Global association supporting neuroscience through grants, education & outreach
Discover IBRO’s journals, Neuroscience & IBRO Neuroscience Reports: @ibrojournals.bsky.social
Join #IBRO2027 in Cape Town (Sep 2027): https://ibroworldcongress.org

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Global association supporting neuroscience through grants, education & outreach
Discover IBRO’s journals, Neuroscience & IBRO Neuroscience Reports: @ibrojournals.bsky.social
Join #IBRO2027 in Cape Town (Sep 2027): https://ibroworldcongress.org
Earlier this week, the third #NCAMH cohort gathered for 3 days of building their research capacity, collaboration & connection to accelerate their mental health project
Today, on #WorldMentalHealthDay, we celebrate these researchers, and everyone working to advance the field!
🎉 And the 2026 IBRO Parenthood Grant awardees are…!
We’re excited to announce this year’s awardees, supporting early-career scientists as they continue their research while taking parental leave.
👏 Congratulations to all the awardees!
In Puerto Rico, Dr. Manuella Oliveira Yassa used an IBRO–Dana Foundation #BrainAwarenessWeek Grant to create a booklet connecting neuroscience with culture and everyday life.
💬 Read her interview & discover the 2027 #BAW Grants: https://ow.ly/i2qB50ZVtYu
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Oct 2026
Looking for #BrainAwarenessWeek inspiration? 🧠
Last year, Notre Dame’s Brain Awareness Fair, in Indiana, turned a pop-up science museum into a community experience with support from an IBRO–Dana Foundation BAW Grant.
🌎 Apply by 15 Oct: https://ibro.org/grant/brain-awareness-week-grants/
🧠 What is shaping the future of neuroscience in India?
In #50Neuroscience Reflection #38, Prof. Kavita Babu IBRO-APRC member, highlights advances from pain & itch research to open tools for studying behavior.
🔗 Read the piece: https://ow.ly/8Bhu50ZVi0J
With the 2027 call now open, here’s inspiration from a past #BrainAwarenessWeek event in Argentina! 🌎
“One Brain at a Time” brought science, art & technology together for an immersive experience.
💡 Apply by 15 Oct to support your 2027 #BAW event: https://ibro.org/grant/brain-awareness-week-grants/
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⏰ Deadline approaching!
Master’s students, PhD candidates & early-career postdocs in Europe can spend 4 weeks–4 months training in an established European lab through the FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships.
📅 Apply by 15 Oct: https://ow.ly/pLAg50ZUnJO
🌏 Looking for #BrainAwarenessWeek inspiration?
In Melbourne, “Fueling Your Brain” used a family-friendly approach to explore how nutrition affects brain function & mood 🥦
Apply by 15 Oct to support your 2027 #BAW event: https://ow.ly/vLke50ZUmOj
🍂 October is here & the deadlines are coming up!
🌍 FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships | 15 Oct
🧠 Brain Awareness Week Grants | 15 Oct
🔬 Neuroscience Training Grants | 31 Oct
🔎 Explore IBRO #funding here: https://ow.ly/WCcT50ZUlOm
Leena Ali Ibrahim Flavio Zolessi Camilla Bellone Eiman Azim
🧠 With the 2027 call open, this week we’re looking at past #BAW events by region. Today: Africa!
In 2025, IBRO & Dana Foundation brought #BAW to Cameroon’s Minawao refugee camp, raising awareness of brain & mental health.
💡 Apply by 15 Oct: https://ow.ly/G4mR50ZTXlo
In 2025, World Women in Neuroscience and IBRO created opportunities for women #neuroscientists to learn & grow through mentoring, skills development & global workshops.
🔎 Discover our work: https://ow.ly/aWAy50ZTZMT
And read more about IBRO 2025 partnerships: https://ow.ly/sbfB50ZTZMS
⏰ 2 weeks left to apply for an IBRO/Dana Foundation grant of up to USD 1,250 to support your 2027 #BrainAwarenessWeek event!
Make sure your proposal:
🌍 Aligns with ALBA Network guidelines
📣 Follows IBRO’s visibility guidelines
Apply by 15 Oct: https://ibro.org/grant/brain-awareness-week-grants/
Reminder for #WWNGlobalConnectome2027 Call for Proposals by Oct 30, 2026.
Need some inspiration or guidance before submitting? You can contact us to request a sample proposal by email with subject: “WWN Proposal 2027”
Read for more details - https://shorturl.at/DyFNN
In collab @ibroorg.bsky.social
At IBRO, diversity, equity & inclusion go beyond buzzwords. #DEI shapes how we fund, build partnerships & support projects. 👇
See how #DEI was put into practice in 2025 in the latest IBRO Annual Report:
https://ibro.org/about/ibro-annual-reports/
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🧠 What happens when learning gets boring?
In our latest Author Interview, Dr Yuvaraj Rajamanickam explores boredom during learning and how students respond to different videos.
👉 Read more: https://ow.ly/Y6KW50ZRuVr
International Brain Research Organization | Elsevier Life Sciences Journals
🇨🇴 From clinic to lab, from single disciplines to multidisciplinary research - that's the story of 50 years of Colombian #neuroscience community.
Read the full story: https://ibro.org/50-reflections-on-neuroscience-37-colombia/
Elsevier Life Sciences Journals | Francesca Cirulli | MIND Lab
🌟 #ALBA-IBRO Session at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences!
🗓️ 9 October 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
📍 Gurugram, India
👉️ Learn more: buff.ly/XDjocCH
🧠 Need inspiration for your 2027 #BrainAwarenessWeek grant? Explore past #BAW events👇
Have an idea that fits or something completely different? Apply by 15 Oct for IBRO/Dana funding to bring brain awareness to your community
🔗https://ibro.org/grant/brain-awareness-week-grants/