Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

(FENS)

FENS has been established in 1998 to advance

research and education in neuroscience in Europe.

http://www.fens.org

FENS represents a large number of national European neuroscience

societies and several monodisciplinary societies.

28 national member societies:

Armenian Neuroscience Society Austrian Neuroscience Association Belgium Society of Neuroscience Brain Research Society of Finland British Neuroscience Association Croatian Society for Neuroscience Czech Neuroscience Society Danish Society for Neuroscience Dutch Neurofederation Georgian Neuroscience Association German Neuroscience Society Hellenic Society for Neuroscience Hungarian Neuroscience SocietyIsrael Society for Neurosciences

National Neuroscience Society of Romania Neuroscience Society of Turkey

Norwegian Neuroscience Society Polish Neuroscience Society Russian Physiological SocietySlovak Society for NeuroscienceSlovenian Neuroscience Association Sociedad Española de Neurociencia Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurosciências Società Italiana di Neuroscienze Societé des Neurosciences Swedish Neuroscience Network Swiss Society for Neuroscience Ukranian Society for Neuroscience

7 Monodisciplinary Societies:

EBBS European Brain and Behaviour Society EBPS European Behavioural Pharmacology Society ECNP European College of NeuropsychopharmacologyESN European Society of Neurochemistry Euro-CNS European Confederation of Neuropathological Societies

FEPS Federation of Psychophysiology Societies IBANGS The International Behavioural and Neural Genetic Society

FENS represents more than 17.000 European neuroscientists.

FENS is governed by the FENS Council. The FENS Council is formed by representatives of all member societies. The FENS administration is delegated to the Executive Committee, elected by the Council. Members of the Executive Committee are elected for two years, and can be re-elected only once. The Executive Committee is supported by three offices based in Berlin, Bordeaux and Kuopio.

FENS Executive Committee 2006 -2008

President

Secretary-General

Treasurer

President-elect

Past President

Chair Programme Committee

Chair Schools Committee

Chair NENS Committee

Richard Morris, United Kingdom

Asla Pitkänen, Finland

Alois Saria, Austria

Helmut Kettenmann, Germany

Tamás Freund, Hungary

Eckart Gundelfinger, Germany

Susan Sara, France

Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Germany

FENS Activities:

FENS PENS (Programme of European Neurosience Schools)

FENS NENS (Network of European Neuroscience Schools)

European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN)

FENS Forum

FENS Awards

FENS Services

FENS Forum

Every two years, in summer, FENS organises a large European meeting, called the FENS Forum. Every second year the FENS Forum attracts up to 5.000 participants.

FENS members are entitled to participate in the FENS forum at the reduced members rate.

1998 - Berlin, June 27 - July 1 2000 - Brighton, June 24 - 28 2002 - Paris, July 13 - 17 2004 - Lisbon, July 10 – 14 2006 – Vienna, July 8 - 12 2008 - Geneva, July 12 – 16 2010 – Amsterdam, July 3 - 7

Facts on FENS Forum 2006 in Vienna

Total number of participants: 5.145

Number of students: approx. 2.000

Participating countries: approx. 70

Strongest participation from

Germany (approx. 850),

France (approx. 480),

UK (approx. 460),

Italy (approx. 430),

Spain (approx. 400)

Poster: 3289

Symposia: 56

Plenaries and Lectures: 18

Number of Exhibitors: 102

Exhibition Area: 1053 qm

NENS (Network of European Neuroscience Schools)

These are the goals of NENS:

the promotion of European higher education in neuroscience assisting in generating quality standards in neuroscience programmes

encouraging and supporting mobility among students and teachers

increasing choices and opportunities for students (and teachers)

improving the cooperation among current and future European scientists

generating new and significant knowledge in the field

laying the basis for obtaining funding within EU programmes (e.g. M. Curie)

More than 140 programmes are listed in the programme directory on the FENS

homepage.

PENS (Programme of European Neurosience Schools)

PENS is a collaboration between FENS and IBRO

PENS combines previous activities of FENS (FENS Schools Programme) and IBRO (WERC and CEERC-sponsored schools)

PENS supports Schools and Courses that cover broad aspects in the Neurosciences. Particular emphasis is laid on an active involvement of the students.

PENS is sponsored by:

****PENS Schools 2009: Call for Organizers now open****Deadline: July 31, 2008www.fens.org/pens/form

NEUROTRAIN Neurosience Training in Europe

Supported by the European Commission, Research Directorate General, Marie Curie

Conferences and Training Courses, Contract No. MSCF-CT-2005-029703

Satellite Event of the FENS Forum 2006 in Vienna

Training Course in Portugal (early summer 2007)

Training Course in Croatia (fall 2007)

Training Course in Austria (summer

2008)

Topic of the programme: brain function and dysfunction linked by neuro-plasticity as common key mechanism in adult brain development, e.g. for learning and memory as well as for the recovery of the injured brain.

European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN)

EJN is the official journal of FENS

published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

Free access to EJN online is offered to the individual members of the FENS member societies.

Print subscriptions to EJN are also offered at advantageous rates to FENS members.

FENS Awards

FENS biennially launches four research awards. The call for application for all four awards is open in the odd years in spring.

Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research AwardThis award is donated by the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. This award of 25.000 Euro is bestowed to a young scientist under 40 years of age. GSK Neuroscience AwardThis award is donated by GlaxoSmithKline, in recognition of outstanding and innovative scientific work in neural stem cell research. The prize money is 25.000 Euro. There is no age limit. FENS EJN AwardThis award is donated by Wiley-Blackwell, publishers of EJN. This personal prize of 18.000 Euro is bestowed to a senior scientist. FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize This award is donated by Wiley-Blackwell, publishers of EJN. This personal prize of 12.000 Euro is bestowed to a young scientist. The age limit is 40 years.

Brain Awareness Week

The directors of the Dana Foundation

approved a grant in the amount of

24.000 Euros to FENS, which was

supplemented with 5.000 Euros by

FENS. This money enabled FENS to fund

small grants to European Brain

Awareness Week partner organizations

for public programming during the

campaign in 2008. FENS distributed

these grants in a competitive procedure.

A call for applications was launched and

34 projects in 16 different European

countries were selected for support.

FENS ServicesOffers for members at a glance

FENS members can register at reduced rates for the FENS Forum.

FENS members have access to EJN online free of charge and can subscribe to the print edition at a reduced rate.

FENS members can apply for one of the free abstracts slots for the Annual meetings of the American Society for Neuroscience. Slot holders can register for the SfN meeting at reduced rates.

FENS members can subscribe at very attractive discounts to several leading neuroscience journals.

FENS members receive regularly the FENS e-mailings with job ads, the EJN table of contents, the FENS News etc.

FENS members can apply for stipends for the FENS Forum.

FENS has close relationship with several societies and associations:

FENS Relations

International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)

European Commission (EC)

European Dana Alliance for the Brain

European Brain Council (EBC)

American Society for Neuroscience

FENS Offices

FENS Office BerlinProf. Dr. Helmut Kettenmann (Meino Gibson / Annika Buchheister)MDCRobert-Rössle-Str. 1013092 BerlinTel.: 0049 30 9406 3133 / 3336e-mail: gibson@mdc-berlin.de a.buchheister@mdc-berlin.de

Tasks: Fens Homepage, e-mail service, EJN online, FENS awards, financial matters, printed matters, NENS, PENS

FENS Office BordeauxDr. Dominique PoulainFENS Executive Director(Clémence Fouquet)Université Victor Segalen146 rue Léo SaignatF-33076 Bordeaux cédexFranceTel.: 0033 557 573 731e-mail: fensforum@bordeaux.inserm.fr Tasks: Consultancy activities, Electronic handling of the FENS Forum, online registration, handling of symposium proposals, abstract handling

FENS Office KuopioProf. Dr. Asla Pitkänen(Sari Koskelo)University of KuopioA.I. Virtanen InstituteP.O. Box 1627Fin-70211 KuopioFinlandTel.: 00358 17 163 296eMail: asla.pitkanen@uku.fi

Tasks: International affairs, council meetings, executive committee meetings, travel grants, fellowships

......we wish you a pleasant stay in Geneva!

FENS Forum 2008

July 12 – 16, 2008

......we hope to see you again in Amsterdam!

FENS Forum 2010

July 3 – 7, 2010