Overview
The 2026 NCI Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) Junior Investigator Meeting will be held on October 19, 2026, at the NIH Neuroscience Building (6001 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD). The meeting is a collaborative effort among several DCB-supported research programs, including: Cellular Cancer Biology Imaging Research (CCBIR), Cancer Systems Biology Consortium (CSBC), Metastasis Research Network (MetNet), Physical Sciences-Oncology Network (PS-ON), and Tissue Engineering Collaborative (TEC).
The meeting will bring together junior investigators (defined as late stage graduate students, postdocs, and early career faculty) from a broad range of disciplines, including experimental and systems biology, physical sciences, data science, engineering, and computational modeling. These researchers share a common goal of developing and applying innovative approaches to advance our understanding of cancer.
Registration is free. The program will feature career development, networking, mentoring, and collaborative project-development activities. The meeting is designed to provide opportunities for junior scientists to showcase their research, connect with peers and established investigators, foster new collaborations, and build interdisciplinary partnerships among researchers with complementary expertise and shared scientific interests.