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09 September 2021
Learn more about SEBRA, which aims is to identify research opportunities and to provide recommendations on future areas for brain research in Europe. [...] Read More
26 August 2021
The ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize was awarded to past FENS President Marian Joëls (The Netherlands) at the FENS Regional Meeting 2021. [...] Read More
19 August 2021
The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN), in partnership with its publisher Wiley, are pleased to announce the recipients of the FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2022: Mackenzie Mathis (CH) Sara Mederos (UK), Nicolas Renier (FR) and Giacomo Valle (CH). [...] Read More
09 August 2021
Registration now open to the webinar “Mechanisms of Post-Ischemic Brain Adaptation” taking place on 31 August 2021 (5:00-6:00 pm CEST). This webinar is organised by FENS and hosted on Neuronline, the SfN virtual platform. [...] Read More
01 July 2021
Dr Laura Andreae (UK) is the next Chair-Elect of the ALBA Network. [...] Read More
01 July 2021
This annual award with a $100,000 cash prize will recognise outstanding advances in the understanding of executive brain functions and cognitive processes and will be alternatively presented between the SfN annual meeting and the FENS Forum. [...] Read More
30 June 2021
Learn more about the International Brain Bee organisation with this article published in Neuron about the history of the Brain Bee initiative, the recent formation the IBB organisation, the IBB World Championship, and how scientists, educators, and other organisations can contribute. [...] Read More
25 June 2021
FENS is delighted to announce a new award supported by the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation: “The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience”. This award will recognise significant achievements by an individual in translational science, and in particular those where fundamental and conceptual understanding of the… Read More
16 June 2021
FENS would like to congratulate Amy Bernard on her nomination and is looking forward to continuing its excellent collaboration with the Kavli Foundation. As Director of Life Sciences at The Kavli Foundation, Dr Bernard will set the strategic vision for the life sciences programme and leverage the synergies with the… Read More
16 June 2021
Do you have a science communication project you would like to develop? Receive feedback on it and compete for a chance to receive funding! [...] Read More
08 June 2021
The Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders (VOT) is a health economics and outcomes research project coordinated by the European Brain Council (EBC). EBC conceptualized the Value of Treatment research framework to address the increasing burden of brain disorders – both neurological and mental alike. Budgetary restrictions across the EU are… Read More
01 June 2021
FENS societies are invited to submit a proposal to organise the FRM 2023 [...] Read More
05 May 2021
Neuroscientists Christine Petit and Christopher A. Walsh Share $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize for Pioneering Discoveries Regarding the Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Behind Neurodevelopmental Hereditary Disorders. [...] Read More
04 May 2021
The Lundbeck Foundation is now accepting nominations for next year's winners of The Brain Prize, the world's largest prize for neuroscience. [...] Read More
27 April 2021
We were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Prof. Dr István Ábrahám, esteemed President of the Hungarian Society of Neuroscience. Professor Ábrahám was a valued member of the European neuroscience community and we would like to extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends and the wider… Read More