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EFMC Grants 2027: Applications are open!

EFMC is funding grants for EFMC organised events with the aim to support the participation of young academic scientists.

Upon application, a limited number of grants will be covered by EFMC, corresponding to the full registration fees for:

  • 10 participants at EFMC Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry 2027 and EFMC Young Scientists 2027
  • 5 participants at ACSMEDI-EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2027
  • 5 participants at EuroChemBio 2027
  • 2 participants at the 21st EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry

Grant applications for the following 2027 events are open:

  • 21st EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry
    Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands | April 11-14, 2027
    Deadline for application: December 17, 2026
  • EFMC-ACSMEDI Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2027
    San Diego, CA, United States | June 21-24, 2027
    >Deadline for application: January 15, 2027
  • EFMC Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry 2027 (Formerly EFMC-ASMC)
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom | August 30-September 2, 2027
    Deadline for application: January 15, 2027
  • EFMC Young Scientists' Symposium (Formerly EFMC-YMCS)
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom | August 30-September 2, 2027
    Combined with the grant application of EFMC Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry 2027 (Participation to both events is mandatory) 
  • EuroChemBio 2027
    Milan, Italy | October 5-8, 2027
    Deadline for application: March 1, 2027

Once registered in the grant system, you will receive a confirmation email with your data to access your secured page, and upload the following:

  • Cover Letter (maximum 1 page)
  • CV & List of Publications
  • Abstract of the Oral Communication/Poster Presentation (Not required for Short Course)

IMPORTANT REMARK

Please be informed that following EFMC regulations, only the members of an EFMC National Adhering Organisation will be allowed to apply for the EFMC grants.

Members of the following organisations are also eligible:

Apply for a grant!

EFMC Grants 2026

In 2026, the following grants have been distributed:

20th EFMC Short Course in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Radu BULAI, KULeuven, Belgium
  • Calum MCLAUGHLIN, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
  • Cecilia SANCHEZ, CSIC, Spain

EFMC-ACSMEDI Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2026

  • Anja BEC, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ana Laura DIAS, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Celia ESCRICHE, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Patryk KRAJCZY, Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • Chiara VIGATO, University of Turin, Italy

EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC Medicinal Chemistry 2026) & 13th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC Young Scientists 2026)

  • Giulia BONONI, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Luisa CAMERIN, IBEC, Spain
  • Imma CAPRIELLO, Czech Advanced Technology Research Institute, Czech Republic
  • Eleftherios CHARISSOPOULOS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Markos GEORGIADIS, University of Athens, Greece
  • Eden GUEDU, Institut de Chimie de Nice, France
  • Maria HEINKE, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Dionysis KAMPASIS, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Taimoor KHAN, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
  • Mehmet Murat KISLA, Ankara University, Turkey
  • Alessandra LIPANI, University of Palermo, Italy
  • Pilar María LUQUE NAVARRO, Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry, Spain
  • Matteo LUSARDI, University of Genoa, Italy
  • Jon MACICIOR, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
  • Silvia MORI, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
  • Benito NATALE, University of Campania, Italy
  • Diogo NUNES, Research Institute for Medicines ULisboa, Portugal
  • Elisa PATACCHINI, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Adam PINTO, University of Dundee, United Kingdom

EFMC Grants 2025

In 2025, the following grants have been distributed:

19th EFMC Short Course in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Elena CABALLERO, CSIC, Spain
  • Anna KAPELIUKHA, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

ACSMEDI-EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2025

  • Sakshi SHARMA, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Anna Maria FRANZ, Frankfurt University, Germany
  • Bianca Laura BERNARDONI, University of Pisa, Italy

X EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ASMC 2025) & 12th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC-YMCS 2025)

  • Beatrice FRANCCUCI, University of Camerino, Italy
  • Fabio DI RICCO, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Lorenzo RAFFELLINI, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Federico RIU, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
  • Jelena BOSKOVIC, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Anna Sampietro, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Martina QUATRACCIONI, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
  • Camilla SCARPELLINI, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Iole MANNELLA, University of Turin, Italy
  • Mark WEVER, Helmhlotz Munich, Germany

In 2024, the following grants have been distributed:

18th EFMC Short Course in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Iva BREKALO, Selvita, Croatia

ACSMEDI-EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2024

  • Federico RIU, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Gilles DEGOTTE, UCSF, United States
  • Giulia CAZZANIGA, University of Milan, Italy
  • Vincenzo Maria D'AMORE, University of Naples FEDERICO II, Italy
  • Rubén PRIETO-DIAZ, Uppsala Univesity, Spain

EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC 2024) & 11th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC-YMCS 2024)

  • Merve ARI, Ege University, Turkey
  • Niklas KELLER, University of Kiel, Germany
  • Janne TAMPIO, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • Gwenaelle JÉZÉQUEL, HZI, Germany
  • Ana MATOSEVIC, Insitute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (IMI), Croatia
  • Francesca BRUNELLI, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
  • Israa ALAKHRAS ALJNADI, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Matt ANDERSON, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
  • Leonardo PALAFERRI, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • David CISNEROS, Instituto de Quimica Médica, Spain
  • Elena CABALLERO, CSIC, Spain

In 2023, the following grants have been distributed:

17th EFMC Short Course in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Giulia BONONI, University of Pisa, Italy

ACSMEDI-EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2023

  • Katarina ERLITZ, WWU Münster, Germany
  • Federico RIU, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Juila SCHÖNFELD, Goethe-University, Germany 

EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ASMC 2023) & 10th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC-YMCS 2023)

  • Jihed AZZOUZ, University of Côte d'Azur, France
  • Carola CASTIELLO, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Isabella FERRARA, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Alex James HALLATT, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
  • Jelena KESIC, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Katarzyna MALARZ, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
  • Yudibeth SIXTO, University of Granada, Spain
  • Vanrajsinh THAKOR, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • Iva ZONJIC, IRB, Croatia
Two of the grants have been funded by Prof. Georg Winter, winner of the 2023 EFMC Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist or Chemical Biologist in Academia, who donated his prize money to support the participation of young researchers.

EFMC International Symposium on Chemical Biology (EFMC-ISCB 2023)
 
  • Beerkens BERT, Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • Sara HUMMEID, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Noemí MARTÍNEZ CONDE, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Janne TAMPIO, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

In 2022, the following grants have been distributed:

16th EFMC Short Course in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Doroteja NOVAK, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

XXVII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC 2022) & 9th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC-YMCS 2022)

  • Gilles DEGOTTE, University of Liège, Belgium
  • Elisabetta DI BELLO, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Mihajlo GAJIC, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Jessica GRAHAM, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
  • Amalia KALAMPALIKI, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  • Elizabeth A. LOPES, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Carlos MAGALHAES DA SILVA, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • Maria MANEIRO REY, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Ángela MARTÍN-SERRANO ORTIZ, University of Alcalá, Spain
  • Ana Teresa SILVA, University of Porto, Portugal

In 2021, the following grants have been distributed:

XXVI EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC 2021) & 8th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC-YMCS 2021)

  • Dr Veronica ALCOLEA, UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA (Spain)
  • Ms Valentina BARCHERINI, IMED ULISBONA (Portugal)
  • Dr Marta BARNIOL-XICOTA, KU LEUVEN (Belgium)
  • Dr Marilia BARRECA, UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO (Italy)
  • Dr Ondrej BENEK, UNIVERSITY OF HRADEC KRALOVE (Czech Republic)
  • Mr Rafael BERMEO, UNIVERSITY OF GRENOBLE ALPES (France)
  • Dr Maja BEUS, INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (Croatia)
  • Mr Pedro BRANDAO, UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA (Portugal)
  • Mr Fernando DURAES, UNIVERSITY OF PORTO (Portugal)
  • Dr Joanna FEDOROWICZ, MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK (Poland)
  • Ms Eleonora GIANQUINTO, UNIVERSITY OF TORINO (Italy)
  • Dr Laia JOSA CULLERE, IQAC-CSIC (Spain)
  • Dr María MANEIRO, UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (Spain)
  • Dr Laia MIRET CASALS, UGENT (Belgium)
  • Ms Vanesa NOZAL GARCIA, CIB - CSIC (Spain)
  • Ms Atefeh SAADABADI, ABO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY (Finland)
  • Dr Stefano SAINAS, UNIVERSITY OF TORINO (Italy)
  • Dr Marta SERAFINI, UNIUPO (Italy)
  • Dr Christian STEINEBACH, UNIVERSITY OF BONN (Germany)
  • Mr Xiao ZHANGPING, UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN (The Netherlands)

Due to the coronavirus outbreak and postponement of the 2020 EFMC Events to 2021, no grants have been distributed. 

In 2019, the following grants have been distributed:

15th EFMC Short Course in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Dr Ornella DI PIETRO, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (United Kingdom)

EFMC-ACSMEDI MedChem Frontiers 2019

  • Dr Chiara BORSARI, UNIVERSITY OF BASEL (Switzerland)
  • Dr Sebastiano INTAGLIATA, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (United States)
  • Mr Gustavo DA SILVA, FACULDADE DE FARMÁCIA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA (Portugal)
  • Ms Erofili GIANNAKOPOULOU, NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (Greece)
  • Dr Stefano SAINAS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO (Italy)

EFMC-ASMC'19 - EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry

  • Mr Niccolò CHIARAMONTE, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE (Italy)
  • Dr Margarida Leonor Florindo ESPADINHA, IMED.ULISBOA (Portugal)
  • Dr Jelena KONSTANTINOVIC, HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH SAARLAND (HIPS) (Germany)
  • Ms Vanesa NOZAL GARCÍA, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS-CSIC (Spain)
  • Dr Charles SKARBEK, UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD (France)