MSSJ (Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan) Travel Grant for IMSC 2026

IMSC 2026 — 26th Biennial International Mass Spectrometry Conference (International Mass Spectrometry Foundation, IMSF) International / Asia-Pacific / South America / Africa
Amount

¥100,000 JPY (~US$650) — up to 5 grants

Eligibility

MSSJ regular or student members (or those in process of joining); ≤35 years old as of April 1, 2026; presenting at IMSC 2026.

Deadline

February 25, 2026 (passed) — IMSC is triennial; next IMSC 2029 in Japan or elsewhere

Application Requirements

PDF application with IMSC abstract + cost estimate.

Contact / Links
  • MSSJ Secretariat — mssj-post@as.bunken.co.jp
Conference Information

Dates: August 22 – 28, 2026

Location: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France

Research match: Strong match to the MS half of Wishart's analytical program — MS-based metabolomics, CFM-ID spectral prediction, and the spectral-library curation behind HMDB and NP-MRD. IMSC 2026 tracks span fundamentals and instrumentation, life sciences and health, chemistry and materials, environment and energy, plus grand challenges, and the meeting accommodates well over 1,500 participants. The environment/energy track connects to his environmental metabolomics work. Note this is a biennial conference: IMSC 2026 in Lyon is followed by the next IMSC in 2028, so there is NO 2027 edition.

Conference links:

Canadian Bioinformatics Hub

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