How To Organize A Public Education Event About The Brain
Competition: Funding For Public Education Initiatives 2008
Since 2004 the Brain Campaign has provided small grants to assist groups organizing public education events to promote public understanding of the brain in IBRO’s ARC, LARC and APRC regions (Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific). The 2008 competition for funding opens on December 1, 2007. While there is no specific closing date, please note that if the event is to take place during Brain Awareness Week (March 2008) your application must be received before January 31, 2008. Otherwise, please allow 6-8 weeks for your application to be reviewed and for the funds to be made available. Applicants should complete the form below and send it to estherlennon@ntlworld.com
New for 2008
In 2007 the Brain Campaign asked volunteers to help us provide a multilingual public education resource that could be used to support public education initiatives on the brain worldwide. The booklet “Neuroscience The Science of the Brain” has now been translated into 17 different languages. For 2008 the Brain Campaign is running a second opportunity for groups who wish to make hard copies of this material to support their brain education event. The booklet can be printed in its entirety or specific sections may be used. The booklet is available on a CDROM and on-line Current language availability includes: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Russian, Armenian, Farsi, Arabic, Hindi, Swahili Mandarin and Japanese. To view the booklet in English, Spanish and Mandarin go to http://www.bna.org.uk/publications/brain_sci.html.
Notes about your application
1. Awards are for events to be held in the IBRO Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific Regions ARC, LARC, APRC) only. Similar schemes are available from SfN and FENS to provide support for events to be held in the USA and Europe respectively.
2. In general you may request up to 500 euros, or up to 1000 euros if 500 euro is for the printing costs of our Brain Education Booklet. Requests for larger amounts are rarely granted.
3. You will need to justify how money provided by the Brain Campaign will be spent and provide details of other sources of funding.
APPLICATION FORM FUNDING FOR BRAIN AWARENESS EVENT IN 2008
Completed form should be sent to
Esther Binns (estherlennon@ntlworld.com)
| Name, address and telephone/fax number of applicant(s) (please state job title and business address). |
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Department and Institution.
Name of head of department
(please provide e-mail address). |
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| Title of Project |
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| Amount of funding sought. |
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| Location of the event and target audience. |
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Date of event
(If event is due to take place before 1 April 1, 2008 the deadline for application is January 31, 2008) |
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Please suggest an IBRO member who could be asked to referee this application.
Provide e-mail address. |
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| Give a brief description of the event. What are its objectives and how do the activities relate to the promotion of the public understanding of neuroscience? Please identify the target audience, its size and the means of delivery. |
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The financial award that you are requesting must be put to a specific use. Please give details of how you intend to use the award.
Note: under normal circumstances we can only give amounts up to €500. If your project is particularly large, the committee may consider providing a more generous award but you should contact me before proceeding. |
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| If the funding is awarded, please state when this would be taken up. |
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| If your project is intended to generate revenue, please give details. |
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| Details of size(s) and source(s) of any financial assistance that is already assured for this project or being sought. |
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