Call for Travel Grant Applications! Apply to share your research at an upcoming conference
As part of our mission to expedite the development of a treatment or cure for dysferlinopathy, the Jain Foundation strongly encourages researchers to share their work at scientific conferences around the world. To help make this happen, we offer travel grants to support conference participation and the dissemination of dysferlin-specific research through poster and oral presentations. Both junior and senior researchers are invited to apply.
To qualify for a grant, your research must be dysferlin related but does not need to be funded by the Jain Foundation. A limited number of grants are available each year so apply now.
Plan early! Submission deadlines for abstracts are often more than 6 months before the conference.
Click here for travel grant guidelines, selection criteria and to apply.
Previous Recipients Get inspired by one of our past travel grant recipients, Dr. Ali Khodabukus, who is a Research Scientist in Dr. Nenad Bursac’s lab at Duke University.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Travel grants are not limited to the conferences below. Apply for any conference that you feel meets the criteria. Click here for travel grant guidelines, selection criteria and to apply.
American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy – “Breakthroughs in Targeted In Vivo Gene Editing”
November 20-21, 2025 / San Diego CA
https://www.asgct.org/events/breakthroughs/registration
Early Registration Deadline (reduced rates) – October 8, 2025
Abstract Submission Deadline –September 5, 2025
8th International TREAT-NMD Conference
February 10-12, 2026 / Lisbon
https://www.treat-nmd.org/conference/
Early Bird Registration ends July 31, 2025
Registration deadline – January 23, 2026
Abstract Submission Deadline – November 18, 2025
18th International Conference on Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders
February 16-17, 2026 / Paris
https://neuromuscular.neuroconferences.com/
Final Registration Deadline – February 16, 2026
Abstract Submission Deadline – not provided online – continue checking conference web site or contact the organizers.
2026 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference
March 8-11, 2026 / Orlando FL
https://www.mda.org/conferences
Early Bird Registration Deadline – December 31, 2025
Final Abstract Submission Deadline – December 31, 2025
FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS – Highest priority given to those who submit abstracts on or before November 15, 2025
American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy – 29th Annual Meeting
May 12-16, 2026 / Boston MA
https://www.asgct.org/annual-meeting/future-annual-meetings
Save the date. Keep checking web site for registration and abstract submission deadlines.
2026 New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle Conference
July 7-10, 2026 / Ft. Lauderdale FL
https://myology.institute.ufl.edu/conferences/new-directions/registration/
Save the date. Registration will open in December 2025.
31st World Muscle Society Congress
September 29 – October 3, 2026 / Hiroshima Japan
https://www.wms2026.com/
Save the date. Keep checking web site for registration and abstract submission deadlines.