FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme
IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) and FENS
Who can apply: You must be a Master’s or PhD neuroscience student, or a postdoctoral fellow within five years of the start of your postdoc, and you must currently be studying or working in Europe. There is no citizenship test, but the location requirement is real: both the home and the host laboratory have to be in Europe and in… What is funded: Up to EUR 4,000 towards travel and local expenses for a goal-directed laboratory visit of at least four weeks in an established European laboratory. Funds are released 60:40, with 60 per cent paid at least two weeks before the visit and the remaining 40 per cent after the exchange and the grant report. Deadline: 15 October 2026. The funder does not state a timezone for this deadline, so check the official page for the exact cut-off time. Round: October 2026 round, open for applications from 1 June 2026. The programme runs twice a year, on 15 April and 15 October. FENS states the cut-off as midnight Brussels time, which does not say which day it ends, so treat 15 October as the last safe day and submit before it..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) and FENS, official page.
Who can apply
- You must be a Master's or PhD neuroscience student, or a postdoctoral fellow within five years of the start of your postdoc, and you must currently be studying or working in Europe. There is no citizenship test, but the location requirement is real: both the home and the host laboratory have to be in Europe and in different countries. You must be a member of a FENS member society, an individual FENS member, or a member of an IBRO member organisation in the Pan-Europe region. A letter of acceptance from the host laboratory and a letter of reference from your home group leader are mandatory. The stay must last at least four weeks, must be completed within one year of the award, and only one application per round is allowed.
Stage dates
Single application stage. A letter of acceptance from the host laboratory and a reference letter from your home group leader are mandatory, so start arranging both well before the date.15 October 2026
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.