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03 December 2018
03 December, 2018 in FENS News FENS members can register for the Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in 2019 at special rates. If you are a FENS member intending to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (25-28 July 2019, Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan) and you would like to benefit from the [...] Read More
01 December 2018
01 December, 2018 in FENS News FENS and IBRO-PERC are offering travel grants for young qualified researchers to attend the 6th FENS Regional Meeting in Belgrade, Serbia on 10 - 13 July 2019. The FRM 2019 travel grants amount to a maximum of € 750. The German Neuroscience Society is also generously contributing.The eligibility criteria are the following: [...] Read More
30 November 2018
30 November, 2018 in FENS News The FENS History Committee has launched a History Corner poster competition. Come and visit the History Corner at the FENS Regional Meeting (FRM) 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia (10-13 July), where you will have the opportunity to learn more about the History of Neuroscience in Serbia, Romania and Turkey. Selected [...] Read More
28 November 2018
28 November, 2018 in FENS News Through a reciprocal agreement, FENS will provide travel scholarships for European PhD students and/or early career researchers who are FENS members to attend ACAN in 2019. ACAN is an intensive three-week course held on beautiful North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia that teaches the theory and practice of electrophysiological recording [...] Read More
22 November 2018
22 November, 2018 in FENS News FENS offers travel grants to young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society ("Brain Science Takes Flight: Bridging the Mind and Life", Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan, 25-28 July 2019). These grants - of up to € 1.200 each - are intended to [...] Read More
20 November 2018
20 November, 2018 in FENS News EJN Special Issue on Depression and on Sex Differences in Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology. We look forward to receiving your submissions! EJN Special Issue on Depression, with Guest Editors Michel Barrot and Ipek Yalcin. Read the Call for Papers Here bit.ly/2D9dip8 EJN special Issue on Sex Differences in Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology; [...] Read More
09 November 2018
09 November, 2018 in FENS News FENS Forum 2020: What Introductory Scientific Workshops and Early Career Research Events do you want? Quick 2-Question Survey. The British Neuroscience Association (BNA), which will host the FENS Forum 2020 in Glasgow, launched a call for topics related to the following: Topics for Introductory Scientific Workshops Around five Introductory Scientific Workshops [...] Read More
25 October 2018
25 October, 2018 in FENS News Call for nominations open on 1 November 2018. This award is sponsored by the EJN's publisher Wiley and is given in recognition of an outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience. This is a personal prize of £ 10,000.Candidates must be nominated by fellow neuroscientists (no self-application accepted) and [...] Read More
12 October 2018
12 October, 2018 in FENS News The FENS and ANS travel grants recipients to facilitate the attendance of young investigators, PhD or MSc students to the 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society (Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, 3-6 December 2018) have been selected. Warm congratulations to the travel grant recipients! The [...] Read More
11 October 2018
11 October, 2018 in FENS News We make FENS through our member societies. It is, thus, highly important to support our national societies. Being a member of your national society –and attending its national meeting in 2019– means being part of FENS. It is only now a few months since I started using social media; [...] Read More
03 October 2018
03 October, 2018 in FENS News FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MS students to attend SONA conference 2019 (24-28 March) in Lagos, Nigeria The support is intended to support young investigators (MSc to Postdoc level) to attend SONA conference 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria. These grants - up to € 1.000 [...] Read More
10 September 2018
10 September, 2018 in FENS News The paper is written by the FENS History Committee (2016-2018), in collaboration with FENS and IBRO Presidents, and with the input of Professor Gordon Shepherd. It reflects the activities organised and actions taken by the History Committee to preserve the European History of Neuroscience and promote its importance for [...] Read More
03 September 2018
03 September, 2018 in FENS News Deadline extended: proposals for symposia for the FENS Regional Meeting 2019 (FRM2019) that will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, 10-13 July 2019. Still time to submit your proposals for symposia for the FRM 2019. The FRM2019 Scientific Committee welcomes and strongly encourages symposium proposals from neuroscience communities around the [...] Read More
21 August 2018
21 August, 2018 in FENS News FENS supports the call for increased funding as outlined in the document “Counting down to Zero: Towards a future with underfunded health research?” presented by the European Brain Council. FENS considers of utmost importance that the Health Cluster receives significant funding that matches the expressed ambition of the European [...] Read More
17 August 2018
17 August, 2018 in FENS News Addendum to FENS and SfN statement in strong support of Prof. Logothetis The Max Planck Society (MPS) has posted a response to the recent FENS-SfN Statement. FENS and SfN are committed to advocating for the responsible use of animals in research as necessary to provide a fundamental understanding of brain function and [...] Read More