FENS Regional Meeting 2025: Deadlines Extended - Early Registration, Abstracts Submission, Travel Grants

Abstracts submission and travel grants extended deadline: 7 March 2025

Early registration extended deadline: 13 March 2025

Thinking of attending the FENS Regional Meeting 2025 (#FRM2025) in Oslo, Norway?

To give more time to the neuroscience community, the deadlines for early registration, abstracts submission and travel grants have been extended! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to showcase your research, connect with peers, and engage in discussions that will help shape the future of European neuroscience.

• Submit your abstract here.
• Apply for travel grants here.
• Register here.

Check out the preliminary programme here.

FENS Forum 2026: Call for Symposia & Technical Workshops

Event dates: 4-8 July 2026

Submission deadline: 5 May 2025

From 4-8 July 2026, Barcelona will host the upcoming FENS Forum (#FENS2026), Europe's premier neuroscience congress. 

The FENS Programme Committee welcomes scientists from around the world to submit proposals for Symposia and Technical Workshops highlighting discovery research on every aspect of the brain and central nervous system, which will form one of the core components of the Forum’s scientific programme.

Watch this video to learn how to submit your proposal or click the button below.

Early Career Training Programme - ECTP

Application deadline: 10 April 2025

This unique opportunity allows ECRs participating at the #FRM2025 to gain hands-on experience in cutting-edge neuroscience techniques at the University of Oslo host labs, attend the NRSN and NORA meeting, and receive a stipend of up to €1000.

Learn more and apply here.

Attend the upcoming webinar on stem cell therapy

Event date: 13 March 2025, 4-5 PM CET

Hosted on Neuronline, this webinar will bring together leading experts from around the world to discuss groundbreaking advancements in spinal cord injury repair.

Sign up here.

Summer School: The Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders

Application deadline: 26 March 2025

Want to head to Geneva, Switzerland to boost your neuroscience knowledge this summer? Join the 2025 FENS - Chen Institute - NeuroLéman Summer School and learn more about the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders from world-class experts.

Apply  here.

Stipends available for neuroscience students

Application deadline: 1 April 2025

Want to broaden your knowledge and gain international experience in the process? With a FENS/IBRO-PERC stipend, you could receive EUR 750 to attend a NENS course on ‘Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity’ in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Find out more and apply here.

Brain Conference: Frontiers of Theoretical Neuroscience

Event dates: 3-6 June 2025

Registration deadline: 2 April 2025

Organised by FENS in collaboration with the Lundbeck Foundation and Neuroscience Academy Denmark, the Brain Conference in Rungsted Kyst, Denmark will bring together top-notch researchers  to explore new frontiers in theoretical neuroscience.

Register here.

Apply for an Exchange Fellowship!

Application deadline: 15 April 2025

FENS and IBRO-PERC are offering funding of up to EUR 4.000 each to early career researchers interested in participating in cross-border laboratory visits.

Find out more and apply here.

ALBA - IBRO Workshop at SONA 2025 - Equity in Publishing

Event date: 17 April 2025

Join ALBA and IBRO at SONA 2025 for a discussion on breaking down systemic barriers in scientific publishing for neuroscience researchers from low-to-middle-income countries. This session will explore the challenges in equitable access to publishing and highlight solutions for fostering diverse and inclusive knowledge sharing.

Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration’ conference in Edinburgh, UK, from 26 - 28th of March

This international symposium focuses on the development and application of stem cell models to understand and develop treatments for neurodegenerative disease.

More information can be found on: https://scmnd.com/

16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (March 26-29, 2025)

Symposia Deadline February 23, 2024

16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (nwg-info.de)

NNS is a proud signatory of the #ALBADeclaration on Equity and Inclusion.

The Declaration represents our commitment to make science more inclusive. Sign the Declaration at www.alba.network/declaration 

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Open letter on the Future of Research in Europe made a difference

Thanks to all supporters of the open letter on #futureofresearch. 27th November 2019, the Von der Leyen commision revealed the definitive title for commisioner Mariya Gabriel, which now explicitly mentions research, education and culture. For more information visit https://www.futureofresearch.eu/

Launch of the ALBA Network

Recently founded by a group of international leading scientists, the ALBA Network aims to promote equality and diversity in brain sciences. Professor Carmen Sandi, FENS President and Chair of the ALBA Steering Committee, would like to encourage all brain scientists to join the Network. For more information, please visit the ALBA Network website: www.alba.network

Available positions

Available jobs within neuroscience are posted at Jobbnorge.no