Call for Abstracts - ISMB 2026 NIH Special Track: Social and Technical Infrastructure to Advance Health Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Funding Opportunity posted by Kelsey Middleton
Description:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a NIH-supported special track at ISMB 2026, a premier international conference in computational biology and bioinformatics. The track, titled Social and Technical Infrastructure to Advance Health Research, will be held on Monday, July 13, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST and is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We invite submissions highlighting NIH-funded projects that develop social and technical infrastructure, including the application and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to advance data science and health research. Topics of interest include: Platforms, Ecosystems, and Computational Frameworks Software Communities of Practice Data & Software Reuse Advancing Scholarly Metrics (or “Incentives & Impact”) Abstracts should be submitted no later than May 8, 2026, to OD-ISMB-SpecialTrack@nih.gov Submissions must not exceed 300 words and should clearly describe the motivation, methodology, key results, and impact. Each submission should also include: Title (maximum 25 words) Name(s) of speaker(s) Institutional affiliation(s) NIH-funded award number Submissions will be evaluated based on their complementarity and alignment with the topics of interest. Notification of decisions will be sent by May 15, 2026.
Closing Date
May 8, 2026