JNS Meeting Travel Awards

The 2022 application is closed.

Every year, SfN and the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) provide a joint travel award exchange program for graduate students who have reached PhD candidacy or postdoctoral fellows to attend their respective meetings.

For JNS 2022, the meeting will be in a hybrid format and SfN travel awardees to JNS will have the choice to attend either virtually or in-person, preference is for in-person attendance.

The award will cover registration fees for SfN members from the United States, Canada and Mexico to participate in JNS’s 45th Annual Meeting, June 30–July 3, 2022 in Okinawa, Japan. For those selecting to attend the JNS meeting in person, the award will also cover up to $2,500 in travel expenses. For those selecting the virtual attendance option, only virtual registration fees will be covered.

JNS membership is required for abstract submission, and upon notification of winning the award, JNS Travel awardees will be refunded the registration fee, admission fee, and exempted from the first-year annual membership fee.

Prior to applying, applicants must submit an abstract to the JNS Annual Meeting by the deadline at their own expense. Please note, you must be a member of JNS to submit an abstract to the JNS Annual Meeting. Abstract submission for the JNS Annual Meeting will close Thursday, January 20, 5 p.m. JST (3 a.m. EST).

Recipients are selected based on the scientific merit of the abstract submitted to the forum and the strength of related application materials.

Recipients are selected based on the scientific merit of the abstract submitted to the forum and the strength of related application materials.

Applicant may not receive additional travel awards from IBRO, FENS, or JNS to attend this event.

Before Applying With SfN

How to Apply

Submit the following materials by March 29, 5 p.m. EST:

• One-page curriculum vitae (CV) including country of residency and education (date of achieving PhD candidacy), honors, awards, and publications
• One letter of recommendation from an academic adviser
• A copy of the proposed abstract that has been submitted for the meeting. Awardees must submit the abstract and meet the JNS acceptance deadline of Thursday, January 20, 5 p.m. JST (3 a.m. EST). SfN will request proof of submission from awardees
• A 500-word or less essay on career goals, planned research, and the value of attending the JNS meeting

Contact awards@sfn.org with questions.

Eligibility

• Must be living and working in the United States, Canada or Mexico at the time of travel to the conference
• Enrollment as a graduate student who has advanced to PhD candidacy or postdoctoral fellow
• Current, active SfN membership
• Applicant is the first author on an abstract to be presented at the JNS meeting 
• Applicant may not receive another SfN travel award in the same year
• Preference is given to those who have not previously had extensive experience living or working in Japan