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18 June 2019
18 June, 2019 in Societies & Partner News The call for nominations is now open for candidates for The Brain Prize 2020, the €1 million prize awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation. The Brain Prize recognizes highly original and influential advances in research on the nervous system, covering all aspects from fundamental studies to research related to [...] Read More
05 June 2019
05 June, 2019 in FENS News The travel grant awardees to attend the 13th Biennial Conference of Chinese Neuroscience Society (Suzhou, China) have been selected. The grants are offered by FENS. FENS-CHET warmly congratulates the successful travel grant applicants to attend the 13th Biennial Conference of Chinese Neuroscience Society. The FENS travel grants awardees are: [...] Read More
30 April 2019
30 April, 2019 in FENS News FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 13th Biennial Conference of Chinese Neuroscience Society (Jinji Lake International Convention Centre, Suzhou, China, 10-13 October 2019). These grants - of up to € 1.300 each - are intended to cover the associated travel expenses of [...] Read More
15 April 2019
15 April, 2019 in FENS News FENS is offering 10 travel grants of EUR 2,000 each to attend the annual meeting of the SfN (19 – 23 October 2019) in Chicago. Applications are now open for the FENS travel grants to attend Neuroscience 2019 organised by SfN in Chicago. The grants are only available for FENS [...] Read More
04 April 2019
04 April, 2019 in FENS News Are you planning to attend SfN 2019? Request your ISM slot to present your abstract and register at member rates. FENS members can present an abstract and register for the SfN annual meeting under the same conditions as regular members of SfN. Register for an ISM slot with FENS [...] Read More
02 April 2019
02 April, 2019 in FENS News ERROR Within a new framework for collaboration that acknowledges shared values and with a strong focus on the importance of society memberships, FENS and SfN have established a virtual bridge that will allow FENS members to fully access the educational and other content on SfN’s online platform, Neuronline. You [...] Read More
02 April 2019
02 April, 2019 in FENS News The travel grant recipients to attend the IBRO World Congress 2019 in Daegu, South Korea have been selected. FENS warmly congratulates the successful applicants. The grant awardees (listed in alphabetical order) are: 1. Ana Catarina Duarte, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal2. Hanna Dumanska, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National [...] Read More
19 March 2019
19 March, 2019 in Neuroscience News The Art of Neuroscience is an international competition open to scientists and artists worldwide. The deadline for this year's competition is 15 May 2019. The 9th annual Art of Neuroscience competition is now open for submissions. The Art of Neuroscience is an international competition open to scientists and artists [...] Read More
19 March 2019
19 March, 2019 in FENS News The travel grant awardees to attend the next FENS Regional meeting - Belgrade, Serbia, 10 - 13 July 2019 - have been selected. The grants are generously offered by FENS, IBRO-PERC and the German Neuroscience Society. FENS warmly congratulates the successful travel grant applicants to attend the FENS Regional [...] Read More
18 March 2019
18 March, 2019 in Societies & Partner News EBRA consortium is launching a Call for Clusters to promote co-operation and exchange between brain research projects and networks, and thus enable or enhance international collaboration and the emergence of development of clusters in all areas of brain research. The aim of EBRA is to foster new, [...] Read More
15 March 2019
15 March, 2019 in FENS News Warm congratulations to Prof. Seth Grant and Dr. Laurence Hunt, awarded respectively the FENS EJN Award and the FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2020. The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and EJN in partnership with the Wiley are pleased to announce the winners of the prestigious 2020 FENS EJN [...] Read More
14 March 2019
14 March, 2019 in FENS News Stay tuned for upcoming news through the FENS website and social media, and be part of this vibrant neuroscientific community! As you know, FENS provides important membership benefits and opportunities in higher education and training, meetings, exchange programmes, and many other occasions for scientific interactions. As 2019 progresses, we [...] Read More
05 March 2019
05 March, 2019 in Societies & Partner News The Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize announces that The Brain Prize 2019 is awarded to four French neuroscientists: Professor Marie-Germaine Bousser, Professor Hugues Chabriat, Dr Anne Joutel and Professor Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve. The Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize announces that The Brain Prize 2019 is awarded to four French neuroscientists [...] Read More
26 February 2019
26 February, 2019 in FENS News FENS has been awarded the IAPCO Driving Excellence Award for 2018 Regional Client for the FENS Forum 2018 in Berlin. The Award is presented annually to an individual, company or organisation who provides a consistent service of excellence in support of major meetings. The nomination came from the Kenes [...] Read More
13 February 2019
13 February, 2019 in Neuroscience News The French Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting: 22-24 May, Marseille, France. Come join the French Society for Neoroscience at NeuroFrance 2019, the most important meeting in the neuroscience field in France! More than 1300 delegates for 3 days of top-notch science in the lively city of Marseille: 8 plenary [...] Read More