FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme

Status: Open

Deadline: 15 Apr 2025

Funding body: FENS, IBRO-PERC

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FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are dedicated to supporting early career researchers and promoting intra-European mobility.*

The FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme is designed to advance neuroscience research and training in Europe by enabling master or PhD students and early postdoctoral fellows to broaden their methodological expertise through targeted laboratory visits.

Grant Details

  • Maximum Grant Amount: EUR 4,000
  • Usage: Funds can cover travel and local expenses during the exchange.
  • Payment Structure: 60% of the grant will be awarded at least two weeks before the fellowship begins, with the remaining 40% provided upon completion of the exchange and submission of the grant report.

Application Deadlines

  • Twice a year: 15 April and 15 October (23:59, Brussels time).
  • Current Call: Applications are now open.

For queries, please contact: chet@fens.org

Eligibility Criteria:

To apply, candidates must:

  • Be Master or PhD students in neuroscience or early postdoctoral fellows (within 5 years of starting their postdoc) currently based in Europe.
  • Be members of a FENS member society, individual FENS members, or members of an IBRO organisation in the Pan-Europe region that is not a FENS member (see list below1).
  • Have acceptance from the host laboratory.
  • Have recommendation from the home laboratory.

1 Eligible organisations include Armenian IBRO Association; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities; Italian Association of NeuroImmunology; Russian Academy of Sciences; Slovak Academy of Sciences; Trisomy 21 Research Society (T21RS, Spain); Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Brain Research Society (BARD) in Turkey.

Fellowship Specifications:

  • Duration: 4 weeks (minimum) to 4 months (maximum). Stays exceeding 4 months must detail additional funding sources and outcomes for the FENS/IBRO-PERC-supported period.
  • Location: Both home and host laboratories must be based in Europe, and the exchange must involve a change of country.
  • Timeline: The fellowship must be completed within one year of being awarded.
  • Budget Restrictions: Eligible expenses include travel (economy class) and housing. Insurance, equipment, groceries, and personal items are not covered.
  • Report Submission: A final report is required within two months of completing the fellowship.
  • Application Limitation: Candidates may submit only one application for one fellowship at one host laboratory per application round.

Application Considerations

When preparing your application, please ensure it addresses the following:

  • The scientific quality of the proposed project.
  • The value of the exchange for your training and research.
  • The concrete scientific outcomes expected from the fellowship.
  • The suitability of the candidate for the proposed project.
  • The feasibility of achieving the fellowship objectives within the proposed timeframe.

*Applicants resident in the Africa, Asia or Latin America region should apply via the general IBRO Exchange Fellowships program.

FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are delighted to announce the awardees of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships (April 2023 call). The programme aims to support the career development of early-career researchers in the field of neuroscience by providing them with opportunities for intra-European mobility and by nurturing their growth in a skill-enhancing context.

FENS and IBRO-PERC are pleased with the high-rate response of the neuroscience community to this new initiative: 75 eligible applications from 23 European countries were submitted during the first FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships call, which closed on 15 April 2023.

FENS and IBRO-PERC warming congratulates the eleven awardees and wish them success in their scientific endeavours.

The recipients of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships are:

Career Status  Name  Home Institution Host Institution
Master  The grant recipient requested name not to be disclosed Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece  Institut Pasteur Paris, France 
Master  Emma Nesbit  Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany  University of Oxford, UK 
Postdoc  Emma Delhaye  University of Liege, Belgium  University of Lisboa, Portugal 
Postdoc  Clara Alice Musi   University of Milan, Italy 

 

Aston University, UK 
Postdoc  Giulia Carini  University of Brescia, Italy 

 

University of Oxford, UK 
Postdoc  Anna Lech   Łukasiewicz Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Poland 

 

IGBMC, Department of Biology and Stem Cell Development, France 
Postdoc  Jovana Aranđelović  University of Belgrade, Serbia 

 

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal 
PhD   Agathe Moret  Paris Brain Institute, France 

 

University of Oxford, UK 

 

PhD  Bin Wan  Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany 

 

University of Cambridge, UK 

 

PhD  Oumayma Aousji  Universitaetsklinikum Ulm, Germany  Université Paris Cité, France  

 

PhD  Sara Badesso  Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Spain University of Milan, Italy 

 

 

FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are delighted to announce the awardees of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships (October 2023 call). The programme aims to support the career development of early-career researchers in the field of neuroscience by providing them with opportunities for intra-European mobility and by nurturing their growth in a skill-enhancing context.

FENS and IBRO-PERC are pleased with the high-rate response of the neuroscience community to this new initiative: 94 eligible applications from 22 European countries were submitted during the first FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships call, which closed on 15 October 2023.

FENS and IBRO-PERC warming congratulates the eleven awardees and wish them success in their scientific endeavours.

The recipients of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships are:

Career status Name Home lab Host lab
Master student Kankana Dutta University of Trieste, Italy Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
PhD student Ekin Döngel Dayanç Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Turkey Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norway
PhD student Ilayda Birben Fahliogullari University of Cologne; Institute of Zoology, Germany University of Copenhagen, Denmark
PhD student Laura Keto Tampere University, Finland Heidelberg University, Germany
PhD student María Alfonso Triguero University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland
PhD student Sofia Petsangouraki University of Crete and IMBB-FoRTH, Greece INMED-Inserm, France
PhD student Xavier Corominas-Teruel Paris Brain Institute, France Johannes-Gutenberg University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
PhD student Pablo González Téllez de Meneses Institute for Neuroscience of Castilla y León, Spain Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, France
Postdoc Giulia D’Arrigo National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Postdoc Brendan Williams University of Reading, United Kingdom Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Netherlands
Postdoc Pavlina Tsoka University of Crete, Greece University of Alicante, Spain

FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are delighted to announce the awardees of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships (April 2024 call). The programme aims to support the career development of early-career researchers in the field of neuroscience by providing them with opportunities for intra-European mobility and by nurturing their growth in a skill-enhancing context.

FENS and IBRO-PERC warming congratulates the eleven awardees and wish them success in their scientific endeavours.

The recipients of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships are:

Career status Name Home lab Host lab
Master student Maria Renke Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland King’s College London, United Kingdom
PhD student Maria Repolles-de-Dalmau Pere Virgili Health Research Institute, Spain University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
PhD student David Vijatovic Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria University of Sussex, United Kingdom
PhD student Ying Zhai University of Galway, Ireland University of Bern, Switzerland
PhD student Jasmin Baron Medical University of Graz, Austria Biophysik II, Regensburg University, Germany
PhD student Katarzyna Rudzka University College London, United Kingdom Aalto University, Finland
PhD student Paula García Castro University of Oviedo, Spain Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany
PhD student Silvia Zini University of Brescia, Italy University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
PhD student Patrycja Klimczak University of Valencia, Spain University of Helsinki, Finland
PhD student Sopiko Kartsivadze Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia Lund University, Sweden
Postdoc Roberta Facchinetti Sapienza University of Rome, Italy University of Lausanne, Switzerland

FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are delighted to announce the awardees of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships (October 2024 call). The programme aims to support the career development of early-career researchers in the field of neuroscience by providing them with opportunities for intra-European mobility and by nurturing their growth in a skill-enhancing context.

FENS and IBRO-PERC warming congratulates the eleven awardees and wish them success in their scientific endeavours.

The recipients of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships are:

Career status Name Home Institution Host Institution
Master student Filippos Marinos Center for Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Greece Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience (IINS, CNRS UMR5297), Bordeaux University, France
PhD student Siddhart Baindur Charles University, Czech Republic Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology, Germany
PhD student Davide Orsenigo University of Turin, Italy University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
PhD student Elisabeta Mori Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy University of Freiburg, Germany
PhD student Bella Mora Romero Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Spain The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PhD student Irene Manero Roig University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain Interdisciplinary Institute for NeuroScience (IINS) – UMR 5297, CNRS, France
PhD student Ana María Bautista Martín BCBL – Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Spain University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
PhD student Tereza Dočal Institute of Physiology, CAS, Czech Republic  Theodor Kocher Institute University of Bern, Switzerland
PhD student Katrine Gaasdal-Bech The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Seville, Spain
PhD student Bilgesu Genk Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany
Postdoc Violeta Maria Caragea University of Bucharest, Romania KU Leuven, Belgium

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