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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 (up to US $ 15,000). Additionally, the ISN-CC sponsors neurochemistry symposia within meetings of other scientific societies or groups (up to US $ 7,000). Applications are examined by the ISN-CC and are granted on a competitive basis according to the following guidelines:

1. The conference should be dealing with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry.

2. The conference 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. Support for small conferences should be preferably used as ISN Young Neurochemist Small Conference Fellowships and for the organisers. The name and location of the fellowship awardees should be listed in the meeting's brochure and in the post-meeting report.

4. A symposium supported by ISN in a meeting of another society or scientific group should be designated an ISN Symposium and advertised as such in the meeting's brochure. Funds should be used to cover travel, registration and accommodation expenses of speakers. Only APEX costs will be covered.

5. Satellite conferences of the ISN Biennial International Meetings will be supported from a different fund. Applications should be addressed to the Chairman of the ISN Meeting Program Committee.

6. 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.

In the case of approval, the applicant(s) will receive 80 % of the amount granted before the meeting. The residual 20 % will be transferred to the principal organiser upon receipt of the meeting report and approval by the chairperson of the ISN-CC.

Upon approval of an application the funds will be sent to an account of the applicant’s institution or a bank account established to finance the conference or symposium. Other arrangements will be considered but must be approved in advance by the ISN Treasurer.

The applications 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 three months after the deadlines and within a year after the application was submitted.

Inquiries and formal applications, which may be submitted twice a year (April 30 and October 31), should be sent by Email to:

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

• Small Conference Application
• Symposium Application

Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee. Meeting reports.