Travel Bursaries

Neuroscience Ireland provides bursaries for early career researchers (PhD students or postdoctoral researchers) to attend international conferences each year.

The application form can be downloaded by clicking at the link here: NSI Travel Bursary Application Form. Please complete the form and include evidence of submission/acceptance of your  abstract for either an oral or poster presentation well as a letter of support from your supervisor/mentor .

Please note that this is a rolling deadline, and in this round we will be prioritising applications for travel to attend the Neuroscience Ireland conference which will occur on 29th and 30th August 2023 in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI), Dublin. Travel bursaries of up to €100 are available to help Early Career Researchers from across the Island of Ireland with expenses for attendance. To apply for one of these special bursaries please submit your application by 5pm on Friday 28th July 2023

 

Applications should be emailed to: neuroscience.ireland@gmail.com with “Travel bursary application” in the title.

Please find testimonials from previous awardees here.

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Previous Travel Bursary Awardees

Bursaries to attend FENS2020

  • Laura Boullon from NUI Galway
  • Caitlin Devine from University of Ulster
  • Erin Harris from University College Cork
  • Edel Hughes from NUI Galway
  • Rachel Humphrey from NUI Galway
  • Oisin Joyce from Trinity College Dublin
  • Megan Ni Bhroin from Trinity College Dublin
  • Adaobi Okolo from NUI Galway
  • Kapil Sharma from Trinity College Dublin
  • Stephen Shovlin from Trinity College Dublin
  • Aoife Thornton from NUI Galway
  • Caoimhe Ward from University of Ulster
  • Meimei Yang from NUI Galway

Autumn 2019

  • Zuzana Koci, from Prof Fegral O’Brien’s group at RCSI
  • Rory Boyle, from Prof Robert Whelan’s group at TCD,
  • Eleanor Carey, from Prof Mary Cannon’s group at RCSI
  • Fiona Martyn, from Dr Dara Cannon’s group at NUIG

Spring 2019

  • Marc Bennett from Robert Whelan’s group at TCD
  • Natalie DeSanctis from John Kelly’s group at NUIG
  • Rachel Furlong from Cora O’Neill’s group at UCC
  • Kelly McHugh from John Kelly’s group at NUIG
  • Vaibhav Patil from Abhay Pandit’s group at NUIG

2018 – For BNA2019 in Dublin

  • Veronica Alamilla from Eilis Dowd’s group at NUIG
  • Enrico Bagnoli from Una Fitzgerald’s group at NUIG
  • Sibylle Beche from Kumlesh Dev’s group at TCD
  • Rory Boyle from Robert Whelan’s group at TCD
  • Audrey Bradford from Andrew Irving’s group at UCD
  • Silvia Cabre from Eilis Dowd’s group at NUIG
  • Luke Davidson from Kumlesh Dev’s group at TCD
  • Natalie DeSanctis from John Kelly’s group at NUIG
  • Caitlin Devine from Elaine Murray’s group at UU
  • Francesco Donoso from John Cryan’s group at UCC
  • Nadja Enz from Robert Whelan’s group at TCD
  • Mehnaz Ferdousi from David Finn’s group at NUIG
  • John Mark Fitzpatrick from Eric Downer’s group at TCD
  • Christine Fulling from John Cryan’s group at UCC
  • Rachel Furlong from Cora O’Neill’s group at UCC
  • Elena Garcia from Niamh O’Sullivan’s group at UCD
  • Jessica Gaspar from David Finn’s group at NUIG
  • Beatriz Gil from Caroline Herron’s group at UCD
  • Therese Gilligan from Arun Bokde’s group at TCD
  • Laurena Holleran from Gary Donohoe’s group at NUIG
  • Edel Hughes from Michelle Roche’s group at NUIG
  • Rachel Humphrey from Michelle Roche’s group at NUIG
  • Anirudh Jaisimha from Barry Boland’s group at UCC
  • Rachel Kelly from Eilis Dowd’s group at NUIG
  • Coral Lapsley from Elaine Murray’s group at UU
  • Orla Mannion from David Finn’s group at NUIG
  • Fiona Martyn from Dara Cannon’s group at NUIG
  • Sarah McComish from Maeve Caldwell’s group at TCD
  • Claire McGrory from Declan McLoughlin’s group at TCD
  • Conor McVeigh from Jana Hasse’s group at UCD
  • Megan Ni Bhroin from Arun Bokde’s group at TCD
  • Sarah Nicolas from Yvonne Nolan’s group at UCC
  • Sarah O’Donovan from Cora O’Neill’s group at UCC
  • Adaobi Okolo from Karen Doyle’s group at NUIG
  • Matheus Oliveira from Shane O’Mara’s group at TCD
  • Eoin O’Neill from Andrew Harkin’s group at TCD
  • Emer Power from David Finn’s group at NUIG
  • James Prendergast from Karen Doyle’s group at NUIG
  • Laura Rai from Robert Whelan’s group at TCD
  • Aoife Sweeney from Peter Passmore’s group at QUB
  • Aoife Thornton from Michelle Roche’s group at NUIG

2018 – For FENS2018 in Berlin

  • Veronica Alamilla, NUI Galway
  • Sibylle Bechet, TCD
  • Audrey Bradford, UCD
  • Dwane Byrne, UCD
  • Silvia Cabre, NUI Galway
  • Amy Courtney, UCD
  • Laura Rueda, TCD
  • Ken Howick, UCC
  • Edel Hughes, NUI Galway
  • Laura McGrady, DCU
  • Kathy Ruddy, TCD

2017

  • Bibiana Castagna Mota, TCD
  • Coral Lapsley, Ulster University
  • Luiz Fernando Almeida Silva, RCSI
  • Mariana Pires Antunes Alves , RCSI
  • Sarah Jarrin, NUIG
  • Min Liu, NUIG (FRM Special Travel Bursary)
  • Jessica Gaspar, NUIG
  • Hannah Wolfe, TCD
  • Sinead Healy, NUIG
  • John-Mark Fitzpatrick, TCD

2016

  • Ruth Hennessy, TCD
  • Giovanni Di Liberto, TCD
  • Rachel Furlong, UCC
  • Niamh Moriarty, NUIG
  • Sinead Lanigan, UCD
  • Diana Olszewska, DNI
  • Sinead Healy, NUIG
  • Dr. Cristina Ruedell Reschke, RCSI
  • Dr. Teresa Moloney, RCSI
  • Dr. Cara Heuston, UCC

2014

  • Blathnaid Hughes
  • Elizabeth Walshe
  • Eileen Curran

2013

  • Karen Ryan, TCD
  • Seán Anderson, NUIM
  • Francesca Farina, NUIM

2012

  • Rachel D. Moloney, UCC
  • Valeria Felice, UCC
  • Adam Pritchard, TCD
  • Caroline Rawdon, NUIM
  • Noeleen Brady, NUIM
  • Weredeselam Olango, NUIG
  • Gary Brennan
  • Aedin Minogue

2011

  • Donal Skelly
  • Graham Sheridan
  • Elizabeth Kehoe
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