We are pleased to announce that a limited number of childcare grants will be available to help cover expenses incurred by participation in Cosyne 2025. Awards can be used to support participation at either the main meeting or workshops. Applicants should provide a 1-2 paragraph summary of their situation and how the grant will be used to facilitate participation in Cosyne. Preference will be given to those with young children and/or extenuating circumstances. This program is supported by our sponsors, including the Gatsby Foundation. The responses we receive will help us expand and tailor the program in future years.

APPLY FOR CHILDCARE GRANT

Purpose: To ensure that early-career scientists with highly scored abstracts will be able to present their work at the meeting.
Eligibility: For Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty members. The applicant must be the presenting author on a submitted abstract and must declare a need for travel funds.
Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined primarily based on merit (reviewer scores). For some awards, special consideration will be given to applicants in areas of interest to the donors. You are more likely to receive an award if you are a first author, an author on an oral presentation, an author on multiple presentations, and a first-time award recipient.

APPLY FOR PRESENTERS GRANT

Purpose: To bring scientists that have not previously attended the Cosyne meeting to the meeting for the exchange of ideas with the community. We hope that these scientists will have their research enriched by the experience and may become regular attendees.
Eligibility: For undergraduate students, Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, PIs, or other research positions. The applicant does NOT need to be an author on a submitted abstract, but must declare a need for travel funds, and must declare that she/he has not previously attended the meeting.
Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the applicant’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to members of underrepresented minority groups.

APPLY FOR NEW ATTENDEES GRANT

Purpose: To bring early-career scientists of underrepresented minority groups to the meeting, and to acknowledge Cosyne PIs that are contributing to this effort (“Cosyne Mentor”).
Eligibility: Applicants for the award should be faculty-level independent investigators who are intending to accompany a student (undergraduate or graduate) to the Cosyne meeting. The travel grant will fund only the student's travel expenses, but the application must be submitted by the faculty investigator (i.e., the PI), not the student. The faculty member should know the student well, typically as a teacher and/or a research advisor.
Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the prospective mentor’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to students of underrepresented minority groups.

APPLY FOR MENTORSHIP GRANT

Purpose: To bring undergraduate students with a strong interest in neuroscience to the meeting.
Eligibility: For undergraduate students. The applicant does NOT need to be an author on a submitted abstract, but must declare a need for travel funds, and must declare that she/he has not previously attended the meeting.
Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the applicant’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to members of underrepresented groups.

APPLY FOR UNDERGRADUATE GRANT