Status: Open
Deadline: 15 Oct 2024
Funding body: FENS, IBRO-PERC
FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are committed to working together in support of early career researchers and intra-European mobility, with a set goal of advancing neuroscience research and training in Europe through the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme.
Directed at Master’s or PhD students and early postdoctoral fellows located in Europe, the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme aims to foster and broaden the scope of their methodological training by supporting goal-directed laboratory visits in established European laboratories.
Maximum Grant Amount: EUR 4.000
Funds may be used for travel and local expenses during the laboratory exchange. Funds will be transferred according to a 60/40 format, meaning that 60% of the grant will be awarded at least 2 weeks in advance of the fellowship, and the remaining 40% upon completion of the exchange and submission of the associated grant report.
Application deadlines: biannually – on 15 April and 15 October (midnight, Brussels time)
For any queries regarding the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships, please contact chet@fens.org.
! The Call for FENS/IBRO-PERC fellowships is now open.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Applicants should be Master’s or PhD neuroscience students or early postdoctoral fellows (maximum 5 years from the start of the postdoc) currently studying or working in Europe.
- Applicants should be members of a FENS member society, individual FENS members or members of an IBRO member organisation in the Pan-Europe region that is not already a FENS member [see list below*].
- Mandatory letter of acceptance from the host laboratory.
- Letter of reference from the group leader of the home laboratory.
* Armenian IBRO Association; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Azerbaijan Neuroscience Society; Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities; Italian Association of NeuroImmunology; Mediterranean Neuroscience Society; Russian Academy of Sciences; Slovak Academy of Sciences; Trisomy 21 Research Society (T21RS, Spain); Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Brain Research Society (BARD) in Turkey.
Fellowship Specifications:
- The length of the proposed stay should be a minimum of 4 weeks.
- Both the home and the host laboratories should be located within Europe.
- The fellowship must involve a change of country (i.e. the host laboratory should be located in a different country than the home laboratory).
- The fellowship should be concluded in a maximum of one year from the time the grant has been awarded.
- The eligible items in terms of requested budget relate to travel (economy class) and housing; items such as insurances, samples and equipment, groceries, cosmetics or similar are not elligible.
- The report associated with the completed fellowship should be submitted no later than 3 months following the conclusion of the laboratory stay.
- Candidates may only submit one application, for one fellowship, at one host laboratory, during each round of applications.
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