Protein and biomolecular crystallography
Ideas in structural biology, such as protein crystallization, X-ray and electron crystallography, cryo-EM and other ways to determine biomolecular structure.
Who funds this idea
11 calls from 9 funders currently fund work on this idea. Most calls: American Crystallographic Association (3), European Crystallographic Association / ECM-36 organisers (1), British Crystallographic Association – Industrial Group (1), BCA Chemical Crystallography Group / CCDC (1), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (1), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (1), and 3 other funders.Open now (7)
ECM-36 bursaries (Prague, 23–28 Aug 2027)
Deadline: 31 Mar 2027 (160 days)
crystallizationstudentearly-career
ACA awards: Margaret C. Etter Early Career, Fankuchen Memorial, Kenneth N. Trueblood, Bau Neutron Diffraction (nominations for 2028 meeting)
Deadline: 01 Apr 2027 (161 days)
crystallizationearly-careerestablished / PIearly-career / new PIprize / nomination
BCA Industrial Group conference bursaries and carers top-up
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
crystallizationstudentearly-career
CCDC Engagement Grants (outreach) and CCDC poster prizes
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
crystallizationstudentearly-careerestablished / PI
DFG Research Grants (Sachbeihilfe)
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
chemistrymaterialscrystallizationestablished / PI
MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem)
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
chemistrycatalysisestablished / PI
Recurring calls (4)
ACA Annual Meeting travel grants
Deadline: Recurring call (recurring (2027 deadline not posted)): check the funder page for the next date.
crystallizationstudentearly-career
CCDC Chemical Crystallography Prize for Younger Scientists
Deadline: Recurring call (recurring (annual; 2026 round closed 13 Feb 2026)): check the funder page for the next date.
crystallizationearly-careerprize / nomination
DGK Max-von-Laue-Preis
Deadline: Recurring call (recurring (≥8 weeks before DGK annual meeting)): check the funder page for the next date.
crystallizationearly-careerprize / nomination
ICDD Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship
Deadline: Recurring call (recurring (annual; 2027 round closed 8 Oct 2026)): check the funder page for the next date.
crystallizationstudent
Recently funded work on this idea
94 awards from NSF and NIH in our sample of the last 24 months match this idea. Latest examples:
| Award (official page) | Institution | Amount | Start date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application of the SPREAD method to XFEL serial crystallography for the spatial and temporal resolution of metalloenzyme electronic structures | University Of Calif-Lawrenc Berkeley Lab | $76,300 | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Technology development for high-resolution biological imaging and structural dynamics | Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc | $3,099,037 | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Center for Rational HCV Vaccine Design & Evaluation | Scripps Research Institute, The | $3,282,170 | 02 Sep 2026 |
| Collaborative Research: Electronic Structure and Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution from Synthetic Heterocubane Topological Mimics of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II | Michigan State University | $329,027 | 01 Sep 2026 |