The applications have now CLOSED!

Thank you for the great submissions, we are reviewing and will let students know if they were awarded a scholarship by the End of March/early April.

#ABSTC Student Scholarships for attendance at 17th ISBR Symposium

The Agricoulture Biotechnology Stewardship Technical Committee (ABSTC) in collaboration with the ISBR is sponsoring four student scholarships for ISBR2025. To qualify, an abstract od yours must have been accepted for a poster or oral presentation. The scholarship will cover conference registration, up to 4 nights’ accommodation (at the conference hotel) and reimbursement of travel (flight) expenses of up to $2000 USD.

The commitment of scholarship recipients:

As the awardee, the part of your responsibility will be to document your experience at the 17th ISBR symposium to help us promote the benefits of attending to others. Recipients can opt to document their experience in any of the following ways in the run up to the symposium and slash or within three months after the past event:

  • via a social media using the conference hashtag #ISBR2025
  • blog post for the ISBR
  • craft a digital story with photos slash slides from your conference experiences
  • alternative ideas will be considered

Details and additional guidance will be provided to scholarship recipients.

Important Dates


January 15, 2025

Open call - Abstracts for oral presentations and posters


January 15, 2025

Early Bird Registration opens


March 10, 2025

Call for Photo Competition opens


March 15, 2025

Call for Student scholarships closes


March 17, 2025

Booking for Symposium Dinner opens


April 15, 2025

Call for Abstracts for oral presentations and posters  closes


May 15, 2025

Notification to authors


June 15, 2025

Regular Registration


June 15, 2025

Presenters to be registered


November 2, 2025

Symposium begins