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01 March 2017
01 March, 2017 in FENS News You have now more time to submit your symposium and workshop proposal. Extended Submission Deadline: 8 March 2017 Share your expertise with Europe's leading community at the 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Berlin, 7-11 July 2018. Check the list of themes for FENS Forum 2018 and submit your proposal. For detailed information and guidelines [...] Read More
21 February 2017
21 February, 2017 in FENS News The call for proposals for symposia at the FENS FORUM 2018 meeting in Berlin is open, so we thought it would be useful to find out, from the chair of the programme committee, what makes a good meeting symposium. Jane Haley, member of the FENS communication committee interviewed Professor Thomas [...] Read More
20 February 2017
20 February, 2017 in Neuroscience News The European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) have just launched a public consultation on the preliminary Opinion ‘The need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices’. The Committee on Animals in Research (CARE) is fully involved [...] Read More
16 February 2017
16 February, 2017 in FENS News Neural Oscillations: submit your paper. Submission Deadline: 1 July 2017 Editors: Ali Mazaheri (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom), Heleen Slagter (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Gregor Thut (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom), John J. Foxe (University of Rochester, New York, USA). Large-scale oscillations of cortical networks were the most prominent [...] Read More
15 February 2017
15 February, 2017 in FENS News Co-editors in chief John Foxe and Paul Bolam talk about the increasing demand and need for openness and transparency in publishing of scientific papers. "In light of the increasing demand and need for openness and transparency in publishing of scientific papers, we the Editors-in-Chief of The European Journal of Neuroscience, [...] Read More
10 February 2017
10 February, 2017 in Neuroscience News European science organisations: maintain transparency, open communication and mobility of scholars and scientists. A large number of major European organisations in the area of science, research, innovation and higher education, including FENS, have written an Open Letter to European Prime Ministers, as well as the President of the European [...] Read More
10 February 2017
10 February, 2017 in FENS News 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). Warm congratulations to the four grant recipients! The FENS travel grants awardees (listed in the alphabetical order) [...] Read More
03 February 2017
03 February, 2017 in FENS News FENS provided 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). These grants - of up to € 1.300 each - are intended to cover the associated travel expenses of the awardees. The registration fee for [...] Read More
03 February 2017
03 February, 2017 in FENS News 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). These grants - of up to € 1.300 each - are intended to cover the associated travel expenses of the awardees. The registration fee for [...] Read More
01 February 2017
01 February, 2017 in FENS News 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. Click here to submit your proposal. Proposals can only be submitted through the online submission form. The proposals [...] Read More
31 January 2017
31 January, 2017 in FENS News FENS is happy to announce that, thanks to the Dana Foundation grant, 36 Brain Awareness Week projects held in 23 countries are funded in 2017. FENS warmly congratulates the grant winners! Please check the full list of winners on the Brain Awareness Week's section. Read More
25 January 2017
25 January, 2017 in Societies & Partner News 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. The report describes the standing of Danish brain research and how this field has developed over the past 10 years [...] Read More
23 January 2017
23 January, 2017 in FENS News The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is proud to be the host society for the FENS Forum 2020, which will be held at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre in Glasgow. As the host society the BNA must appoint a Host Society Committee (HSC), whose remit is to organise local [...] Read More
17 January 2017
FENS is happy to announce that, thanks to the Dana Foundation grant, 36 BAW projects held in 23 countries are funded in 2017. [...] Read More
11 January 2017
11 January, 2017 in FENS News The application for the FRM 2017 travel grants is now open. Deadline: 30 April 2017. The eligibility criteria are the following: • The applicant must be 35 years of age or younger, at the time of application• The applicant is not residing or working in Hungary• Participation in the [...] Read More