Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2026

Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2026

Nomination form
This award is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and is announced by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.

The award is given in recognition of outstanding and innovative scientific work from all areas of neuroscience research. The personal prize amounts to 25,000 EUR.

Candidates must be maximum 15 years post PhD at the nomination deadline, excluding any periods of documented parental or health-related leave

Candidates may either apply themselves or be proposed by a fellow neuroscientist. Candidates should either be of European origin or affiliated with a European institution.

The Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2026 will be presented during the FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona. The prize winner will give a special lecture at the meeting.

Nominations must be submitted online (by filling in the form below) by 12 December 2025.

The deadline for submission of recommendation letters is 14 December 2025.
1. Candidate details
Prefix of candidate
Name of candidate*

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Email of candidate*
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Gender of candidate*
Position of candidate*

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Country of residence*
If the candidate is residing outside of Europe, please mention their nationality (must be of European origin)
Year the candidate obtained their PhD (must be maximum 15 years post PhD at the nomination deadline of 12 December 2025 minus periods of leave)*
Total time spent by the candidate on documented parental or health-related leave (if applicable)
This will be deducted from the time since the candidate obtained their PhD. They may be asked to provide relevant documentation by email.
2. Application details
Short CV of the candidate (max. 2 pages)*

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List of maximum 10 relevant publications of the candidate (PubMed format)*
Please note that it is not necessary for your publications to be PubMed indexed, but we do ask that you use the PubMed formatting to list your publications. How to format your publications: https://www.fens.org/careers/grants-and-stipends/format-your-publications
Short summary of candidate's main research (max 500 words)*

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Direction of candidate's future research projects (max 500 words)*

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3. References
Indicate the names and email addresses of two scientists in the field willing to write a letter of recommendation on request. Once you submit your nomination, they will receive an automated email at the email address you indicate here with instructions on how to submit their letters. Please make sure they have received the email (and checked their spam folders). Please note the deadline for the referees to submit their letters is 14 December 2025.

We highly recommend you contact the referees before you submit your nomination and request that they prepare and send their letters before this date.
Name of first scientist*

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Name of second scientist*

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4. Nominating entity (your details)
For administrative purposes please fill in the contact details of the person making the nomination (even if you are self-nominating and have already included them above):
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Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2026

1. Candidate details

2. Application details

3. References

4. Nominating entity (your details)