Support to event organization
The SFBD subsidizes every year scientific events in the field of developmental biology (conferences, colloquiums or thematic schools) organized in France. The amount of grant is between 500 – 1000 euros depending on the importance and the duration of the event. The SFBD Call for Applications has a yearly deadline on the 15th of June and 15th November.
STATUS : open
DEADLINE : the call is closed for 2024
Next call opens in 2025 
500-1000€
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Selection procedure
The selection is made by the SFBD Board based on the content of the application.
- The theme of the scientific event must correspond to the fields covered by the SFBD
- The logo of the SFBD needs to appear in the program and on the poster of the event
- Our support does not cover department retreats
- The organizers do not necessarily need to be members of the SFBD
Application form
Events supported in 2024
European Amphibian Conference
Organised at the Centre Broca of Bordeaux, July 1-3, 2024
25th biennial meeting of International Society for Developmental Neuroscience
Organised at the Corum Congres center in Montpellier, September 21-23, 2024
15TH DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY COURSE: From Stem Cells to Morphogenesis
Held in Paris from September 30 to October 18, 2024
Journées André Picard 2025
Organised at the Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Marchy 13-14, 2025
Ver Midi XXVI
Organised in the ENS Paris, on March 14, 2025
Comparative Cartilage and Bone Biology
Organised at Observatoire Océanologique in Banyuls-sur-Mer, June 10-13, 2025.
5th Joint meeting of Paris Area Drosophila & Nematodes Communities
Organised at the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris, on June 23, 2025
Events supported in 2023
Inaugural French Zebrafish Meeting
Organised at the institut Agro de Montpellier October 18-20, 2023
Marseille PBE (Plant Biology Europe) meeting 2023
Organised at the Palais du Pharo in Marseille, July 3-6, 2023
27th European Drosophila Research Conference (EDRC)
Organised in Lyon, October 20-23, 2023
Plant Peptides and Receptors 2023
Organised at the ENS de Lyon, October 2-4 2023
Workshop “Biophysics of gastruloids”
Organised on the Luminy campus in Marseille November 27-28, 2023
35th French Drosophila Meeting
Organised at the LAzaret in Sète, October 14-17, 2024
Journées André Picard 2024
Organised at the Oceanographic observatory of Banyuls sur Mer, February 1-2, 2024
Ver Midi XXV
Organised in Lyon, on April 2nd, 2024
Symposium IBPS – 10 years
Organised at the Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (IPBS), November 6-8 2024
Coup de projecteur sur les organoïdes cérébraux : pourquoi et comment ?
Organised at the Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL) in Lyon, on December 2023
Work “piRNAs and PIWI proteins”
Organised at Genopolys in Montpellier, April 3-5, 2024.
4th Joint meeting of Paris Area Drosophila & Nematodes Communities
Organised at the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris, on June 17th 2024
International final conference of the NEUcrest project
Organised at the Belambra Club, Giens, on March 3-6 2024
Events supported in 2022
Qbio symposium MeMoDEvo
Organized at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on December 12 and 13, 2022
34th French Drosophila Research Conference
Organized in Sète, from October 9 to 12, 2022
Neurodevelopment Symposium adjacent to FENS forum
Held in Paris from July 9 to 13, 2022
Tri-Regional Developmental Biology Meeting
Held in Strasbourg on June 20, 2023
4th edition of ComSciCom France
Held in Nancy from July 3rd to 5th 2023
13th days of the André Picard network
Organized by the IBPS in Paris on March 27 and 28, 2023
Thematic School: from 3D culture to the organoid, a multidisciplinary approach
Held in Toulouse, from October 9 to 13, 2023
14TH DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY COURSE: From Stem Cells to Morphogenesis
Held in Paris from October 17 to 26, 2023
VIP@DIF: when Worms meet Drosophila
Scheduled in Paris on June 19, 2023
Events supported in 2021
12ème journées du Réseau André Picard
Organized at Villefranche sur Mer (Sorbonne University), on 24th and 25th of march 2022
“From stem cells to morphogenesis”, International Course in Developmental Biology
Organized at Sorbonne University (Institut Curie, Paris), autumn 2022
Summer school MusKLE
Organized at Lyon, on 25-30 june 2022
Events supported in 2020
The VERMidi XXIII meeting
Initially organized at Sorbonne University in Paris – Organized remotely due to Covid19 on March 13th 2020
The EMBO Workshop: Muscle, formation, maintenance, regeneration and pathology
Initially planned in Gouvieux, 5-10 april 2020 – Postponed October 25-30 due to Covid19
The Mechanics in Developmental Biology Meeting
Initially organized at the Institut Curie in Paris, on April 17th 2020 – Organized online June 12th
18th day of the Neural Network Development Club
Organised at the Institut de la Vision in Paris, on June 12th 2020 – cancelled
The 1st joint VIP/DIF-Day annual symposium
Organized at the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris, on June 18th 2020 – postponed to December 9th 2020
The Drosophila Development and Genetics in Toulouse; 30 years and beyond
Organised at the CBI in Toulouse, 17-18 September 2020
The 11th international course “From stem cells to morphogenesis”
Organised by the Institut Curie and Sorbonne University in Paris, September 16 – October 4 2020
The 34th French Drosophila Meeting 2020
Organized on 11-14 October 2020 in Sète, France
The 2020 Quantitative Approach of Life Colloquim
Organized in Paris at the begining 2021
Events supported in 2019
Workshop on molecular mechanisms controlling flower development
Organized on the French Riviera, June 18-22 2019
Comparative Cartilage Biology conference: Integrating Biomaterials, Biomedicine and EvoDevo
Organized in Banyuls Sur Mer, June 24-26 2019
10th International Tunicate Meeting
Organized in Villefranche-Sur-Mer, July 7-12 2019
10th Developmental Biology Course: From Stem Cells to Morphogenesis
Organized by the Institut Curie and Sorbonne University in Paris, September 16 – October 16 2019
33rd annual French Drosophila conference
Organized in the Lyon ENS, November 6-9 2019
Meeting Cilia, Flagella & Centrosomes
Organized at the Institut Imagine in Paris, November 27-29 2019
Events supported in 2018
Mechanobiology and Physics of Life
Organized in Clermont-Ferrand, January 30th 2018
Interdisciplinary spring school on plant and animal morphogenesis 2018
Organized in Montpellier, March 18-24 2018
C. elegans Development, Cell Biology and Gene Expression meeting
Organized in Barcelona, June 13-17 2018
Cell migration in health and diseases
Organized by Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, June 27 – July 3 2018
32nd French Drosophila Meeting
Organized in Presqu’ile de Giens, October 9-12 2018
Events supported in 2017
Interdisciplinary spring school on animal and plant morphogenesis 2017
Organized in Montpellier, February 26 – March 4 2017
European Amphibian Club 2017
Organized in Rennes, June 28 – 30 2017
Club des Belles Souris 2017
Organized at the Centre de Biologie Intégrative in Toulouse, November 9th 2017
STEMBRYO 2017
Organized in Athens, October 5-7 2017
31st French Drosophila Meeting
Organized in Presqu’ile de Giens, November 7 -10 2017
