FKNE PhD Thesis Prize 2026

Ends on 15 February 2026

The FKNE PhD Thesis Prize is awarded every second year at the FENS Forum and honours a young neuroscientist for his/her outstanding PhD thesis in any domain of neuroscience.

Personal prize money: EUR 2.000 

Eligibility

• The PhD must have been conducted in a FENS member country;
• the candidate must have successfully defended the PhD thesis at the home institution;
  at the time of the submission, no more than two years may have elapsed since the PhD was awarded;
• the candidate must have at least one first-author manuscript published or accepted for publication. In case of a co-first authorship, the contribution of the applicant must be clearly stated on the publication, and can be further outlined in an accompanying document;
• the candidate has to be available to attend the FENS Forum 2026 (Barcelona, 6-10 July 2026)

Find out more about the award here.