JNeurosci Editor-in-Chief Search: Nominations Due March 30
SfN Council has appointed a Search Committee to recommend a candidate to serve as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Neuroscience for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2023. The Call for Nominations closes next Wednesday, March 30, 5 p.m. EDT.
JNS and FENS Travel Award Applications Due March 29
North America-based PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows who submitted an abstract for the 2022 JNS Meeting or FENS Forum can apply for a travel award by the deadline of next Tuesday, March 29, 5 p.m. EDT.
Annual Meeting
Bonus Day Deadline Approaching
Remind your trainees and colleagues that they must activate their 2022 SfN membership by next Thursday, March 31, 11:59 p.m. EDT in order to be eligible to participate in Neuroscience 2022 Bonus Day registration and housing selection.
Abstract Submission Is June 1–15
Present your science in San Diego at Neuroscience 2022, November 12–16! Stay tuned for more details coming later this month and start planning now. You are welcome to adapt this template if you need to justify attending the meeting to your supervisor, PI, or department head.
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FY2022 Appropriations Complete
Congress passed, and President Biden has signed the FY2022 omnibus spending bill, five and half months after the start of the new fiscal year. The NIH received $45 billion, an increase of $2.25 billion (5.3%) above the FY2021 enacted level, including $1 billion for ARPA-H. The NSF received $8.84 billion, an increase of $351 million (4%) above FY2021, the largest increase in 12 years.
Urge Congress To Support Biomedical Research Efforts Impacted By COVID-19
Join you fellow NeuroAdvocates and tell Congress to advance legislation that would enact the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act, which authorizes nearly $25 billion for research impacted by COVID-19. Send your Representative and Senators a message today via SfN’s Advocacy Action Center.
Journals
Call for Papers
In keeping with its commitment to represent the breadth of the neuroscience field, JNeurosci is encouraging submission of new primary research and review articles in five topical areas of research. Review the list of areas and learn more about the submission process.
Reviewer Spotlight
Dr. Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker shares her strategy for approaching a review in this Reviewer Spotlight, as part of our new series to recognize our reviewers on the eNeuro blog
Neuro Current
Introducing a new podcast from SfN Journals. The first two episodes are audio versions of recent episodes in the SfN Journals: In Conversation webinar series: "Interoception Primes Emotional Processing: Multimodal Evidence from Neurodegeneration" and "Fallacies in Neuroscience".
New From Neuronline
Looking for advice, discussions, and content for navigating your career? Discover the latest Neuronline resources by following @NeuronlineSfN on Twitter and signing up for email updates.
Getting What You Want Through Mentorship, Self-Reflection, and Hobbies
Watch this workshop to explore both mentor and mentee perspectives and learn best practices to foster productive relationships and address challenges.
Scientific Training
Making Neuroanatomy Approachable
Register now for Teaching Neuroscience: Reviving Neuroanatomy, an April 13 webinar with Kaitlyn Casimo, Erika Fanselow, William Grisham, and Marc Nahmani. Registration is complimentary for SfN members or $15 for nonmembers.
How to Strengthen Trainees' Skills for Diverse Careers
Victoria Prince, dean for graduate affairs in the biological sciences division at the University of Chicago, explains how to ensure that trainees are well-equipped to pursue various career paths, including using individual development plans (IDPs) and connecting with previous trainees.
Awards & Prizes
Call for Nominations: 2022 Awards and Prizes
The nomination period for SfN’s many named awards and prizes opens next Tuesday, March 29. Plan to nominate an exceptional trainee, colleague, or mentor
Call for Nominations for ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize are now open. The ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize recognizes the efforts of individual scientists in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the brain sciences through advocacy, mentorship or the implementation of DEI initiatives and policies. This year, the focus will be on contributions by junior researchers who are based in Europe. Applications from students, postdocs, technicians, research associates and staff scientists will be considered. The call for nominations will close on April 4 and the award will be presented at the FENS Forum in Paris on July 11.
Nominations for Einstein Foundation Award are now open. Researchers working to increase the transparency and robustness of scientific results, for example through replication studies and open science approaches, can apply for the Einstein Foundation Award 2022. The international price is awarded in three categories: to individual researchers, to institutions (each €200K), and to early career researchers (€100K). Read about the requirements, the winners in 2021, and the jury at einsteinfoundation.de/award. Deadline for applications and nominations is April 30, 2022.
The 12th annual Art of Neuroscience competition is now open for submissions. The Art of Neuroscience is an international competition open to scientists and artists worldwide. The deadline for this year's competition is May 15, 2022. The winner will be awarded € 1.000, and € 250 will be awarded to each to four honorable mentions. Submissions can include images or videos representing actual neural data or tissue, but also more abstract visualizations, sculptures or even musical scores that are in some way related to concepts about nervous tissue, the brain or cognition. Submit your artworks for the 2022 edition of Art of Neuroscience! For questions, please email aon@nin.knaw.nl
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