Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Travel Fellowship
The annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society typically enjoys robust attendance from individuals from institutions based in the US and Canada, Europe, and Northeast Asia. To help promote geographic diversity in our science, the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience has teamed up with CNS to create the JoCN Travel Fellowship, which provides a travel stipend of $3000, plus waived conference registration and waived poster submission fee, to one trainee based at an institution located in each of five regions that have been underrepresented at the CNS conference: Oceania and Southeast Asia; South Asia; Africa; West Asia; and southern Western Hemisphere (excludes Canada and USA).
How to apply for the 2026 JoCN Travel Fellowship.
Applicants must submit two items to JoCNtravelfellowship@gmail.com:
1) An abstract describing research similar to what they would most likely present at CNS 2026*;
2) A brief letter from the applicant’s primary research mentor. This letter should not exceed 300 words in length, and should include:
a) a statement confirming that without this fellowship the applicant would be unable to travel to CNS 2026,
b) confirmation that the abstract summarizes work that can reasonably be expected to be ready to submit at CNS 2026*; and
c) a summary of how this opportunity would help advance the applicant’s scientific aspirations.
By applying, applicants confirm their intent to attend the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 7-10, 2026 in Vancouver, Canada.
Application Deadline for 2026 JoCN Travel Fellowship: 20 August, 2025.
*The deadline is intended to allow sufficient time to obtain a visa to travel to Canada. It is understood that, in the summer of 2025, applicants may not have collected as much data as would typically be expected for a conference abstract submission. The primary criteria for evaluation will be the inherent interest of the research question and the methods used to test it.
JoCN Travel Fellows from previous years:
2025
- Phuong Dang, Queensland Brain Institute, Australia
- Marisol Espinoza, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Mexico
- Moramay Ramos-Flores, Institute of Neurobiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Querétaro, Mexico
- Ankit Yadav, National Brain Research Centre, India
- Hasan Duymuş, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Psychology, Turkey
2024
- Esaú Sirius, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), São Paulo, Brazil
- Emily Brooks, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Vinsea A V Singh, National Brain Research Centre, India
- İpek Çiftçi, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2023
- Christine A. Leonards, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville,Victoria, Australia
- Zeguo Qiu, The University of Queensland
- Veena Kander, Department of Neurophysiology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Kenneth Oparaji, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Nigeria
2022
- Sophie Smit, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Prerna Dash, Department of Human Development and Childhood Studies, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi
- Nursima Ünver, Psychology Department, Sabanci University, İstanbul, Türkiye
- Eduardo Gonzalez-Alemany, Department of Cognitive and Social Neurosciences, Center for Neurosciences of Cuba, La Habana, Cuba
March 7 – 10, 2026
