International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Collaborative Research Grants 2026 (up to $6,000) – YOA

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Applications are open for the IBRO Collaborative Research Grants 2026. With the Collaborative Research Grants, IBRO’s main goal is to facilitate collaboration, whether or not between two rising analysis teams or a mixture of 1 rising and one established analysis group.

These grants goal to help numerous facets of collaboration, together with journey, lodging, subsistence, and analysis bills between the partnering teams. The awards are particularly designed to help direct collaboration prices and don’t cowl any oblique or overhead bills.

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• Asia-Pacific area: $6,000 USD
• Africa area: $6,000 USD
• Latin America area: $6,000 USD
• Pan-Europe area: $5,000 USD
• US/Canada area: $6,000 USD

Eligibility

• The venture-chief should have been a principal investigator for a most 7 years and are available from an rising laboratory*. Any prolonged breaks from analysis (e.g. maternity, paternity or adoption go away) are accepted and must be justified within the application.
• The collaborator should be a principal investigator and will come from both an rising* or a longtime laboratory.

*The time period “emerging laboratories” refers to laboratories established inside the final 7 years and led by an early-profession researcher.

Fellowship Specifications

• The collaborations should start in 2026.
• The collaboration should embrace bi-directional journey of principal investigators, postdocs and/or college students that plan to work on the scientific collaboration outlined within the venture application.
• The collaboration should be accomplished inside most two years from the collaboration begin date.
• The required funding report must be submitted one yr from the collaboration begin date. More info on the grant report will observe after the grantee choice.

Regional Eligibility Criteria

Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Pan-Europe areas

• Project leaders primarily based in one of many Asia-Pacific, Africa, or Pan-Europe areas are solely eligible to apply with an inter-regional collaboration (with venture collaborators primarily based in several IBRO area).
• Project collaborators could also be primarily based wherever exterior of the venture chief’s area.

Latin America area

• Project-leaders primarily based within the Latin America area could apply for both intra-regional collaborations (i.e. each venture chief and collaborator reside within the Latin America area) or inter-regional collaborations (with collaborators primarily based in a unique IBRO area).

US/Canada area

• Project leaders primarily based within the US or Canada could apply for both intra-regional collaborations (between the US and Canada) or inter-regional collaborations (with collaborators primarily based in a unique IBRO area).
• While inter-regional collaborations are most well-liked, intra-regional proposals that clearly reveal their advantages to the rising analysis group will even be thought-about. These advantages could embrace increasing experience, enhancing sources, or strengthening analysis capability at smaller establishments, reminiscent of non-R1 universities within the US, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), or non-U15 establishments in Canada.

Application

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For extra info, go to IBRO Collaborative Research Grants.