Travel grant Young NeurolabNL
Young NeurolabNL is a community of young and early career researchers (within the final year of the PhD until 10 years after completion) in the field of brain, cognition and behavior in the Netherlands. It represents a broad and interdisciplinary field that includes, among others, psychologists, health professionals, biologists, neuroscientists, computer scientists. Our mission is to facilitate interdisciplinary research as well as efficient exchange of knowledge and scientific methods, while promoting visibility of key findings and publications among community members.
The Young NeurolabNL travel grant is an initiative to co-fund early career researchers in academic networking trips. The grant is intended to be used in academic activities that involve traveling, including conference presentations/attendance, scholar visits, secondments, exchange and networking. In line with Young NeurolabNL’s overall mission, our goal is to provide opportunities of collaboration, to increase visibility, and to support career development.
Purpose: Conference presentation/attendance, scholar visits, secondments, exchange and networking.
Funds: A total of eight (8) travel grants of €500 each will be awarded.
Eligibility criteria:
- Being a member of Young NeurolabNL (Sign up at Young NeurolabNL)
- Being an Early Career Researcher; i.e., Assistant Professor, Postdoc, or PhD candidate in their final year. (Within a year from thesis submission).
- Being a researcher in the fields of Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour.
- Having an academic affiliation in the Netherlands
Application requirements:
- Brief motivation letter (1-2 pages). It should include:
- description of the contribution, research plans, or networking plan,
- if PhD candidate, include the start date and estimated thesis submission date,
- justification for why these funds are needed; e.g., no travel money available at the department, no travel budget on grant (1-2 sentences),
- budget estimation stating what purpose (s) will serve the grant (e.g., train costs, accommodation, conference registration).
- green policy statement: if the trip involved in the application is below 8 hours, and accessible by land then travel has to be by train.
- CV (include desired contact information)
Application procedure:
- Send the application to youngneurolabnl@neurolab.nl
- The deadline for application is on 26/02/2025.
- Following deadline, all applications will be assessed. Those applications where all eligibility criteria are met will go to a lottery stage that will define the allocation.
Recipients will have to pay all expenses in advance and hand in receipts.
If you have any questions, please get in contact with Young NeurolabNL: youngneurolabnl@neurolab.nl
The Young NeurolabNL Core Team