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News
IBRO's Visiting Lecture Team to hold course in Ethiopia
10/25/2010 -> 11/2/2010
Principles of modern neuroscience will be presented by a team of internationally recognized neuroscience researchers and lecturers from Western Europe and the United States at an IBRO Visiting Team Lecture Programme (VLTP) course in Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
8/6/2010 9:27:05 AM
The Neurosciences in East Africa Annual Conference 2010
9/7/2010 -> 9/10/2010
To promote neurosciences research and education in East African countries, annual meetings have been initiated in Kenya. The 1st Annual Neurosciences Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 7-10 September 2010 at the National Musuems of Kenya. Theme: The Neurosciences in Africa: Focusing on Stroke and Epilepsy. The conference will provide a forum to discuss emerging issues in neurological disorders and mental health in developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa.  
6/25/2010 6:45:59 AM
25th IBRO/ISN Neuroscience School in Africa
10/24/2010 -> 10/28/2010
The School titled “Onslaughts on the Central Dopaminergic System,” supported by The IBRO Africa Regional Committee (ARC), INS, SONA, NRF, SANS, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, will be held in Durban, South Africa. Deadline for application: July 15, 2010.
6/18/2010 4:15:34 AM
SfN-IBRO Travel Grant winners announced
Twenty-nine young investigators will receive travel grants to present their poster at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting in San Diego, USA, and two will receive funding from the IBRO-NIDA Travel Grants Programme.
6/21/2010 11:00:06 AM
Thirty travel awards granted in IBRO's competitive Int'l Travel Grants competition
Out of more than 150 applicants, the IBRO Fellowships & Travel Grants Committee has selected the top 30 young researchers to receive travel awards for attending neuroscience meetings and conferences taking place between July and December 2010. 
6/10/2010 11:11:55 AM
Brain Awareness Week funds 2010 awarded
The Brain Campaign awards funds to 26 projects from Australia to Zimbabwe.
2/19/2010 8:12:55 AM
Reports
Kinshasa, DRC. 22nd Advanced IBRO School: Diet, Toxins and Neurodegeneration
6/9/2010 -> 6/13/2010

Report on the 22nd Advanced IBRO School in Africa - co-funded by FOGARTY, Laurent-Desire Kabila Foundation, NIEHS, NEF and TWMRF - which took place June 9-13, 2010, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
8/28/2010 4:15:13 AM
Algiers, Algeria. 22nd IBRO-UNESCO African School in Neuroanatomy and Neurochemistry
1/8/2010 -> 1/15/2010

The School, attended by 21 African students, placed strong emphasis on functional neuroanatomy, either in brain or in retina, as well as how to choose appropriate techniques for physiology and physiopathology studies.
6/21/2010 1:30:17 AM
Accra, Ghana. First IBRO/ILAE Neuroscience School focuses on epilepsy in Africa
1/16/2010 -> 1/22/2010

27 African students participated in the Accra, Ghana School, jointly organized by the Africa Regional Committee (ARC) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), with cooperation from the International Basic Science Program of UNESCO.
6/21/2010 1:31:05 AM
2nd “Teaching Tools School and Workshop – The Special Senses,” held in Al-Fayoum, Egypt
12/2/2009 -> 12/6/2009

IBRO, SfN and NAS sponsored learning-centered teaching workshop. The intent of the organizers was to provide tools and a framework for teaching Neuroscience in African countries.
3/11/2010 1:50:06 AM
ISN-IBRO collaboration near the Nile
12/2/2009 -> 12/6/2009

Neuroscience school in Fayoum makes history in Egypt
2/3/2010 10:53:29 AM
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5/14/2010 1:38:59 PM
 
Documents
IBRO Africa Neuroscience Schools
View schools by Date, School theme, Location and Co-sponsors. 
5/14/2010 1:38:21 PM
How to apply on-line to IBRO (SONA) schools
In order to fill out the on-line application you have to log into this site. See instructions.
5/14/2010 3:21:27 PM
Past SONA Conferences
Held every two years since 1993.
5/14/2010 3:24:34 PM
 
Programme
Check here for currently open applications for funding
Note: Additional Latin America regional funding is also available on the LARC web site. To apply to an IBRO School, please go to the Schools web site.
6/26/2010 10:54:15 AM
Guidelines for the Recipients of IBRO Funding
How to obtain your award.
4/16/2010 3:18:13 AM
Deadlines for IBRO Funding Competitions
Check here for upcoming deadlines.
5/14/2010 1:21:27 AM
 
Fellows Corner
Return Home Fellow provides one-year update from Morocco

Samir Ahboucha comments on his progress over the past year at the University of Cadi Ayyad, in Marrakech, Morocco.
3/15/2010 12:36:19 PM
IBRO Rita Levi-Montalcini Fellow awarded MSc at University of Cape Town

Henriette Uwimpuhwe
1/7/2010 10:23:48 AM
Nigerian IBRO Fellow reports on year at Penn State College of Medicine

James Olopade
2/24/2009 2:33:10 AM
 
Other Funding
L'Oreal/UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
You are a young woman researcher in Life Sciences? You are engaged in pursuing research at the doctoral or post-doctoral level? Apply to the L'Oreal Foundation Fellowships program to join the worldwide Women in Science community.
5/28/2010 2:21:31 AM
 

 

 
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