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Upcoming Conferences and Events
Conference Calendar
| Event | Location | Start Date - End Date | Abstract Submission | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston C diff & Microbiome Conference Visit |
Houston, TX | May 16, 2025 - May 16, 2025 | Abstracts Closed | Link Link |
| Staphylococcal Diseases Gordon Research Conference Visit |
Barcelona, Spain | August 03, 2025 - August 08, 2025 | Abstracts Closed | Link |
| ClostPath Biennial Visit |
Paris, France | September 01, 2025 - September 04, 2025 | Abstracts Closed | |
| STI Prevention Conference Visit |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA | September 16, 2024 - September 19, 2024 | NA | Link |
| IDSA IDWeek Visit |
Atlanta, GA and online | October 19, 2025 - October 22, 2025 | Abstracts Closed | Link Link |
| GitHub Universe Visit |
San Francisco, CA | October 28, 2025 - October 29, 2025 | NA | |
| MS Ignite Visit |
San Francisco, CA | November 18, 2025 - November 21, 2025 | NA | |
| Peggy Lillis Foundation Scientific Symposium Visit |
Online | November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025 | NA | |
| AWS re:Invent Visit |
Las Vegas, NV | December 01, 2025 - December 05, 2025 | NA | |
| ASHP Midyear Visit |
Las Vegas, NV | December 07, 2025 - December 10, 2025 | Abstracts Closed | Link |
| BPS Annual Visit |
Belfast, UK | December 16, 2025 - December 18, 2025 | Abstracts Closed | |
| TMC AMR Visit |
Houston, TX | January 15, 2026 - January 17, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | Link Link |
| IMARI Annual Visit |
Las Vegas, NV | January 28, 2026 - January 30, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | Link Link Link |
| BSAC and GARDP Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference Visit |
Online | February 04, 2026 - February 05, 2026 | Abstracts Closed Free online conference |
Link |
| AAAS Annual Visit |
Phoenix, AZ and online | February 12, 2026 - February 14, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | Link Link Link Link Link |
| CSIRO AMR Summit Visit |
Sydney, Australia | February 18, 2026 - February 20, 2026 | NA | |
| CROI Annual Visit |
Denver, CO | February 22, 2026 - February 25, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | Link |
| Biophysical Society Annual Visit |
San Francisco, CA | February 21, 2026 - February 26, 2026 | NA | Link |
| ASBMB Annual Visit |
Washington, DC | March 07, 2026 - March 10, 2026 | NA | |
| EMBL AI and Biology Visit |
EMBL Heidelberg and Online | March 10, 2026 - March 13, 2026 | NA | |
| NVIDIA GTC Visit |
San Jose, CA | March 16, 2026 - March 19, 2026 | NA | |
| ESCMID Annual Visit |
Munich, Germany | April 17, 2026 - April 21, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | Link |
| Google Cloud Next Visit |
Las Vegas, NV | April 22, 2026 - April 24, 2026 | NA | |
| ASPET Annual Visit |
Minneapolis, MN | May 17, 2026 - May 20, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | |
| ISPOR Annual Visit |
Philadelphia, PA | May 17, 2026 - May 20, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | Link |
| ASM Microbe Visit |
Washington, DC | June 11, 2026 - June 15, 2026 | October 15, 2025 - January 21, 2026 Travel awards: Oct 15 - Dec 2, 2025; Abstracts: Dec 2, 2025 - Jan 21, 2026 |
Link |
| Anaerobe Biennial Visit |
New York, NY, USA | July 07, 2026 - July 10, 2026 | October 23, 2025 - February 01, 2026 Oral: Jan 1, 2026; Poster: Feb 1, 2026 |
Link |
| IUPHAR Annual Visit |
Melbourne, Australia | July 12, 2026 - July 17, 2026 | Abstracts Closed | Link Link |
| AACP Pharmacy Education Visit |
Grapevine, TX | July 18, 2026 - July 21, 2026 | NA | |
| Conference on Beneficial Microbes Visit |
Madison, WI | July 19, 2026 - July 23, 2026 | February 01, 2026 - April 08, 2026 | |
| ASV Annual Visit |
Minneapolis, MN | July 27, 2026 - July 30, 2026 | December 01, 2025 - February 01, 2026 | Link |
| MSGERC Biennial Visit |
Denver, CO | September 09, 2026 - September 11, 2026 | April 01, 2026 - July 31, 2026 | Link Link |
| Rice AI in Health Visit |
Houston, TX | September 14, 2026 - September 17, 2026 | NA | |
| ESCV Annual Visit |
Porto, Portugal | September 16, 2026 - September 19, 2026 | February 02, 2026 - May 11, 2026 | Link |
| The 9th International C. difficile Symposium (ICDS) Visit |
Bled, Slovenia | September 08, 2026 - September 10, 2026 | NA | Link Link |
| Global AMR Innovators' Conference (GAMRIC) Visit |
Lisbon, Portugal | September 22, 2026 - September 24, 2026 | NA | Link |
| North American Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Conference Visit |
Atlanta, Georgia | October 07, 2026 - October 10, 2026 | NA | Link |
| Global TB Summit (Qiagen) Visit |
Online | October 13, 2026 - October 16, 2026 | NA | Link |
and many more at:
Calls for Papers
| Journal | Impact | Due Date | Topic | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npj Genomic Medicine Link |
4.8 | December 28, 2025 | The microbiome in precision medicine | |
| BMC Medicine Link |
9.4 | December 29, 2025 | Diabetes and infectious disease | |
| Nature Communications Link |
15.7 | December 31, 2025 | Viral hepatitis | |
| Nature Communications Link |
15.7 | December 31, 2025 | Infection and cancer | |
| BMC Microbiology Link |
4.2 | January 09, 2026 | Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in microbiology | Link |
| npj Digital Medicine Link |
15.1 | January 10, 2026 | Economics of AI in Healthcare | |
| Nature Communications Link |
15.7 | January 14, 2026 | Health policy and systems research | |
| npj Antimicrobials and Resistance Link |
8.7 | January 15, 2026 | Pathogen Drug Permeability | |
| Journal of Translational Medicine Link |
7.5 | January 21, 2026 | Computational Modelling and Network Medicine in Drug Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacovigilance | Link |
| npj Drug Discovery Link |
— | January 21, 2026 | Drug discovery of ion channels | |
| npj Antimicrobials and Resistance Link |
8.7 | January 28, 2026 | Antimicrobials and Resistance in the Food Chain | Link |
| npj Biofilms and Microbiomes Link |
9.3 | February 20, 2026 | Natural bioactives, Gut microbiome, and human metabolism | Link |
| BMC Microbiology Link |
4.2 | February 27, 2026 | Advances in microbial ecology | Link |
| Nature Communications Link |
15.7 | February 27, 2026 | Therapies for cystic fibrosis | Link |
| Nature Communications Link |
15.7 | February 28, 2026 | Computational methodology for drug discovery | Link |
| Nature Communications/Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Link |
15.7 | February 28, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence Methodology in Structural Biology | Link |
| International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Link |
16.7 | March 01, 2026 | Credentials in Artificial Intelligence: International Perspectives on Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | Link |
| Nature Microbiology/Nature Health Link |
19.4 | March 01, 2026 | Climate change and infectious diseases | Link Link |
| BMC Medicine Link |
10.0 | March 02, 2026 | Climate change and human health | Link Link |
| Nature Microbiology/Nature Medicine Link |
19.4 / 87.3 | March 11, 2026 | The clinical microbiome | Link Link Link |
| npj Drug Discovery Link |
— | March 11, 2026 | Drug discovery at G Protein-Coupled Receptors | |
| npj Digital Medicine Link |
15.1 | March 12, 2026 | Impact of agentic AI on care delivery | |
| npj Antimicrobials and Resistance Link |
8.7 | March 24, 2026 | Cracking the code of AMR: resistance genomics | Link Link Link |
| Tropical Medicine and Health Link |
3.5 | March 25, 2026 | Exploring the New Frontier in Tropical Medicine with Computational Intelligence, AI, and IoT Integration for Healthcare | |
| Scientific Data Link |
4.0 | March 26, 2026 | Data on Science and Innovation Processes, Outputs and Outcomes | |
| ACS Infectious Diseases Link |
3.8 | April 01, 2026 | Artificial intelligence for next-generation anti-infective discovery | Link |
| npj Antimicrobials and Resistance Link |
8.7 | April 07, 2026 | Data Science, AI and Machine Learning Approaches to AMR | Link |
| Scientific Data Link |
4.0 | April 22, 2026 | Data to support drug discovery | Link |
| npj Digital Medicine Link |
15.1 | April 24, 2026 | Transforming Medical Education through Artificial Intelligence | Link |
| Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC) Link |
6.4 | April 30, 2026 | Call For Papers: 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics—All About Molecules | |
| Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Link |
6.8 | April 30, 2026 | Pharmaceutical Innovation and Global Health: Breakthroughs and Future | |
| British Journal of Pharmacology Link |
7.7 | May 01, 2026 | Virtual Cell Models and AI in Drug Discovery | Link |
| npj Digital Medicine/npj Digital Public Health Link |
15.1 | May 15, 2026 | AI for Population Medicine and Public Health | Link Link |
| Genome Biology Link |
9.4 | May 29, 2026 | Biology of drug resistance and tolerance in bacteria, viruses, fungi | |
| International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Link |
16.7 | May 31, 2026 | Human Interaction with Gen AI Across Learning and Teaching Processes in Higher Education | Link |
| Journal of Bacteriology Link |
3.2 | May 31, 2026 | Biofilms | |
| Nature Communications Link |
15.7 | May 31, 2026 | Mechanistic insights into human host and microbiome interactions | Link |
| npj Digital Medicine Link |
15.1 | June 03, 2026 | Evaluating the real-world clinical performance of AI | |
| Microbiome Link |
12.7 | June 16, 2026 | Microbiome and Reproductive Health | |
| BMC Medical Research Methodology Link |
5.2 | June 18, 2026 | Impact of AI on medical research | |
| npj Genomic Medicine Link |
4.8 | June 23, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence in Genomic Medicine | Link Link |
| Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control Link |
5.5 | June 25, 2026 | What is new in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia? | Link |
| BMC Immunology Link |
3.1 | June 26, 2026 | Fungal infections | Link Link Link |
| Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health Link |
6.1 | June 26, 2026 | Infectious disease outbreak in conflict-driven displacement | |
| AAPS Open Link |
— | June 30, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence and Computational Tools in Drug Development | Link Link |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | June 30, 2026 | Infectious disease management in infants and children | |
| BMC Public Health Link |
4.2 | July 03, 2026 | Appropriate use of antibiotics: public health strategies, knowledge, and practice gaps | |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Link |
3.9 | July 09, 2026 | Innovation, AI, and education | Link |
| Cardiovascular Diabetology Link |
10.6 | July 15, 2026 | Cardiometabolic and Hepatic Interconnections: From Mechanisms to Clinical Implications | |
| Human Genomics Link |
4.3 | July 15, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence in Omics and Translational Research | Link |
| npj Biofilms and Microbiomes Link |
9.3 | July 15, 2026 | Gut microbiome-virome dynamics and interactions | Link |
| BMC Microbiology Link |
4.2 | July 16, 2026 | Mycobacteria: advances in physiology and mycobacterial diseases research | Link |
| BMC Genomics Link |
4.2 | July 20, 2026 | Genomics of human pathogens | |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | July 20, 2026 | Urinary tract infections in older patients | Link |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | July 20, 2026 | Hepatitis virus infections and treatment | |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | July 20, 2026 | Genomics of Infectious Diseases | Link Link Link |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | July 20, 2026 | Staphylococcal infections | Link Link |
| BMC Genomics Link |
4.2 | July 24, 2026 | Genomics of human pathogens | Link Link |
| Genes & Nutrition Link |
4.6 | July 24, 2026 | Metabolomics, Metabolism, and Nutrition: Experimental Studies, Data Resources, and Computational Methods | |
| Nature Communications Link |
15.7 | July 27, 2026 | Diagnosis and care of sepsis | Link |
| BMC Urology Link |
2.3 | July 28, 2026 | Urinary tract infections: antibiotic resistance and management | Link |
| Nature Methods/Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Link |
28.8 / 15.8 | July 28, 2026 | Methods development in Cryo-ET and in situ structural determination | |
| npj Antimicrobials and Resistance Link |
8.7 | July 28, 2026 | Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water | Link |
| BMC Medical Research Methodology Link |
5.2 | July 30, 2026 | Causal inference and observational data vol. 2 | Link |
| Nature Immunology Link |
25.6 | July 30, 2026 | Host-Pathogen Interactions – Infection, Immunity and Beyond | Link |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | July 31, 2026 | Bacteremia: advances in diagnosis, treatment, and management | Link |
| npj Drug Discovery Link |
— | July 31, 2026 | Pharmacokinetic-driven strategies in personalized drug discovery | |
| Patterns Link |
8.1 | August 01, 2026 | Reanalysis | |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | August 02, 2026 | Infectious diseases of livestock | |
| BMC Personalized Medicine Link |
— | August 05, 2026 | Microbiome–drug interaction networks | |
| Malaria Journal Link |
3.5 | August 11, 2026 | AI for Malaria Elimination: Data-Driven Innovations in Surveillance and Control | |
| BMC Bioinformatics Link |
4.1 | August 14, 2026 | Predictive toxicology and chemical risk assessment | |
| BMC Cancer Link |
4.7 | August 14, 2026 | Cancer control in low- and middle-income countries – Part II | |
| BMC Anesthesiology Link |
3.5 | August 19, 2026 | Antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit | Link Link |
| BMC Infectious Diseases Link |
3.1 | August 19, 2026 | Systematic reviews on infectious diseases - Part II | |
| Scientific Data Link |
4.0 | August 19, 2026 | Datasets in Education | Link |
| BMC Microbiology Link |
4.2 | August 28, 2026 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Link Link Link |
| Nature Communications/Communications Health/Communications Biology Link |
15.7 | August 28, 2026 | Infectious disease modelling for health policy | Link |
| BMC Artificial Intelligence Link |
4.6 | December 01, 2026 | AI for clinical trial optimization | |
| BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Link |
3.5 | December 01, 2026 | Decision tools to manage and prevent antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections | Link |
| Philosophy & Technology Link |
5.1 | December 01, 2026 | The ethics of medical artificial intelligence: Trust and adoption of AI in healthcare | |
| International Journal of STEM Education Link |
4.6 | January 31, 2027 | AI Literacy and STEM Education | |
| CID Link |
7.3 | Ongoing | Infection Complications of hurricanes, floods, and weather issues | Link |
| JID Link |
5.8 | Ongoing | Moving the microbiome from the bench to the bedside | Link |
| mBio Link |
4.7 | Ongoing | Clinical microbiology | Link Link |
And other great journals across:
Science: - Nature - Science - Cell
Medicine: - The Lancet - New England Journal of Medicine - Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) - Nature Medicine
Pharmacy: - American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP) - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE)
Pharmacology - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - Pharmacological Reviews - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
Chemistry: - JACS - JCTC - JCIM - Chemical Reviews
Infectious Diseases: - Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) - Nature Microbiology - Nature Reviews Microbiology - The Lancet Infectious Diseases - The Lancet Microbe - The Lancet HIV - Cell Host and Microbe - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) - Clinical Microbiology Reviews (CMR) - Journal of Virology - Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC) - Anaerobe
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| Source | Title | Link | Due Date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| APhA | APhA Foundation Incentive Grants | Visit | September 1, 2025 |
| ACCP | ACCP Foundation Futures Grants | Visit | September 1, 2025 |
| ASHP | ASHP Foundation Research and Education Grants | Visit | October 7, 2025 |
| SIDP | SIDP Grant Programs | Visit | February 17 - March 14, 2025 |
| Welch | Welch Foundation Research Grants | Visit | January 31, 2025 |
| NIAID | Opportunities & Announcements | Visit | Standard NIH deadlines |