FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Mentoring Prize

The FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE) Mentoring Prize honours a scientist who has demonstrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists.

Personal prize money: 2.000 €

• recommendations from mentees representing different career stages (students, postdocs, PIs, technicians);
• evidence of support to trainees experiencing personal or professional difficulties;
• trainees’ career path and successes (both academic and non-academic);
• evidence of mentoring junior colleagues outside of the immediate supervision (e.g., comments on grant proposals and manuscripts, experimental assistance, career advice).

Eligibility

• the nominee must be a neuroscientist with a PhD, MD or equivalent;
• the nominee must currently be a head of a research laboratory in a FENS member country with responsibility for mentoring (for example supervising students, postdoctoral researchers or technicians);
• the nominee is prepared to write a brief statement (500 words) on their mentoring vision if shortlisted for the FKNE Mentoring Prize 2024;
• the nominee has to be available to attend the FENS Forum 2024 (Vienna, 25-29 June 2024).

The nomination must include:

• contact details of the proposer;
• a letter of recommendation by the proposer highlighting the mentoring activities of the nominee;
• contact details of the nominee;
• contact details of three additional mentees representing different career stages who the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Office can contact for further references.

Mentoring Prize Selection Committee 2024:

• • Céline Gillebert
  • Abhishek Banerjee
  • Dorothy Tse
  • Nikolaos Konstantinides
  • Julijana Gjorgjieva

Deadline for Nominations: 15 February 2024, 5 PM CET

The recipient of the FKNE Mentoring Prize 2024 will be announced during an Awarding Ceremont at the FENS Forum 2024.

Nominate here

The FKNE Mentoring Prize is sponsored by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Award Type: Personal Award

Prize Money: 2,000 Euro

Granting Body: FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence

Application/Submission Deadline: 15 Feb 2024

Award Ceremony: 15 Feb 2024

Contact Details

Name: Mihaela Vincze/FKNE Office

Email: excellence_network@fens.org

URL: https://fenskavlinetwork.org/mentoring/fkne-mentoring-prize/