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International Society for Neurochemistry

The ISN Conference Committee (ISN-CC) provides financial support for the organisation of small conferences on specialised neurochemical topics and sponsors neurochemistry symposia within meetings of other scientific societies or groups. Applications are examined by the ISN-CC and are granted on a competitive basis according to these guidelines. The final decision on the funding of awards is made by the Chair of ISN-CC.

Inquiries and formal applications, which may be submitted twice a year (before April 30 or October 31), should be sent by Email to: Prof. Ralf Dringen (Chairman of ISN-CC, ralf.dringen@uni-bremen.de).

Application forms:


• Small Conference Application


• ISN Symposium Application



General information on ISN-CC support:

1) A conference/symposium supported by ISN-CC should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry. Applicants should justify why their conference is important in the research area of neurochemistry and why ISN should support their conference.

2) The conference/symposium supported should be international (preferably intercontinental) as reflected by the composition of the organising committee, the list of prospective invited speakers and the countries of origin of the expected attendees. Local conferences will not be supported.

3) For applications the forms provided on the ISN homepage should be used. All required information should be carefully provided. A detailed budget for the conference should be included and a clear statement of how the support requested from ISN-CC will be spent.

4) The application must be received by the ISN-CC Chairperson by either of the deadlines (April 30 and October 31) and the activity should be held at least four months after the deadline and within a year of application submission.

5) ISN-CC strongly discourages application for support of a second consecutive conference/workshop in a series of meetings, or workshops that are organised by one society, one organizer or a group of organizers. Priority for funding will be given to conferences that have not previously received ISN-CC support. Applicants (organisers, groups of or ganisers or Societies) are required to declare if they have received previous ISN-CC support.

6) In the case of approval, the applicant(s) will receive 80% of the amount granted before the meeting. Upon approval of an application the funds must be sent to a bank account of the applicant’s institution or a designated bank account associated with the meeting. Transfer to any private bank account is not possible. The residual 20% will be transferred upon receipt of the meeting report and approval of the report by the chairperson of the ISN-CC.

7) Conferences that are supported by ISN-CC, as well as reports on ISN supported conferences, will be publicized on the ISN homepage (www.neurochemistry.org).

8) Conference organisers or chairs of supported symposia agree to submit a meeting report to the CC Chairperson within one month after the end of the meeting. The residual 20% of support will only be available and transferred if an acceptable report is received in time by the chairperson of ISN-CC.




Support for small conferences on neurochemical topics:

1) The ISN-CC provides financial support for the organisation of small conferences on specialised neurochemical topics. The conference supported should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry.

2) ISN-CC provides support of up to US $ 20,000 for a small conference.

3) At least 60% of the money granted is expected to be used as Young ISN Neurochemistry Awards to facilitate the attendance of young neurochemists (postdocs and students) at Small Neurochemical Conferences. The name and institutional affiliation of the ISN awardees should be listed in the meeting’s brochure and in the post-meeting report.




ISN Symposium in a conference of another society or scientific group:

1) The ISN Symposium should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry.

2) A symposium is a session within a meeting that normally consists of 3 to 5 presentations. Applications for support of full short meetings or satellite meetings are not considered for ISN symposium support. The application should list the title of the symposium, the names of the speakers, the titles of the presentations and at least 2 recent publications of each speaker that are relevant to the topic of the symposium.

3) Applicants can apply for up to US $ 7,000 for an ISN Symposium.

4) Funds should be used to cover travel, registration and accommodation expenses of speakers. Travel will only be supported at the level of advanced excursion rates. Expenses for honoraria, food, social events etc. will not be funded.

5) Only one ISN symposium per conference will be supported by ISN-CC.

6) A symposium supported by ISN in a meeting of another society or scientific group must be designated as an ISN Symposium and advertised in the conference material.

7) With the application, a letter of support from the chairperson of the Organising Committee of the conference should be submitted. This letter should state that the ISN-Symposium of the applicant will be included into the program as ISN-Symposium, if the application is successful.




Additional Guidelines for Applicants to ISN-CC:

Application for ISN-CC support will not be considered, if:

1) an application is received after the deadline (April 30 and October 31).

2) the conference applied for commences within four months after the deadline for applications.

3) the application does not sufficiently justify how the conference/symposium addresses an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry and why it should be supported by ISN.

4) the application does not contain a detailed budget that clearly states how the requested money will be spent according to the regulations of ISN-CC.

5) the application is for support of a satellite conferences of the ISN Biennial International Meetings. These meetings are supported from a different fund. In this case, applications are considered by the Chairperson of the ISN Meeting Program Committee.

6) the application is for support of an Annual and Biennial Meeting of the sister societies ASN, ESN and APSN. These meetings receive support from other ISN funds.

7) the applicant is a member of the ISN Council or the ISN-CC.

8) the applicant has applied or will apply for support from other ISN funds for the same conference (for example CAEN or other ISN-funded initiatives).

Address any enquiries by email to:

Dr. Ralf Dringen
Chair, ISN-CC
ralf.dringen@uni-bremen.de

• Small Conference Application
• Symposium Application



Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee. Meeting reports.