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.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the events are currently held in remote locations and therefore the SFBD has decided to adapt the mode of support to its members. Two types of support (non-exclusive) are proposed in 2021:
1) access to a Zoom link for meetings or webinars for up to 500 people, and 2) financial support specifically targeted to doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers participating to the event (i.e. in the form of awards for best oral or poster presentations).
The amount of grant is between 500 – 1000 euros depending on the size of the event.
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 2020

The VERMidi XXIII meeting
Initially organised at Sorbonne University in Paris – Organised 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