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ALBA-IBRO Social @ SfN 2025

16/11/2025 19:00 - 20:30

Neuroscience 2025, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, USA

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From Postdoc to PI - Podcast Ep. 5

What does success really mean in academia? Is it the number of papers you publish, the size of your lab, or the awards you collect or is the vision of success in academia biased? This final episode challenges the traditional views of academic success.

Global Diversity Webinars Digest

This initiative distills the key insights from the ALBA-IBRO Webinar Series: concise, accessible digests, capturing the essence of discussions on intersectionality in neuroscience. Discover now!

Declaration

The ALBA Declaration on Equity and Inclusion is a resource for concrete, positive, evidence-based actions that individuals and organizations at any level can take to promote equity and inclusivity.

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ALBA represents a global diverse network of individual neuroscientists who are involved in research, education, communication and advocacy, and are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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News

ALBA Diversity Week 2025

27-31 Oct. A week-long celebration of diversity for Global Diversity Awareness Month! Each day, we’ll highlight a different ALBA initiative, from key achievements to new projects, showing how we continue exploring diversity and intersectionality in neuroscience.

2025 CIFAR Global Scholars Program

This program offers early-career researchers the opportunity to develop and lead high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research (grant of $100,000 CAD), expand their professional networks and receive focused leadership training in their pivotal first years as independent investigators.

Survey for Early-Career Neuroscientists

What support do early-career neuroscience researchers need? Survey by The Transmitter and Neuromatch. Help shape future resources, articles, and programs. Anonymous and open to trainees worldwide.