Applications for IUPAB funding for 2016 Schools will be accepted from June 1 – July 31, 2015. All allocations will be in Euros, with the maximum 10,000 Euros. We plan to advise applicants of the funding results by end November, 2015. The following documents can be downloaded from the IUPAB website:  Funding Application;    Sponsorship Agreement. […]

In Paris on February 13, 2015 ICSU announced, on behalf of the Science & Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, the appointment of Paul Shrivastava as Executive Director of Future Earth. Currently he is the David O’Brien Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and the Director of the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, at the John […]

Applications closed at the end of September 2014 for assistance in funding biophysics , the IUPAB provided funding for six advanced schools in biophysics to be held during 2015: Grenoble, France, February 2-5, 2015: Advanced isotopic labelling methods for integrated structural biology Dresden Germany, July 15-17, 2015: Spectroscopies in biology – Recent advances Singapore, July […]

Report on Activity to 2014 Much has gone on in the spirit of the education taskforce – workshops and support of conferences (See Reviews on Website and in IUPAB Updates). These events are coordinated and successfully run locally with IUPAB contributing financial support and the time of its members. Successful Schools and Workshops have been […]

YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAVEL AWARDSEarly Career Travel Grants are to assist young biophysicists, especially from developing countries, and applications are now open.These IUPAB awards are intended to supplement, rather than to fully pay travel expenses.Maximum award is US$1000 and minimum is US$250.00  The awards are not intended to cover the cost of registration to the Congress.Application Form is available in […]

When IUPAB President Roberts visited Beijing recently, on April 25 he gave a seminar entitled “Redox-linked domain movements in the catalytic cycle of cytochrome P450 reductase”.  There followed a discussion with Chinese biophysicists.  During his visit, Professor Roberts also had a meeting with council members of the Biophysics Society of China and Professor Zi-He Rao, […]

This Prize consists of a cash award, as well as a Medal and a Certificate. It will be presented at the conference in Beijing, China in June 2014.  IUPAP especially welcomes applications from outstanding women and other under-represented groups.  Full details are available at (http://icbp2014.iphy.ac.cn/icbp/Home/youngprize/index/2737336874458)