Registration
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Submit your application today for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs, taking place from 26–31 August 2026 in Porto, Portugal.
- Stage 1 – Applications are now open – Submit your application by 15 April 2026, 23:59 CEST
- Stage 2 – Applicant notification – All applicants will be notified of the outcome early May 2026.
- Stage 3 – Registration for successful applicants – Selected applicants will be invited to register between 6-20 May 2026.
Registration fee
The registration fee for each applicant is €500 excl. VAT and includes:
- 6 day Summer School programme
- On-site accommodation for the entire duration
- Catering throughout the event, including dinner
- A guided city tour
Cancellation policy
- On or before 21 May 2026 (23:59 CEST): 100% refund
- From 22 May to 22 June 2026 (23:59 CEST): 50% refund
- From 23 June to 26 August 2026 (23:59 CEST): no refund
All registration cancellation requests must be sent to FEMS at info@fems-microbiology.org.
VISA support letter
Successful applicants to the FEMS Summer School can request a visa support letter through the online registration form. The support letter will only be issued upon completion of registration and receipt of the registration fee in full. This letter does not involve any commitment by FEMS to cover travel expenses or other expenses not included in the registration fee coverage. If an attendees visa application is refused, FEMS will refund the fee to you, provided that you submit a copy of the declined visa application to us at info@fems-microbiology.org by 22 June 2026.
Open access is key to supporting the FEMS mission of disseminating high quality research as widely as possible: when high quality, peer reviewed sound science is open access, anyone, anywhere in the world with an internet connection, can read it. All but one of the not-for-profit FEMS journals are fully open access (OA), with one journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, offering free-to-publish and OA options.
