FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: October 15, 2026

Applications are open for the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Program 2026. In their mutual and powerful dedication to help early profession researchers and intra-European mobility, with a set aim of advancing neuroscience analysis and coaching in Europe, FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are happy to announce the launch of the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Program.

Directed at Master and PhD college students in addition to early-profession postdocs in Europe, this program goals to foster and broaden their scope of methodological coaching by supporting aim-directed laboratory visits in established European laboratories.

Funding

• Maximum grant quantity is EUR 4,000. Funds can cowl journey (financial system class, native public transport) and lodging through the change.

Eligibility

To apply, candidates should:

• Be Master or PhD college students in neuroscience or early postdoctoral fellows (inside 5 years of beginning their postdoc) at present based mostly in Europe.
• Be members of a FENS member society, particular person FENS members, or members of an IBRO group within the Pan-Europe area that isn’t a FENS member.
• Have acceptance from the host laboratory.
• Have advice from the home laboratory.

* Eligible organizations embrace Armenian IBRO Association; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities; Italian Association of NeuroImmunology; 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.

Evaluation Criteria

To guarantee transparency and help candidates in making ready sturdy submissions, notice that your application will probably be evaluated based mostly on the next key standards:

• Scientific and Training Quality
  • The scientific benefit and readability of your proposed analysis through the fellowship.
  • The high quality and relevance of the deliberate coaching, significantly when it comes to new methodologies or abilities you’ll purchase that aren’t accessible at your home establishment.
• Added Value of the Exchange
  • How clearly and concretely the change helps your ongoing or deliberate analysis mission.
  • The added worth of the fellowship to your home laboratory when it comes to collaboration, capability-constructing, or new methodological experience.
• Suitability of the Candidate
  • How nicely your present methodological experience and tutorial background match the proposed coaching and analysis.
  • The advice out of your home supervisor, together with their evaluation of your potential and the anticipated affect of the fellowship.
• Expected Outcomes
  • Clearly outlined and practical scientific and methodological outcomes of the change.
  • The chance of reaching the proposed targets inside the deliberate period of the keep.
• Feasibility and Need
  • Demonstration of a real want for the change, each scientifically and financially.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships.