• CAJAL course – Neurobiology of Sleep 2026

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    Please make sure to have gathered all required information below before you start your application.

    Marked (*) items are mandatory.

    • Personal information (contact details, …)*
    • Curriculum vitae (submitted as a separate file, max 3 pages, pdf format) *
    • List of publications in peer-reviewed journals (no meeting abstracts, supply list in PubMed format)
    • First author presentations (up to six) at meetings (with co-authors and titles)
    • Motivation for attending this course (about 300 words)*
    • Research interests and background relevant for attending this Cajal course (about 300 words)*
    • Stipend requested (provide arguments for stipend, 200 words), if applicable
    • Two referees (Full name, e-mail)* (the referees will receive an e-mail asking them to support your application. Please make sure that your referees fill in the form that will be sent to them, as your application will be considered as incomplete if they don't.)

  • Do not forget to click on the "Submit application" button

    In order to validate your application, click on the "Submit your application" button.

    After clicking the submission button, you will be notified by email that your application was successfully registered. Please contact info@cajal-training.org if you don't receive a confirmation within 24 hours. Also make sure that your email address has been correctly entered in the form.

    Please note that after submitting your application, you will not be able to modify your entries anymore.

    Please click only once on the "Submit application" button. If you wish to modify data inside your application form, please contact info@cajal-training.org.


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  • *This is an eligibility criteria for one of our partners' grant. This is the date when you obtrained your high school diploma/secondary school leaving certificate (e.g. Abitur, Baccalaureate, A-Levels) or, where applicable, university entrance test (e.g. SAT/ACT, PAU, YGS/LYS, Joint Entrance Examination etc.).

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  • IMPORTANT: Check the FENS website for correct formatting of your publication list!

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  • Did you attend a Cajal course in the past?*
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  • About 20 students will be selected to attend the CAJAL course.

    Thanks to support from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and the FENS, a few stipends will be available in the form of waived registration fee or travel support.

    Given the limited amount of travel grants, participants are strongly encouraged to find their own funding via Associations, Societies, etc (FENS, IBRO, and others). Please check their websites for open calls.

    Kindly note that if you benefited from a CAJAL stipend in the past, you are no longer eligible to receive this type of funding. However, other types of funding (such as partial travel grants from sponsors) might be made available after the participants selection process, depending on the course.

  • Indicate two referees. The referees will receive an email asking them to rate your application.

    It is important that you make sure that your referees:
    - are aware of your request for recommendation
    - received the email with the form 
    - fill in the form that will be sent to them

    If no form is submitted, your application will be considered as incomplete.

    The referees have until two days after the set applications deadline to fill in their form.

  • Finally, please help us improve our courses and taylor them to the needs of neuroscientists like you, by answering a few questions.

  • Please specify if it is a Master or PhD Programme?*
  • What is your field of research?*

  • Do you feel that you need additional training for your research project or career?*
  • Which one of the following topics would you like to be trained on?*

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  • How did you hear about this course?*

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