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European Brain and Behaviour Society

European Brain and Behaviour Society

EBBS awards

20 November2025

EBBS Travel Awards to attend FENS Forum 2026

EBBS is offering 6 Travel Awards [1 for post-docs (up to maximum 2 years postdoc experience) and 5 for PhD students] to attend the FENS Forum in Barcelona in June 2026. The awardees receive a € 700 bank transfer after the meeting.

Awards will only be made to people attending the FENS Forum in person and present their work either as posters or oral presentation.

All applicants should be EBBS members at the time of application and should not have previously received an EBBS travel award (for a previous FENS Forum or EBBS meeting).

Applications should include:

  • a copy of the abstract identical to the one which will be submitted to the FENS Forum. The applicant must be the first author on the abstract
  • one page CV

Applications should be sent to the Secretary General of the EBBS (Oliver Bosch, secretary@ebbs-science.org) latest by the end of Monday 12th January 2026.

Looking forward to meeting you in Barcelona to enjoy the FENS Forum together.

2025 Awardees

Mid-career Award

Felix Leroy

Félix Leroy
Alicante, Spain

Diversity Award

Francesca Cirulli

Francesca Cirulli
Rome, Italy

IBRO-sponsored EBBS Young Investigator Awards
(to attend the EBBS Meeting 2025)

Unai Blanco Fundazuri
Unai Blanco Fundazuri
Bordeaux, France
Daniela Cernotova
Daniela Černotová
Prague, Czech Republic
Letizia Giona
Letizia Giona
Rome, Italy
Paula Gomez Sotres
Paula Gomez Sotres
Bordeaux, France
Fei-Yang Huang
Fei-Yang Huang
Oxford, United Kingdom
Cassandra Ma
Cassandra Ma
Kensington, Australia
Alicia Moraes Tamais
Alicia Moraes Tamais
Planegg, Germany
Alisson Pinto de Almeida
Alisson Pinto de Almeida
Planegg, Germany
Natalia Schilder
Natalia Schilder
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Heike Schuler
Heike Schuler
Montréal, Canada

2024 Awardees

Young Investigator awards (to attend the FENS Forum 2024)

Sara Cornuti

Chiara Musillo

Marius Schneider

Ben Slater

Tavish Traut

Aurelia Viglione

2023 Awardees

Mid-career award

Camilla Bellone

Camilla Bellone
Geneve, Switzerland

Diversity award

Carmen Sandi

Carmen Sandi
Lausanne, Switzerland

Young Investigator awards (to attend the EBBS Meeting 2023)

Kerstin Creutzberg

Kerstin Creutzberg
Milan, Italy

Claudia Delli Colli

Claudia Delli Colli
Rome, Italy

Konstantinos Diskos

Konstantinos Diskos
Heraklion, Greece

Christian Edvardsson

Christian Edvardsson
Gothenburg, Sweeden

Janina Kupke

Janina Kupke
Heidelberg, Germany

Tyler Ross

Tyler Ross
Durham, United Kingdom

Sarah Schoch

Sarah Schoch
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Conor Thornberry

Conor Thornberry
Maynooth, Ireland

Rebecca Waag

Rebecca Waag
Zurich, Switzerland

2022 Awardees

Travel awards (to attend the FENS Forum 2022)

Allison McDonald
Allison McDonald
Erin Gorman-Sandler
Erin Gorman-Sandler
Frederica Bencivenga
Frederica Bencivenga
Joanne Gladding
Joanne Gladding
Jorelle Damo Kamda
Jorelle Damo Kamda
Jorge Carbrera Moreno
Jorge Carbrera Moreno
Misun Kim
Misun Kim
Pierre Mortessagne
Pierre Mortessagne