International training opportunities
4th Nordic Neuroscience Meeting
Neuroscientists from all areas of neuroscience are invited to the 4th Nordic Neuroscience Meeting taking place in Copenhagen, 15th - 17th January 2024.
More information can be found here.
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS) 2023
The summer school offers training for 12-14 students at graduate or postdoc level. Selection will be based on the assessment of the student’s abilities and of how much the student would benefit from the training in her/his home laboratory. The summer school will be held 1st -21st of June 2023, Transylvania.
The registration fee is 2500 Euro (currency converter), which will cover full board, lodging, trips and transfer from Cluj-Napoca International Airport to Pike Lake. Acceptance to the course is NOT conditioned by one's ability to cover the registration fee.
- We strongly encourage those with limited or no financial possibilities to apply. Through generous support from our Sponsors and Partners, TENSS offers means of financial aid for participants who cannot afford to pay the registration fee.
- If applicable, please specify in your application form the reason why you need financial support
Application deadline: 5th of March 2023
Apply and read more here.
NENS Exchange grants for MSc and PhD students
Learn a new technique abroad!
The NENS Exchange Grants ceased to exist starting in 2023. The initiative has been replaced with a new programme – the FENS/IBRO-PERC Fellowships Programme, which will be launched on 23 January 2023.
Application deadline: 15th of October 2023
Stipends available for NENS Courses
Are you a Master's or PhD neuroscience student based in Europe? FENS and IBRO-PERC offer stipends for students interested in attending three courses outside their country of residence.
Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity
10-14 July 2023, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Application deadline: 25 April 2023
Summer School on Affective Neuroscience: Summer Course on Mood, Aggression and Attraction
2-7 July 2023, Leuven, Belgium
Application deadline: 14 May 2023
Advanced tools for data analysis in Neuroscience
31 August-9 September 2023, Strasbourg, France
Application deadline: 15 May 2023
Novel Developments for Treating Brain Disorders
25-29 September, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Application deadline: 1 August 2023
FENS CAJAL training program 2023
The CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme was founded by The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) to establish a high-level neuroscience training hub in Europe.
The CAJAL Programme aims to teach basic and fundamental neuroscience concepts as well as state-of-the-art techniques, data analysis and computer skills to train the next generation of top-notch neuroscientists.
Simula Summer School in Computational Physiology
The initial series of lectures will be hosted by Simula in Oslo, Norway (19th- 30th of June), and will be followed by project work, a workshop in scientific writing skills, guest lectures and final student presentations hosted by the University of California San Diego (7th - 15th of August).
Open to master's and early doctoral students. Register by 14th of February here.
ENCODS 2023
The European Neuroscience Conference by Doctoral Students (ENCODS) is an initiative started by graduate students back in 2013. Organised by doctoral students and for students, the theme of ENCODS 2022 conference is “Working Across Scales in Neuroscience”. The ENCODS 2023 Meeting will take place in Faro in the region of Algarve, Portugal on May 1st and 2nd, 2023, before the FENS Regional Meeting.
Event Dates: 1st - 2nd May 2023
Flyer can be found here.