Travel grant Young NeurolabNL 

Young NeurolabNL is a community for early career researchers (PhD candidates, postdocs, assistant professors) 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. 

Last year, we awarded travel grants to eight early career scholars. Among them was Amy De Roubaix from Radboud UMC, who presented her work and won the best poster award at the 10th World Congress on ADHD held in Prague in May 2025. She also used this opportunity to extend her professional network. In the current travel grant call call, we encourage you to connect with a societal partner to increase the societal impact of your work.

  • Goal: Boosting opportunities of collaboration and career development for early career researchers, increasing visibility, and supporting future careers steps.
  • Purpose: Conference presentation/attendance, scholar visits, secondments,  exchange and networking (including a societal partner).
  • Funds: A total of eight (8) travel grants of €500 each will be awarded.
  • Timing: The travel can take place until (early) 2027, but the letter of acceptance must be received in 2026 and travel costs must be reimbursed by the end of 2026.

 

Eligibility criteria:

  • Being a member of Young NeurolabNL (subscribe here).
  • Being an Early Career Researcher (Assistant Professor, Postdoc, or PhD candidate within a year from PhD 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) including:
    • description of contribution, research plans, or networking plan (include a societal partner),
    • if PhD candidate, include estimated thesis submission date,
    • justification for why these funds are needed; e.g., no travel money available at your department, or no grant funds (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:

  • Submit your application via email (youngneurolabnl@neurolab.nl). The deadline for application is Friday, 29th of May 2026.
  • All applications will be assessed for eligibility criteria. Eligible applications will enter a lottery stage that will define the final travel grant allocation.
  • The travel grant results will be published in mid-June 2026.
  • Recipients will have to pay all expenses in advance and hand in receipts for reimbursement via the travel grant.

 

If you have any questions, please get in contact with Young NeurolabNL: youngneurolabnl@neurolab.nl

 

The Young NeurolabNL Core Team