FENS Member Society Application 2025

As the voice of European neuroscience, FENS represents and serves a community of over 22,000 scientists and 43 neuroscience societies. FENS members enjoy a wide range of benefits, facilitating networking, discussions and education in Europe and beyond. FENS membership is automatically granted to the individual members of all FENS member societies.

Societies and organisations interested in joining FENS as a Full or Associate Member Society are invited to complete this application form, which will be reviewed by the FENS Executive Committee and submitted for approval to the FENS Governing Council.

Please contact office@fens.org if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your interest in joining FENS. We look forward to receiving your application.

Please indicate for which member society status your organisation is applying:

FENS Full Member SocietyFENS Associate Member Society

FENS Full Member Society

Full Member Societies of the Association are legally registered (i.e. having legal personality) European national neuroscience societies and European or international multidisciplinary and monodisciplinary neuroscience-related societies whose objectives correspond with those of the Association.

Eligibility as a Full Member Society comprises the geographical requirement of having its legal seat located in Europe. Exceptions to this requirement can be approved by the Governing Council provided that an organisation has a strong focus of its activities in Europe. Each country may only be represented by one national neuroscience society.

Full Member Societies pay an annual membership fee that is decided by the Executive Committee.
Full Member Societies are entitled to attend and participate in all meetings of the Governing Council, and have voting rights in the Governing Council.
Full Member Societies are entitled to propose, prepare and participate in FENS regional meetings.
Members of Full Member Societies are entitled to receive FENS membership benefits.

More details about Full Member Societies can be found in the FENS Articles of Association and Bylaws.

FENS Associate Member Society

Associate Member Societies are legally registered (i.e. having legal personality) scientific societies or other organisations active in the field of neuroscience, of which the objectives correspond with those of the Association, but that cannot join the Association as a Full Member Society. Associate Member Society membership is open to societies and organisations inside and outside of Europe.

Associate Member Societies pay an annual membership fee that is decided by the Executive Committee.
Associate Member Societies are not entitled to attend and participate in meetings of the Governing Council, and have no voting rights in the Governing Council, irrespective of the nature of the decision and including matters affecting their rights and obligations.
Members of Associate Member Societies are entitled to receive FENS membership benefits.

More details about Associate Member Societies can be found in the FENS Articles of Association and Bylaws.

Society Name*

Legal entity type

If 'Other', please indicate

Year Established*

Website*

Social Media*

'N/A' if no social media accounts

Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City

Postal / Zip CodeCountry

FENS Member Societies are typically located in Europe. It is understood that exceptions to this requirement can be approved by the FENS Governing Council, provided that an organisation has a strong focus of its activities in Europe (as defined in the FENS Bylaws).

If your society has no seat in Europe: describe to which extent your organisation has a strong focus of its activities in Europe.

Main Contact*

PrefixFirst NameLast Name

Society position*

Email*

example@example.com

Society Vision and Mission*

Main Society Activities*

Motivation Statement*

Please describe why your organisation wishes to become a FENS Member Society. How will your society and members profit from FENS membership and how will your society and its members contribute, expand, and enrich the FENS mission?0/250

Core Values of FENS*

Please provide a statement on how your society fulfills the core values of FENS (https://www.fens.org/about-fens).0/250

Member categories*

Number of current members (by category if possible)*

Annual membership fee(s) per member category*

Geographical distribution

Gender distribution

Position*

If 'Other', please indicate.

Name*

PrefixFirst NameLast Name

Email*

example@example.com

Position*

If 'Other', please indicate.

Name*

PrefixFirst NameLast Name

Email*

example@example.com

Position*

If 'Other', please indicate.

Name*

PrefixFirst NameLast Name

Email*

example@example.com

Position

If 'Other', please indicate.

Name

PrefixFirst NameLast Name

Email

example@example.com

Officer Tenureship(s) *

Official period of service for officers

Official Letter of Request signed by the Society President *

Society Statutes (or Articles of Association)*

Please upload your Society's Statutes

Society Bylaws (or Internal Regulations*

Society Logo*

Any other Remarks

Please share any remarks or questions you may have

Personal data*

I understand and agree that the personal information provided in this application is stored by FENS and that I will be kept updated about future relevant FENS activities.

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