FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies)

The GNS is on of the founding members of FENS, mangurated in 1998. In the meantime, FENS has 27 national and 6 monodisciplinary member societies.

FENS has initiated a number of programs with to goal to support neuroscience research in Europe. All GNS members are automatically FENS-members and thus are entitled to profit of FENS services:

FENS website: http://www.fens.org

FENS Forum: Every second year FENS organizes the largest European neuroscience congress with mare than 5.000 participants.
Members can participate at a reduced registration fee.

FENS Schools: Every year FENS offers several summer and winter schools Europe via the programs Neurotrain and PENS

FENS Awards: Every second year FENS announced four award: the FENS EJN Award, the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award, the GSK Neuroscience Award and the EJN Young Investigator Award.

EJN online: All FENS members, i.e. all individual members of the FENS member societies have free access to EJN-online.

FENS NENS: The European Network of Neuroscience Schools (NENS) has the goal to coordinate European educational programs in Europe and to create a platform for exchange.

FENS Job Market: This database offers the possibility to place job ads and to search for jobs. A short version of the job ads is sent once a month to all members by email.

FENS Services: FENS members can subcribe to number of journals or purchase books a special rates.

FENS News: Once a month FENS members receive a emailing with information on grants, awards, vacancies etc.