ECA Upcoming Opportunities and Events

We would like to draw our members’ attention to the following opportunities and upcoming events of potential interest:

– ECA Scholarship Programme
Applications are now open for the European Crystallographic Association (ECA) Scholarship Programme. The deadline for applications is 15 October 2026.

More information: https://ecanews.org/blog/2025/09/01/scholarship-program-of-the-european-crystallographic-association/

– 36th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM36)
23-28 August 2027
Prague, Czech Republic
More information: https://ecm36.ecanews.org/

– 12th European Crystallographic School (ECS12)
Structure-Based Drug Discovery: From Bench to Bedside
21-25 June 2027
Harwell Campus, United Kingdom
More information: https://ecs12.ecanews.org/

– Each ECA Scholarship is supported with a contribution to travel and stay
expenses of the awardee, up to a maximum of € 6,000 per Scholarship and
to direct expenses of the Host laboratory, up to a maximum of € 3,000
per Scholarship. Scholarship length – min.
3 and max. 6 months.


Find all the relevant information here:

Deadline for application submission: October 15, 2026

Find the ECA Scholarship rules here: 

For National Member representatives of ECA: please, invite your
national community to the ECA Scholarship program. Inform potential
applicants within your country as soon as possible.

Check the awards in the previous – first round – of ECA Scholarships here:

Direct questions, applications and further communication to scholarship@ecanews.org.

– The Women in Crystallography Fund is offering travel grants of up to €800 to support attendance at crystallography conferences, schools, and scientific meetings.

Deadline: 30 September

If you are a graduate student, postdoc, or early career researcher in crystallography, don’t miss this opportunity.

Priority consideration is given to applicants from developing countries.

More information: https://ecanews.org/financial-support/call-for-women-in-crystallography-grants/