Biology funding and events.

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Biological Research has the potential to pave the way for breakthroughs in biotechnology and bio-system design that will create innovations, new industries, and jobs. To capitalize on this promise, the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) will make awards for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) to recent doctoral degree recipients, for proposals with a research and training focus at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Biological Sciences to Strengthen and Safeguard Biotechnology Innovations. Applying AI to highly complex biological systems will reveal unknown mechanisms in the natural world that hold promise for technological developments. Candidates with AI and/or biology experience will develop deep expertise in both by proposing additional training in both areas. These combinations of current expertise and new cross-training will produce scientists who work seamlessly at the intersection of AI and biology. The fellows are expected to become field leaders who use AI capabilities to extrapolate from biological data to technological advances. Proposers are encouraged to consider how to leverage the

In-residence research using Smithsonian collections, facilities, or field stations, with a Smithsonian advisor. Graduate, dissertation, postdoctoral, and senior tracks cover science, anthropology, history, and art.

Support for internationally mobile life-science researchers developing a postdoctoral project in a new research setting. Applications are accepted throughout the year and considered at scheduled evaluation cutoffs.

Cancer research meeting spanning laboratory discovery, clinical studies, and prevention. Regular abstract and travel-award applications open September 28, 2026; meeting registration opens October 20.

Three-year mentored research support in immunology and cancer immunology at nonprofit institutions worldwide.

Three-year postdoctoral training connecting cancer immunology with computational biology, genomics, and data science.

A cell-biology meeting in San Diego with research talks, posters, professional development, and scientific networking. Register to attend or submit an abstract for presentation consideration.

SfN's annual neuroscience meeting offers in-person research sessions in Washington, D.C., plus virtual presentation options. Late-breaking submissions have a separate deadline and capacity limit.

Residential support for established STEM researchers pursuing an independent project in an interdisciplinary Harvard community. This record covers the still-open STEM competition, not the closed humanities and arts categories.