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Exchange grants for training stays are available for Master and PhD students

20 January 2014

20 January, 2014 in FENS News NENS stipends covering travel and accommodation costs of up to 2,000 EUR are intended for Master and PhD students registered within NENS member schools or programmes. Application deadline: 15 February 2014For further information and the application form, please visit the NENS Exchange Grants page. Read More

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Brain Awareness Week 2014

17 January 2014

In 2014, the directors of The Dana Foundation once more approved a grant to FENS. This money enables funding of several small grants to various European Brain Awareness Week partner organisations for public presentation during the campaign. FENS warmly congratulates the grant winners! FENS distributed these grants in a competitive procedure. Read More

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Travel Grants for Job Interviews to and from Europe to Japan and China

17 January 2014

17 January, 2014 in FENS News Grants for job interviews covering travel costs up to a maximum of 1,500 EUR to and from Europe to Japan and China for postdoctoral and Ph.D. student positions are available through the Young Researchers Exchange Support Programme. Deadline for applications:  February 15th, June 15th, and October 15th In order [...] Read More

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FENS-IBRO stipends available for short international courses

17 January 2014

17 January, 2014 in FENS News FENS-IBRO stipends of 750 € for international students are available for the following 5 courses: - EEG in neurology and neuroscience: Switzerland, September 1-5, 2014 - ELECTRAIN 2014 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology: Germany, May 5-16, 2014 - New Targets in Neurodegenerative diseases: Emphasis on new advances in [...] Read More

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Art of Neuroscience Competition

10 January 2014

10 January, 2014 in Neuroscience News Register for the Art of Neuroscience competition. Two prices will be awarded each in the amount of 500€. One in the category best image, and one in the category best movie submission. The fourth annual edition of the Art of Neuroscience competition is now open to submissions from neuroscientists [...] Read More

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Call for Applications: FENS-Hertie Winter School

06 January 2014

06 January, 2014 in FENS News We are inviting applications for the FENS-Hertie Winter School "The neuroscience of decision making" to be held from January 11-18, 2015, in Obergurgl, Austria. The study of decision-making exposes principles of neural processing that underlie a variety of mental functions. The school will introduce students to recent advances emerging [...] Read More

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Funding available for the Brain Awareness Week 2014 (10-16 March)

19 December 2013

19 December, 2013 in FENS News In 2014, as already in the past, The Dana Foundation has asked FENS to administer this support reserved for European organisations contributing to the Brain Awareness Week (BAW). Application deadline: January 13, 2014 As a new initiative, a few awardees will be invited to prepare a poster based on [...] Read More

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Horizon 2020: Database of independent experts

10 December 2013

10 December, 2013 in Neuroscience News The call is addressed to individuals for the establishment of a database of prospective independent experts to assist Commission services with tasks in connection with Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) Information on the modalities and how to apply as a prospective expert for [...] Read More

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FENS vacancy: Administrative Assistant

04 December 2013

04 December, 2013 in FENS News The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is a federation of 43 scientific non-profit societies in Europe, representing more than 21.000 individual scientists working in the field of neuroscience. Job description – main tasks: The main tasks related to the available position as administrative assistant include: 1)    Administrative support [...] Read More

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11th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society – Call for Symposia

03 December 2013

03 December, 2013 in FENS News The call for symposia for the 11th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society is open. Symposia dealing with all areas of neuroscience research are invited. The application must be submitted via the German Society’s website. The deadline for submissions is Monday, February 3, 2014 For further information and [...] Read More

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Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2014 is confered to Judit Makara

18 November 2013

18 November, 2013 in FENS News Judit Makara, from the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, has received this award for her findings on the mechanisms that determine interactions and integration of multiple activated synaptic inputs in neurons. For further information, please visit the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award [...] Read More