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 .
In this round we will be assessing applications for travel to any neuroscience conference including FENS in June. Applicants do not have to present but those presenting (poster/oral) may be prioritised.
Please note that the next deadline is Friday 12th April 2024, with up to 300 euro being provided to both the early career researcher AND supervisor. Both must be members of NSI.
Technical note: The form must be completed and submitted in one sitting, there is no save function therefore please have ready the following: text of a letter of support from your PhD supervisor ready to paste into the form, your own and the supervisor/sponsors NSI membership ID, the details of the conference, the abstract title, authors, affiliations and text and finally, a brief explanation of your access to funding to support conference attendance with justification for your bursary request.
Queries: neuroscience.ireland@gmail.com
Testimonials
“I am very grateful to Neuroscience Ireland for providing me with financial support to attend the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Reserve in Dementia and Other Disorders (ResDem 2019) in Munich from 15-16 November. This was a great opportunity to attend talks and to get feedback on my research. I would like to thank Neuroscience Ireland for supporting me for this trip.”
— Rory Boyle, NSI Travel Award Bursary 2019
Neuroscience Ireland for provided me with financial support to attend the FENS Forum 2018 in Berlin from 7-11th July. This was an invaluable opportunity to present my work! I gained a great deal from attending this meeting and I am very grateful to Neuroscience Ireland for supporting me in this endeavour.
— Amy Courtney, 2018 FENS Awardee
“I was so pleased to receive the Travel Award from Neuroscience Ireland, which helped to fund my travel to the Neuroscience 2019 meeting in Chicago, IL, USA. Overall, Neuroscience 2019 was an amazing opportunity to network, gain new knowledge and experiences, and I highly recommend anyone with an interest in neuroscience to attend this exciting meeting!”
— Zuzana Kočí, NSI Travel Award Bursary 2019
“I would like to express my gratitude to Neuroscience Ireland for their financial support to attend the 11th Forum of Neuroscience organised by FENS in the vibrant city of Berlin this July 2018. As a second year PhD student at the National University of Ireland, it was a fantastic experience to attend one of the biggest neuroscience conferences in Europe and to be able to listen to some of the brightest neuroscientists sharing their work”
— Silvia Cabre – 2018 FENS Awardee