Travel Award
The Brain Sciences Travel Award was launched in 2018 and is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of neuroscience, helping to increase their influence. The application period is open from April through October, with the winners announced by the end of December each year.
The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate.
Brain Sciences Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 October 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;– Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Luca Angelini
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Maurilyn Ayon Olivas
University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Terry Lichtor
Rush. University Medical Center
Prof. Silvio Ionta
UNIL
Winner
Peng Liu
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls Universit¨at Tubingen, Germany
Dr. Matthew Chilvers
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Terry Lichtor
Rush. University Medical Center
Prof. Trevor J Crawford
Lancaster University
Prof. Silvio Ionta
UNIL
Winner
Mohd Yaseen Malik
Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, UK,
Meira Maria Forcelini Machado
Robarts Research Institute, Western University, Canada
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. N. Scott Litofsky
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Dr. STAVROS DIMITRIADIS
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology
Dr. Andrew Clarkson
REGENBIO Consultants
Dr. Paul E. Engelhardt
Winner
Donato Liloia
Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy
Roberta Bettoni
Department of Psychology, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Robert Emmett Kelly
Weill Cornell Medical College
Prof. Heather Bortfeld
University of California, Merced
Prof. Sergey Kasparov
University of Bristol
Dr. Mark Burke
Howard University
Dr. Andrew Clarkson
REGENBIO Consultants
Winner
Katalin
The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, UK
Stephanie Schultz
Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Neuroimaging Core, Washington University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Prof. Pierluigi Zoccolotti
Sapienza University of Rome
Prof. Sergey Kasparov
University of Bristol
Dr. Jason Brandt
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Evanthia Bernitsas
Wayne State School of Medicine
Dr. Mark Burke
Howard University
Prof. Konstantin Slavin
University of Illinois at Chicago
Prof. Heather Bortfeld
University of California, Merced
Dr. Andrew Clarkson
REGENBIO Consultants
Winner
Anna-Sophia Wahl
the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Simon Morand-Beaulieu
Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Canada
