NeuroScience 2010

SfN's annual meeting provides the world's largest forum for neuroscientists to debut research and network with colleagues from around the world.

ERC involvement

•   Workshop:
  From Trainee to Independent Investigator: Funding Your Transitions
  Organizer/Moderator: Andres S. Barria, PhD; Anne M Etgen, PhD
  Location: Room 3
  Date & Time: Monday, November 15, 2010, 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
  Dr Nicolas Voilley, ERC Scientific Programme Officer, will speak at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in a session entitled "Funding Career Transitions"
  This workshop will provide information about sources of funding to assist "early career" scientists (predoctoral fellows, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty) in transitioning to the status of independent investigator. The focus will be on mechanisms of support for two career transition points: (1) from predoctoral to postdoctoral training and (2) from postdoctoral fellow to first independent faculty position. The workshop brings together representatives of federal agencies and private foundations that provide fellowships for postdoctoral fellows and early career scientists. Speakers will describe a variety of programs, some that are restricted to US citizens and permanent residents (e.g., NIH National Research Service Awards and most K awards; NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and CAREER Awards) and others that are open to international trainees and investigators (e.g., through the Fogarty International Center and American Heart Association and the European Research Council). The presentations will also include information on strategies for selecting the most appropriate mechanism and preparing a competitive application. After the didactic presentations and a question/answer period, agency representatives will be available to discuss specific programs and to make appointments to meet with potential candidates.
  More, information on Dr Nicolas Voilley:
  After his PhD in 1995 at the University of Nice and postdoc at the University of Montreal in the field of human physiology and pathology, Nicolas Voilley started his own research in France at the CNRS on ion channels in neuroscience, investigating the molecular mechanism, regulation and pharmacology of pain in physio-pathological conditions. He joined the ERC in 2007 as Research Programme officer, coordinating the evaluation and follow up of research projects funded by the ERC in the life sciences domain.

•  ERC is present for the first time at the Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting. Come and see us at booth n°3809