FENS, on behalf of the Dana Foundation, offers financial support of up to EUR 1,000 to Brain Awareness Week event organisers within Europe. Resources for organising online events, including the recording of the webinar "Running a Brain Awareness Week event in 2021", are available on the FENS website.
Application deadline: 13 January 2021, noon (CET)
(FENS members only) FENS is offering grants of up to EUR 1,200 each to cover the associated travel expenses to the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (28-31 July 2021, Kobe Convention Centre, Japan). The travel awardees' registration fees will also be waived.
Application deadline: 21 January 2021
One month left to apply and become part of the 2021-2025 FENS-Kavli Scholars cohort! The FENS-Kavli Scholars is a multidisciplinary and self-organised network which aims to improve Neuroscience in Europe and beyond through scientific exchange, providing opportunities for young scientists, and facilitating dialogue between scientists, policy-makers, and society. This is a unique opportunity to take part in the future of neuroscience in Europe and beyond.
Application deadline: 30 January 2021
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Join the ALBA Network for the official launch and learn how you can support this initiative.
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Learn new technical skills! Apply to a Cajal hands-on training course:
Bioenergetics for Brain Function
14 June - 2 July 2021 - Bordeaux School of Neuroscience, France
Learn the different ways by which energy metabolism participates to high-order brain functions and the underlying cellular, molecular and circuit mechanisms.
Application deadline extended: 18 January 2021
Interacting with neural circuits
2-21 August 2021 - Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal
This course will highlight the new anatomical, genetic, optical, electrophysiological, optogenetic, and pharmacogenetic approaches that are available to understand the links between activity in neural circuits and behaviour in neuroscience.
Application dates: 11 January - 1 March 2021
FENS and the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN) would like to invite nominations for:
The FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2022,
in recognition of outstanding contributions by an early career researcher to any area of neuroscience.
Nomination deadline: 12 February 2021, noon (CET)
The EJN Best Publication Award 2021,
in recognition of the best original research article published in EJN over the preceding two-year period.
Nomination deadline: 26 February 2021, noon (CET)
Both prizes are sponsored by Wiley, the publisher of EJN.
The Hertie Foundation (Germany), in cooperation with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize 2021. This prize rewards excellent European neuroscientists under the age of 40 (overall prize EUR 100,000).
Nomination deadline: 1 May 2021.
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On April 19, 2016, Dr. Joseph Altman, who discovered neurogenesis in the adult mammalian brain and received the International Prize for Biology from His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, passed away. Dr. Shirley A. Bayer, Dr. Altman’s widow who conducted research with him for over 30 years, offered to make a donation to the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) with the goal of instituting an award in developmental neuroscience. Accordingly, after discussion in a JNS special committee, the Board of Directors of JNS, at the Board meeting on July 19, 2016, decided that JNS would establish and administer the Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience.
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The FENS Forum 2020 will take place as a virtual meeting in July 11 – 15, 2020 due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Abstract submission will reopen shortly and remain open until 18 May 2020. For the detailed information follow the link: https://forum2020.fens.org/
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The 16th International Regional Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry ISBS Conference "Stress and Behavior" has been rescheduled for 2021 due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.
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International Regional Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry ISBS Conference on 2020, May 28. Organizators: International Stress and Behavior Society (ISBS), Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA) and Georgian Neurscience Association (GNA).
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The FENS Forum 2020 will take place in Glasgow, 11-15 July 2020, and is hosted by the British Neuroscience Association (BNA). Enjoy the promotional video! The programme is now online: visit the Forum 2020 website for more information. Registration and call for abstracts open on 1 December 2019.
Are you planning to attend the SfN meeting in Washington DC? Request your ISM slot to register and present your abstract on member terms.
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Travel Grants for young qualified researchers offered by FENS will be available for attending the 5th FENS Regional Meeting. The meeting will take place in Pécs, Hungary on 20 - 23 September 2017.
European science organisations: maintain transparency, open communication and mobility of scholars and scientists.
FENS provided four travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 40th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society (Neuroscience 2017: Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, 20-23 July).
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FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 12th Biennial Conference of Chinese Neuroscience Society (Tianjin, China, 12-15 October 2017).
The Programme Committee will establish the scientific programme of the FENS Forum 2018 on the basis of proposals from scientists from all over the world and all areas of neuroscience research.
In order to get a deep insight into the current strengths of Danish brain research Lundbeckfonden decided to conduct a scientometric analysis encompassing basic and clinical research.