Overview
ISBER is accepting applications for one travel grant for an eligible biobanking professional residing in a World Bank lower- or middle-income country to attend the 2027 Global Biobanking Congress in San Diego; applications close October 21, 2026.
Complete grant details
The travel grant supports attendance at the 2027 ISBER Global Biobanking Congress in San Diego, California, from May 4–6, 2027. ISBER states that one grant is available and that the grant includes economy-class travel to San Diego, hotel accommodation for the duration of the event, a daily per diem, and complimentary Congress registration. No cash-equivalent award amount is published on the current official pages, so none is stated.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must currently reside in a country classified by the World Bank as lower or middle income. ISBER states applicants should be early- to mid-career, currently work in a biobank or be actively involved in establishing one, and must not have previously received an ISBER travel, virtual or membership grant. The recipient must present during the Congress and provide post-meeting dissemination/reporting outputs.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Prepare a concise CV and employer support letter, and explain how Congress learning will be disseminated in your organization, country or region.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Append-only material revision of the 1 September 2026 ISBER record. Reverified against ISBER's current 2027 Travel Grant application and 2027 Global Biobanking Congress pages. The Congress page explicitly states the travel-grant inclusions: economy-class travel to San Diego, hotel accommodation for the event, daily per diem, and complimentary registration. The application deadline remains October 21, 2026 with no published closing clock time, so deadline_date is retained.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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