The PENS Committee is now accepting proposals for 2009 Schools
The programme will provide full or partial support for the following educational activities in all of Europe:-
Scheduled for June 21-28, 2009, at the Center for Advanced
Academic Studies, Dubrovnik, Croatia, this school takes
advantage of local arrangements and organization. Hence,
applications should focus on the Scientific Programme only. The
schedule includes 4-5 daily lectures with adequate time for
extensive discussion, student work groups around a specific
topic, and 3 poster sessions. The School accepts a maximum of
40 students and young scientists who provide evidence of
sufficient scientific background and experience to benefit
fully from the course.
The budget of 40, 000 euros, provided by PENS will be
administered by the local organizer. Additional income from
registration fees for the students (covering the room and board
) must not exceed 300€/student and the total travel costs for
faculty should not exceed 10, 000 euros.
For details on application see General Guidelines and specific instructions on form PENS Summer School (Dubrovnik/Croatia).
- Scheduled for the winter season 2009/2010, this school takes advantage of local arrangements and organization which have been established in previous years. Hence, applications must focus on the Scientific Programme only. Duration of the School: 1 week. The daily schedule includes 4-5 daily lectures of 40 minutes each with an additional 20 minutes for discussion and 3 ?poster sessions. The School accepts 40 students and young scientists that provide evidence of knowledge and productivity. The budget will be administered by Prof. Alois Saria who serves as the local organizer. However, proposals for the Winter School will have to consider that total travel costs for teachers should not exceed 10.000EUR. For details on application see General Guidelines and specific instructions on form Lecture-based PENS-Hertie Winter School.
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In collaboration with local and partner organizations PENS may
support a limited number of lecture-based or practical schools
in Europe by providing each up to 20.000€. Applications for
this school category should include a scientific programme and
information on the proposed location and facilities. Minimum
duration of the School: 1 week.
The number of participants should not exceed 40 students and
young scientists. The money granted by PENS should be used
primarily to enable the participation of students with few
resources. Selection of students will be entrusted to the
school organizers, in accordance to PENS Guidelines, with final
approval by the PENS committee.
For details on application see General Guidelines and specific instructions included in the section on PENS partially-supported Schools.
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European academic research centres embarking on new field of
research may request a visit by a team of about 3 experts to
advise local investigators. It is expected that some local
expertise already exists, and that the lectures by the experts
will attract a sizeable audience of researchers as well as
students. PENS will set up the team and pay the travel costs,
whereas all local costs will be met by the applicants. Average
duration of the visit: 3 days.
For details see the application form PENS Partnership Programme.
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PENS is inviting proposals from strong Neuroscience
Institutions to hold recurrent Theoretical & Practical Summer
Courses. Support for the Training Centre courses will initially
be awarded for 3 years. Funding may be extended for other
three-year periods upon a successful review by the PENS
Committee, on the basis of clear evidence of teaching
excellence. The institution selected will be given the title
"PENS Training Centre".
Applications for a Training Centre should consider the General
Guidelines and must include a theoretical and a practical
training programme for each of the courses to be held in the 3
years. The practical training programme must cover in the same
year or in subsequent years, several different techniques of
importance to neuroscientists (anatomy, animal and/or human
electrophysiology, imaging, animal behaviour, molecular
biology, computational neuroscience, etc.).
The anticipated duration of the school is 3-4 weeks. Applicants
are required to provide a detailed proposal for activities and
faculty in 2009 and a concise outline of plans for 2010 and
2011. Information and documentation on the proposed location
and on the available laboratory facilities is of paramount
importance. The "PENS Training Centre" should receive 15-25
PhD students and young scientists with the background required
to meet the intense training programme anticipated for this
school. Registration fees for the students (covering also lunch
and lodging) must not exceed 500€ . PENS will provide a budget
of up to 60.000€ per year.
For details see the application form PENS Training Centre.
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PENS also encourages proposals for categories of schools and courses not specified above but fitting the overall guidelines. Minimum duration: 1 week. For applications please use the form Open Format.
Deadline for Submissions
July 31, 2008
(November 15, 2008 for PENS Hertie Winter School)
Selection Procedure
After submission, proposals will be reviewed and decisions made by November 1, 2008 by the PENS Committee. The applicant(s) may be contacted by the PENS Office, possibly with suggestions for completion and/or improvement of the proposal.