Fellowships

IBRO-APRC Exchange Fellowship   

The IBRO-APRC Exchange Fellowship aims to allow high-quality junior scientists at the level of postdoctoral fellow or junior faculty (under the age of 45) from diverse geographic and scientific areas to broaden the scope of their training in neuroscience by working 4–6 months abroad in established laboratories. Senior PhD students with a good publication record and strong justification for the exchange program will also be considered. Both the applicant and the host laboratory have to be within the Asia Pacific Region.

Selection criteria include academic credentials of the applicant and the host, as well as the quality of the research proposal with a structured research plan. Priority will be given to applicants from less developed and less well-funded countries. Strong justification must be made by the applicant that he/she will return to their home country after the exchange, bringing with them new knowledge and skills to advance neuroscience in their home countries. A firm commitment from his/her parent institution to this effect will be viewed favorably by the selection committee.

Funding of up to US$8,500 is available in principle to cover each 4-6-month fellowship. The award may vary depending on the country the successful candidate studies in. The sum is used along with matching funds from the host laboratory to defray the cost of travel and to subsidize living costs.

Applications are to be made on-line only once per year. There are no hard copies of the forms available. The applications will be selected by IBRO-APRC members.

How to apply on-line: IBRO-APRC Exchange Fellowship   

The IBRO-APRC Exchange Fellowship aims to allow high-quality junior scientists at the level of postdoctoral fellow or junior faculty (under the age of 45) from diverse geographic and scientific areas who wish to broaden the scope of their training in neuroscience by working 4–6 months abroad in established laboratories. Senior PhD students with a good publication record and strong justification for the exchange program will also be considered. Both the applicant and the host laboratory have to be within the Asia Pacific Region. The application will need to be made on the IBRO website, as described below.

Deadline for on-line application: October 1

Next exceptional deadline: August 1, 2010

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A DESCRIPTION OF THE ON-LINE APPLICATION

This document describes a typical on-line application for the APRC Exchange Fellowship.

For on-line application open the 'Apply On-line' page: http://funding.ibro.info/Pub/Pub_Collections_List.asp
Note that you have to log in the system. If you do not remember your password request it by sending an e-mail to password.funding@ibro.info. 
Check Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ on the main menu) how to become a member. 
General information about the application
Each application is composed of a set of forms as described below. Detailed instructions are also posted with each form.

Starting page of the application provides a brief summary of the program, including the requirement, conditions and deadlines.

Personal Record
The first part of the application deals with your personal data. These data are an essential component of your application and you should provide all details as requested in the forms. Note that once filled out, your personal information is available for any other IBRO programme you might apply to in the future and for your editing and updating.

1. Application status (Indicates the date of last edit and the status: active, cancelled)
2. Personal Information
3. Photo (150 x 150 pixels, jpg format)
4. Address & Telephone
5. Language Proficiency
6. Education
7. Research Info: Topic (One entry only – summarizing your current research)
8. Research Info: Interests (selected from a list)
9. Research Info: Keywords (selected from a list)
10. Research Info: Skills (enter your list)
11. Supervisors (your current Supervisor should be also included as one of the Referees).
IMPORTANT: You have to organize that your current Supervisor indicates her/his approval of the short stay in the on-line letter of reference (Form 17)
12. Positions held
13. Publications (last three years)
14. Awards (especially, all IBRO Awards)
15. Neuroscience Schools attended (especially, all IBRO Schools)
16. Neuroscience Meetings Attended (no need for complete abstracts)

Referees
17. Two Referees are required, of which one should be your current Supervisor. Your current Supervisor has to indicate her/his approval of the short stay (as indicated above - form 11)
18. This application will automatically send an e-mail to proposed Referees requesting the letter of reference and providing instructions on how to fill out the letter of reference.

Host Scientist
19. Identify the Host Scientist and the institution with whom you have previously arranged and who has agreed to accept you in her/his laboratory for the short stage.
20. This application will automatically send an e-mail to the proposed Host Scientist requesting the letter of acceptance.
21. Justification – Describe why this short stay would be important to you.

General
22. Uploading of files (normally not required)

Final
23. Confirmation of the completion of application. It is important to save this form by clicking on Restart. Note that only completed applications will be evaluated.

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A BRIEF NOTE ON ENTERING DATA IN THE FORMS

You can prepare your text in MS Word. However, you cannot simply copy-and-paste it into the forms. MS Word creates (hidden) formatting codes that cannot be displayed in the on-line forms. These hidden codes have to be removed from MS Word file. There are two ways to do it:

1. Copy your text into Notepad and from Notepad, paste the text into the form (preferred way). To copy and paste, mark the original text and use control-C to copy. Place the cursor in the form and use control-V to paste the text.
2. Or use the filter (icon eraser + W) in the Editor to clean the text of MS Word formatting. You may need to remove empty lines. 
 

New data are saved by clicking on "Insert" button. (For all subsequent entries, use "Update"). This will also open the next form in the step.
In areas where multiple entries are allowed, there will be a button "Add New". Once finished with entries, use "Continue". If there are no entries, use "Cancel".
Applications will be available on-line for editing until the deadline date - Midnight, EST (Eastern Standard Time, Montreal time).

Request for help, questions, and comments regarding this application please send e-mail to
help@ibro.info with subject indicating the nature of your message.

Please allow two working days for processing of your request.