EXELLENT PAPER IN NEUROCIENCE AWARD

Aim of the call: ERA-NET NEURON (the Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research) has been set up to link 28 national research funding programmes and organizations in the field of disease-related neurosciences in Europe, Israel, and Canada. The EXCELLENT PAPER IN NEUROSCIENCE AWARD will emphasize the importance of neuroscience and will contribute to integrate the neuroscience research community. The award is designed as a form of support and encouragement for young researchers at the early stage of their career.

Elegibilitat: The candidate must fulfil the following criteria:

Author:

-  First Author in the proposed publication.

- Age under 35 years old at the date of publication. Eligible breaks include parental leaves, long-term illness and national service. Other legal or personal circumstances are considered on a case-by-case basis. Concerning parental leave, national rules apply, or 12 months per child, whichever is the greatest.

-  Less than 5 years from PhD dissertation at the date of publication.

-  The Author must be affiliated in a call partner country** at the time of publication.

-  In case of equal first co-authorship, the award may be split if all authors meet the eligibility criteria for the award.

** Call Partner Countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom.                              

Publication:

- Award period: published between January 1st, 2016 and December 31st, 2016.

- Original research article in an international peer review journal.

- Impact factor of the journal above 10 based on the ISI Web of Knowledge.

- Topic of the article must be clearly relevant to disease-related neurosciences

- Affiliation of the first author in a call partner country as stated in the publication.

Application: Young researchers from the ERA-NET partner countries listed in the call text may submit a proposal for the EXCELLENT PAPER IN NEUROSCIENCE AWARD. The proposal must be submitted electronically using the online form available through the NEURON web page www.neuron-eranet.org. Both pre- and postdoctoral young researchers working in ERA-NET NEURON partner countries are encouraged to apply.

Applications are accepted from the first author of an original article published within the award period. The application consists of the following documents, bundled together into a single PDF file:

One page summary addressing the significance of the work

Short biosketch (maximum of one page for each first author)

PDF of the article

Deadline: The deadline for applications is October 15th, 2017.

Prize: An award of 3,000 Euros will be granted to the best proposal. The winner will be invited as a special ERA-NET NEURON Young Investigator lecturer in one of the ERA-NET NEURON Scientific Workshops organized during the year 2018. The award and travel costs related to the lecture will be covered by ERA-NET NEURON COFUND.