Metabolomics Society EMN Travel Bursary (Early-Career Metabolomics Network)

Amount

$650 USD per award (2023, 2024 cycles); earlier scheme covered travel, accommodation and conference fees up to $500 (2019)

Alternative reports:

• Covers conference registration (2 grad student + 2 postdoc awards per cycle); past years also added small stipend
• Up to $650 USD (4 awards: 2 graduate students, 2 postdocs)
• Amount not publicly stated on the standing award page
• $650 USD (4 awards: 2 graduate + 2 postdoc)

Eligibility

Early-Career scientists — all Metabolomics Society members who are graduate students (Masters or PhD) or within 5 years post-PhD while in a training position (e.g., post-doc). Exceptions to the 5-year limit can be made where time off was taken for personal reasons (e.g., family, career break). Awards are split between (i) graduate students and (ii) post-doctoral researchers. Applications from low- and middle-income countries are strongly encouraged.

Deadline

TBD 2027 (2026 pattern: 2023 cycle required both the application form and abstract by March 13)

Alternative reports:

• Annual-conference cycle; 2026 deadline passed and next deadline not posted
• Same as student abstract deadline (~early March)
• ~March 2027 (extended to March 12 for 2026)
• March 6, 2025 (passed)

Application Requirements

Two steps, both required: complete the EMN travel award Application Form with the required documentation, AND submit a conference abstract. Selected abstracts and conference reports may be published in MetaboNews and/or on the Metabolomics Society website. Awards are valid through 12 months from the date of announcement.

Contact / Links

• https://metabolomicssociety.org/awards/emn-bursary-awards/
• info.emn@metabolomicssociety.org

Notes

Cannot be combined with other Society awards (LMIC or Society Student/Early-Career travel awards). The award is a personal grant to the winner.

Conference Information

Dates: 2027: June 2027, exact dates TBD (2026 pattern: June 21-24, 2026, Sunday-Wednesday)

Location: 2027: TBD — the Metabolomics Society has announced the meeting but date and place are not yet confirmed. 2026: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Buenos Aires Convention Center, Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 2099)

Research match: Primary society meeting for Wishart's field; he has been an International Metabolomics Society member since 2006. Conference themes are Technological Advances; Computational Metabolomics, Statistics and Bioinformatics; Metabolomics in Health and Disease; and Metabolomics of Food, Plants, Environment and Microbes — a direct map onto NMR/MS metabolomics, the HMDB/NP-MRD/MiMeDB/PathBank/MetaboAnalyst database and tool portfolio, cancer biomarkers, precision medicine, and environmental/nutritional metabolomics. Wishart also sits on the EBI-MetaboLights board, which is embedded in this community.

Conference links:

• https://metabolomicssociety.org/events/metabolomics-society-conferences/
• https://metabolomicssociety.org/events/upcoming-events/
• https://www.metabolomics2025.org/
• https://www.metabolomics2026.org/