FENS Forum Awards
Every other year, SfN and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) provide a joint travel award exchange program for graduate students who have reached PhD candidacy and postdoctoral fellows to attend their respective meetings.
SfN provides ten awards in the amount of $2,500 for SfN members from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to attend the biennial FENS Forum.
Prior to applying for the FENS Forum travel award, applicants must register for the FENS Forum in Vienna, Austria, June 25 – 29, 2024 at their own expense. Applicants may benefit from the same registration fees as FENS members; proof of SfN membership must be uploaded during registration. This can either be your membership ID card or proof of payment/transaction receipt. See the FENS Forum website for more information, including reduced rates.
Applicants must then submit an abstract to the FENS Forum at their own expense within the abstract submission window, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 through Friday, February 20, 2024.
Recipients will be selected based on the scientific merit of the abstract submitted to the forum and the strength of related application materials. Recipients may not receive additional travel awards from IBRO, FENS, CNS, or JNS to attend this event.
A travel stipend of $2,500 will be sent to the recipient after they submit in-person proof of attendance.
Before Applying with SfN
- Register for the FENS Forum.
- Submit an abstract for the FENS Forum by Friday, February 20, 2024.
How to Apply
Submit the following materials by the closing of the application period (March 1, 2024):
- One-page curriculum vitae (CV) including country of residency, education (including date of achieving PhD candidacy or start of postdoctoral work), honors, awards, and publications
- One letter of recommendation from an academic adviser
- An essay on career goals, planned research, and the value of attending the FENS Forum (up to 500 words)
- A copy of the proposed abstract that has been submitted to the FENS Forum
Contact travelawards@sfn.org with questions.
Eligibility
- Applicant must be living and working in the United States, Canada, or Mexico at the time of travel.
- Applicant must be a PhD candidate or postdoctoral scholar.
- Applicant must be an SfN member in good standing.
- Applicant must be the first author on an abstract to be presented at the FENS Forum.
- Recipient must not have received another SfN travel award in the same calendar year.
2024 FENS Forum Award Recipients
- May Hui, University of California - Irvine
- Mauricio Oliveira, New York University
- Nicholas Bulthuis, Columbia University
- Zhenrui Liao, Columbia University
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Llamas, Washington State University
- Ece Sakalar, New York University
- Richard Roth, Stanford University
- Gregor Schuhknecht, Harvard University
- Wendy Xin, University of California - San Francisco
- Jessica Tooley, Washington University in St Louis
