Nominate an Outstanding Neuroscientist for an SfN Award
The nomination period for SfN’s 2022 awards and prizes is open now throughMay 12. Nominate an exceptional trainee, colleague, or mentor today!
Register for the April 18 Advocacy Forum
Register for SfN's Advocacy Forum webinar, "How to Advocate for Mental Health Research", Monday, April 18, 1- 2:30 p.m. EDT. Listen to experts in the field, including NIMH Director Joshua Gordon, on how media and the neuroscience community can work together to advocate for continued foundational mental health research.
April 13 Webinar: Making Neuroanatomy Approachable
Register now for "Teaching Neuroscience: Reviving Neuroanatomy", next Wednesday's webinar with Kaitlyn Casimo, Erika Fanselow, William Grisham, and Marc Nahmani. Registration is complimentary for SfN members or $15 for nonmembers.
Host a Satellite Event at #SfN22
Plan a meeting, symposium, social, or other group event at Neuroscience 2022. The annual meeting satellite event submission site is opening soon — stay tuned for further details or contact amsatellites@sfn.org with questions.
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President Biden Releases FY2023 Budget Request
The Biden Administration released its FY2023 budget request proposal, providing Congress funding recommendations and priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. Included in the budget proposal was nearly $49 billion for the NIH, including $5 billion for ARPA-H, $10.5 billion for the NSF, and $916 million for the VA Medical and Prosthetics Research Program.
Register for Biomedical Research Awareness Day
Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) is hosting Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) on Thursday, April 21. BRAD is an international outreach program that seeks to increase public awareness about animal roles in biomedical research, including that of non-human primates, and the resulting medical advancements that benefit both humans and animals.
Journals
Socially Responsible Science
In the latest eNeuro editorial, Editor-in-Chief Christophe Bernard asks, “how can we define responsible science in the present state of society?” Share your thoughts about this complex question in the Discussion post on the blog.
JNeurosci Annual Spotlight
JNeurosci's Annual Spotlight features articles that received the highest marks for both methodological merit and significance. See the papers selected for this year’s recognition.
New From Neuronline
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NIH Toolkit: Ensuring Women are Represented in Clinical Trials
A Gratifying First Step Toward Achieving Gender Equity in Neuroscience
Cara Altimus is a director at the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy. Read her case study on eliminating gender bias in neuroscience.
Scientific Training
May 4 Meet-the-Expert Webinar: Dani Bassett
Register for "Finding Simplicity in Complexity", the second webinar in the virtual version of SfN’s popular Meet-the-Expertsseries. Dani Bassett will discuss how network science provides this type of language, embracing greater complexity while distilling the simple rules of biological architecture and function.
Register for a Webinar on Brain Health and Disease
Register now for "Exercise in Brain Health and Disease", a free webinar organized by the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE), being held April 28 from 11 to noon EDT. Listen to experts discuss different mechanisms by which exercise positively influences brain health and function across the lifespan, from modulation of inflammation to regulation of adult neurogenesis.
Education & Outreach
Brain Awareness Video Contest Now Open
SfN is holding the Brain Awareness Video Contest to showcase videos on entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities. First place will receive $4,000 and complimentary registration to Neuroscience 2022.
A Rare Salamander Could Change How We Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Virtual Symposium FUN is sponsoring the Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Virtual Symposium (NURVS II) on April 9. The keynote speaker is Dr. Angeline Dukes, founder of Black in Neuro. The event will include poster presentations and breakout group sessions. Registration information can be found here.
The 8th annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools being held from June 21-22, 2022, is now going hybrid. Attend in-person or virtually to continue to build the BRAIN community and provide a forum for discussing exciting scientific developments and potential new directions and identifying areas for collaboration and research coordination. Registration is now open.
Registration is open until April 20, 2022 for two 3-week online summer schools in Computational Neuroscience and Deep Learning from the Neuromatch Academy.
The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology awards $25,000 annually to one young scientist (35 or younger) for outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology conducted in the past three years. The deadline for this year's entry is June 15, 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
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.
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