Celebrate Brain Awareness Week on 14-20 March 2022 with FENS
14 March 2022
FENS is celebrating Brain Awareness week across 19 countries in Europe with these 33 projects funded by FENS with the support of the Dana Foundation! [...] Read More
Latest News
FRM2023 to be held in Algarve, Portugal!
09 March 2022
The Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN) will be organising the FENS Regional Meeting (FRM) in Algarve, Portugal, on 3-5 May 2023. [...] Read More
FENS Summer School on ‘Artificial and natural computations for sensory perception: what is the link?’
08 March 2022
FENS is opening an exceptional call for applications for the FENS Summer School 2022 on "Artificial and natural computations for sensory perception: what is the link?", taking place on 22—28 May 2022 in Bertinoro, Italy. [...] Read More
FENS statement on the attack on Ukraine
08 March 2022
The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) stands in solidarity with the scientific community and all those who are suffering directly or indirectly from the attack on Ukraine. [...] Read More
Winners of the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award Lecture at the FENS Forum 2022
07 March 2022
The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation are delighted to announce the recipients of the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience 2022: Prof. Christian Lüscher (CH) and Dr José-Alain Sahel (FR). [...] Read More
The Brain Prize 2022 awarded to neuroscience pioneers who revolutionised understanding of neuronal cell types and circuits underlying movement
04 March 2022
FENS is delighted to announce the 2022 Brain Prize was awarded to an international group of three neuroscientists from Switzerland, Denmark and USA/New Zealand: Silvia Arber (CH), Ole Kiehn (DK) and Martyn Goulding (US/NZ). They have revealed the nervous system’s inner workings by mapping the neuronal cell types and circuits in the brain and spinal cord that control movement. [...] Read More
The winners of The Brain Prize 2022 will be announced on 3 March
25 February 2022
The Brain Prize is the world’s largest prize for brain research is awarded to one or more researchers who have made an unprecedented contribution to international brain research. The Lundbeck Foundation will be announcing the winners of the 2022 edition on 3 March 2022 at 4:00 pm CET. [...] Read More
FENS offers travel grants and to attend the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Neuroscience Society in 2022
23 February 2022
FENS is offering several travel grants to young investigators, PhD and MSc students interested in attending the 15th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Neuroscience Society (15-18 September 2022, Suzhou, China). The travel grants – of up to € 1.200 each – are intended to cover part of the… Read More
Message from the FENS President: extended early registration, abstract submission and travel grant to attend the FENS Forum 2022
23 February 2022
On behalf of FENS and the Société des Neurosciences, I would like to personally invite you, your colleagues and your students to register early, submit abstracts and apply for travel grants to attend the FENS Forum 2022. [...] Read More
EBRA releases Mapping Report
16 February 2022
The EU-funded European Brain Research Area project releases its long-awaited European Research Inventory and Mapping Report, providing insight into the brain research activities funded at the European level within the EU framework programmes [...] Read More
ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture 2022 winner announced
14 February 2022
FENS is delighted to announce that Assistant Professor María Elena Avale (Argentina) has been awarded the ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture on Brain Sciences 2022. [...] Read More
Flash-FENS webinar: Using ORCID at FENS.org
07 February 2022
Registration is open for the webinar “Using ORCID at FENS.org”! [...] Read More
FENS In Memoriam: Prof. Hans-Joachim Pflüger
04 February 2022
FENS was deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Professor Hans-Joachim Pflüger (1949-2022). [...] Read More
Travel Grants for FENS Forum 2022 Regional Social Media Ambassadors
02 February 2022
Are you a neuroscientist from a region underrepresented in science? Are you planning to attend the FENS Forum 2022 (9-13 July, Paris, France)? Do you regularly use social media to communicate about neuroscience? [...] Read More
EARA workshop: Basic research media training
31 January 2022
FENS is proud to support the European Animal Research Association (EARA) workshop on "Basic research media training" taking place on 23 February 2022, 10:30-13:30 CET. [...] Read More