuropean Stroke Organisation
The ESO's annual stroke research and care conference; abstract submission opened 2 November 2026, with late-breaking abstracts due 25 February 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · Austria
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Funding callEuropean Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed)
Transnational consortia developing and validating innovative cell and gene therapies for personalised medicine, funded by participating national agencies; invited full proposals due 25 May 2027.
Pharmacology and drug development · International
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Funding callIndian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Investigator-initiated biomedical and health research proposals from researchers at eligible Indian institutions, submitted through the ICMR e-PMS portal.
Medicine and clinical research · India
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Funding callNovo Nordisk Foundation
Early-career clinical researchers establishing an independent research group; up to four grants will be awarded.
Medicine and clinical research · Denmark
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Funding callEMBO
Postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences who obtained their PhD within the two years before applying and plan an international move to a host laboratory.
Life sciences · Germany
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ConferenceIEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
The flagship EMBS conference, themed on translating healthcare innovation from labs to industry, accepts 4+1 page full contributed papers (deadline 24 January 2027) and 1-page research poster papers (deadline 23 April 2027).
Biomedical engineering and devices · Singapore
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ConferenceInternational Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and ESCEO
World congress on bone, joint and muscle disorders; accepted abstracts are published in a supplement of Osteoporosis International.
Medicine and clinical research · Austria
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Call for papersFrontiers
Research Topic on virtual reality-based behavioural interventions, therapy protocols and affective regulation for mental health.
Psychology and mental health · Switzerland
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Call for papersNutrients
Original research and reviews on the nutritional relevance and functional roles of bioactive compounds from natural sources in human health, bridging food chemistry, nutritional biochemistry and clinical nutrition.
Nutrition and food science · Switzerland
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Funding callDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
German universities hosting a funded Cluster of Excellence, Collaborative Research Centre, Research Training Group or Research Impulse may propose recruiting researchers who have worked abroad for at least three years.
Life sciences · Germany
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ConferenceInternational Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
Annual meeting on stem cell science and regenerative medicine, with abstracts invited for oral and poster presentations.
Life sciences · United States
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Competency-based education models and how they are applied internationally.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.
Cardiometabolic and liver disease · United Kingdom
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Call for papersFrontiers
Research Topic on how dietary patterns and dietary components relate to mental health and emotion regulation.
Nutrition and food science · Switzerland
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ConferenceAIME Society (Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Europe)
Accepts full research papers (up to 10 pages) and demo papers on AI in medicine, including clinical decision support, LLM and agentic applications and biomedical imaging, with proceedings in Springer LNAI; a 250-word abstract is registered first, then the full paper a week later.
Data science and AI in health · Netherlands
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Funding callBoehringer Ingelheim Fonds
Doctoral candidates in basic biomedical research; three fixed deadlines a year (1 February, 1 June, 1 October), enrolment in a specific PhD programme not required at the deadline.
Life sciences · Germany
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Funding callEuropean Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA)
Transnational consortia doing collaborative research on newly discovered rare diseases; expected to open 1 Dec 2026 with second-stage applications due 24 Jun 2027 (dates provisional).
Medicine and clinical research · International
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ConferenceIEEE Signal Processing Society and IEEE EMBS
Symposium on mathematical, algorithmic and computational aspects of biomedical imaging; the four-page paper deadline (2 November 2026) has passed but one-page abstracts are accepted until 1 February 2027 and challenge papers until 26 February 2027.
Biomedical engineering and devices · Switzerland
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
The interplay between cardiac immunity and inflammation.
Cardiometabolic and liver disease · United Kingdom
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Funding callSwiss National Science Foundation
Postdoctoral researchers with a connection to Switzerland seeking a research stay abroad; biology and medicine proposals must be submitted in English.
Life sciences · Switzerland
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ConferenceEuropean Society for Medical Oncology
ESMO's annual breast cancer congress at Allianz MiCo, Milan, with a virtual platform; abstract submission is open until 2 February 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · Italy
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Funding callMedical Research Council (UKRI)
UK research organisations eligible for UKRI funding may submit outline proposals for a long-term MRC Centre of Research Excellence.
Medicine and clinical research · United Kingdom
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ConferenceEuropean Respiratory Society
The ERS annual respiratory medicine congress; the free first-round abstract and clinical case window runs 1 December 2026 to 4 February 2027 (23:59 CET), followed by later late-breaking and RCT rounds.
Medicine and clinical research · Italy
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ConferenceEuropean Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)
Hybrid conference on human and medical genetics and genomics; abstract submission opens December 2026 and closes 4 February 2027.
Life sciences · Netherlands
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Funding callCancer Research UK
Researchers seeking support to advance cancer therapeutics, applying first via an expression of interest reviewed in March 2027.
Pharmacology and drug development · United Kingdom
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Funding callNational Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)
Eligible institutions may submit modular R01 applications for cancer control and population sciences research; 5 February 2027 is the due date for new applications (renewals, resubmissions and revisions are due 5 March 2027).
Public health and epidemiology · United States
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Effects of social media and digital technology on younger populations.
Paediatrics and mental health · United Kingdom
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Call for papersEnvironmental Science & Technology / Environmental Science & Technology Letters
Joint special issue on environmental chemistry challenges in Latin America and the scientific, technological and indigenous solutions being developed for long-term sustainability.
Environmental and agricultural sciences · United States
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ConferenceInternational Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), FASBMB and SASBMB
First IUBMB triennial congress held in Africa, inviting abstracts across 13 biochemistry and molecular biology topics until 12 February 2027.
Life sciences · South Africa
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Funding callAgencia Atenea and Secretaría Distrital de Salud de Bogotá
Universities, research centres and institutes in alliances of research groups proposing applied research on health and ageing challenges of Bogotá's older population.
Public health and epidemiology · Colombia
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Call for papersFrontiers in Medicine
Research Topic in the Precision Medicine section highlighting work led by women researchers in precision medicine.
Medicine and clinical research · Switzerland
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Funding callNational Institutes of Health
Exploratory or developmental research projects within the mission of participating NIH institutes; applications proposing clinical trials are not accepted.
Medicine and clinical research · United States
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Funding callThe Royal Society
Senior African-citizen scientists based in Africa making innovative contributions to the biological or physical sciences and to capacity building; nominations open 30 Nov 2026, no self-nomination.
Life sciences · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medical Research Methodology
Analysing high-dimensional biological data and large clinical datasets.
Research methodology · United Kingdom
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Call for papersEuropean Addiction Research
Collection on the substance use experiences of marginalised groups such as refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and LGBTQ+ communities, and on links with homelessness, poverty and deprivation; accepts reviews, research articles and brief reports.
Psychology and mental health · Switzerland
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Call for papersFood Science & Nutrition
Special issue covering nutritional genomics, metabolomics and clinical nutrition trials, open to molecular, clinical and population-level research.
Nutrition and food science · United States
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ConferenceEuropean Hematology Association (EHA)
Europe's main haematology congress, inviting abstracts on clinical and laboratory research in blood disorders and haematologic malignancies.
Medicine and clinical research · Spain
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ConferenceEuropean Society of Cardiology
The ESC's flagship hybrid cardiology congress, held for the first time in Milan; abstracts close 1 March 2027 and clinical cases 8 March 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · Italy
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Call for papersMolecular Nutrition & Food Research
Special collection on how genetic factors mediate precision-nutrition effects and the regulation of immune homeostasis.
Nutrition and food science · Germany
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Current challenges and emerging opportunities in treating obesity.
Cardiometabolic and liver disease · United Kingdom
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Funding callCanadian Institutes of Health Research
Investigator-initiated health research in any area; registration is due 3 February 2027 and Nominated Principal Applicants may submit no more than two applications per competition.
Medicine and clinical research · Canada
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Funding callMedical Research Future Fund (administered by NHMRC)
Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations may apply for early-stage pilot implementation studies (incubator stream) or larger targeted implementation research projects.
Public health and epidemiology · Australia
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Funding callMedical Research Future Fund (administered by NHMRC)
Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations may apply for research that improves health outcomes and access to care for people with disability.
Public health and epidemiology · Australia
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ConferenceAmerican Society for Nutrition (ASN)
ASN's annual meeting invites general abstracts across nutrition science until 8 March 2027 (11:59 PM ET), with a later Late-Breaking/Rapid Science and Encore abstract window.
Nutrition and food science · United States
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Funding callMedical Research Future Fund (administered by NHMRC)
Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations may apply for late-stage translational research that closes gaps in best-practice health care identified by collaborating health services, with a separate stream for regional, rural and remote research.
Medicine and clinical research · Australia
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Preparing health professionals to respond to emergencies.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Health literacy and patient communication in the curriculum.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Call for papersFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence
Interdisciplinary Research Topic on the computational, social and technical mechanisms through which social media environments produce harmful and supportive mental-health outcomes, including social media as a data source.
Psychology and mental health · Switzerland
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Pathogen evolution and immune evasion in the context of vaccination.
Infectious disease and vaccines · United Kingdom
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Call for papersJournal of Advanced Nursing
Special issue inviting nursing scholarship on antiracism and epistemic justice in nursing practice, education and research.
Nursing and allied health · United States
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Call for papersBMC Medical Research Methodology
Public involvement, patient engagement, co-production and community engagement.
Research methodology · United Kingdom
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Funding callKing Faisal Prize
Nominations of researchers for published work on RNA-based therapeutics, submitted by eligible institutions; self-nominations, posthumous nominations and past laureates are not accepted.
Pharmacology and drug development · Saudi Arabia
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Funding callNational Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) with Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Joint Brazilian–French research teams in Health/One Health (immunology, infectious disease and environment) or the digital continuum (HPC, AI, quantum); Brazilian coordinator submits to CNPq and French coordinator to ANR.
Life sciences · Brazil
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Call for papersCurrent Issues in Molecular Biology
Special Issue in the Molecular Pharmacology section on molecular mechanisms underpinning preclinical and clinical pharmacology (also listed in the IJMS Molecular Pharmacology section).
Pharmacology and drug development · Switzerland
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Call for papersDiscover Public Health
Collection on the public health aspects of long COVID.
Public health and epidemiology · Germany
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Call for papersBMC Medical Education
Structured approaches to evaluating learner competencies.
Medical education · United Kingdom
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Funding callMedical Research Future Fund (administered by NHMRC)
Approved MRFF Eligible Organisations may apply for pilot and full clinical trials on rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet needs, trials filling health technology assessment evidence gaps, and prevention trials.
Medicine and clinical research · Australia
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ConferenceAsian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and KAHBPS
Regional congress on hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and medicine at BEXCO, with abstracts open until 11 April 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · South Korea
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Call for papersFrontiers in Medicine
Research Topic (Obstetrics and Gynecology section) on fertility biomarker science and its use for precision reproductive health.
Medicine and clinical research · Switzerland
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Funding callJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Established foreign researchers in all fields, nominated by a host researcher in Japan for a short collaborative visit.
Life sciences · Japan
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Funding callJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Foreign early-career postdoctoral researchers in all fields, applying through a host researcher at a Japanese institution (the deadline is for the host institution's submission to JSPS).
Life sciences · Japan
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Genomic medicine in childhood screening and personalised care.
Paediatrics and mental health · United Kingdom
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Funding callInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Research grants for scientists in ICGEB Member States in life sciences and biotechnology; the 2027 call opens at the beginning of 2027.
Life sciences · Italy
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Call for papersACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
Special issue on chemically characterised natural products of plant, marine, microbial or food origin with clear pharmacological activity, defined mechanisms, validated targets or translational potential.
Pharmacology and drug development · United States
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Call for papersBMC Medical Research Methodology
Assessing usability and UX across the lifecycle of healthcare technologies.
Research methodology · United Kingdom
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Funding callEuropean Research Council
Groups of two to four principal investigators jointly addressing an ambitious research problem in any field; call opens 17 February 2027 and all PIs must remain eligible throughout evaluation.
Life sciences · International
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ConferenceISMPO, ISO, AROI and IASO
National multidisciplinary oncology congress inviting structured abstracts (up to 400 words); the site also shows 30 June 2027 on another page, so the earlier date is listed.
Medicine and clinical research · India
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Call for papersBMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Collection on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine and therapies for managing chronic pain.
Pharmacology and drug development · United Kingdom
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ConferenceElsevier
Conference on modelling and analysis of infectious disease dynamics, with abstracts and special session proposals due 18 June 2027.
Public health and epidemiology · Singapore
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Call for papersBMC Medical Research Methodology
How real-world evidence is generated, evaluated and strengthened.
Research methodology · United Kingdom
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Call for papersBMC Medicine
Trials of new treatments and management strategies for pancreatic cancer.
Oncology · United Kingdom
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ConferenceIndonesian Society of Nephrology (InaSN)
Asia-Pacific nephrology congress at the Bali International Convention Centre; abstract submission opens 2 January and closes 30 June 2027.
Medicine and clinical research · Indonesia
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Call for papersDiscover Public Health
Collection on equitable approaches and pathways to healthy ageing.
Public health and epidemiology · Germany
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ConferenceWorld Sleep Society
International sleep medicine and research congress; submissions open 1 December 2026 with fast-track (20 Jan), oral (15 May) and final poster (15 July 2027) deadlines.
Medicine and clinical research · Canada
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Call for papersDiscover Public Health
Collection on fertility and reproductive well-being from a public health perspective.
Public health and epidemiology · Germany
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Call for papersDiscover Public Health
Collection on keeping disease-elimination gains in Africa and strengthening the health systems that support them.
Public health and epidemiology · Germany
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Call for papersMolecular Nutrition & Food Research
Special collection on the molecular mechanisms by which dietary fibre acts, its interaction with the microbiome and its effects on metabolic health.
Nutrition and food science · Germany
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Call for papersPublic Health
Special issue of the Royal Society for Public Health's journal on addictive behaviours that involve digital technologies.
Public health and epidemiology · Netherlands
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Call for papersJournal of Advanced Nursing
Special issue on nursing's place in the care economy, covering multigenerational caregiving and the sustainability of the nursing workforce.
Nursing and allied health · United States
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Funding callPrince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW)
Nominations for water-related research completed within five years of the deadline; Creativity Prize nominations must come from institutions, other prizes accept self-nomination.
Environmental and agricultural sciences · Saudi Arabia
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