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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.

Open Access Papers on Equity in STEM

Explore ALBA’s latest insights and recommendations on disability inclusion, queer data practices, equitable funding — by our Working Groups in EJN and PLOS journals.

Open Call: 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture

Nominate outstanding neuroscientists from underrepresented countries! Winner receives honorarium and presents Special Lecture at FENS Forum 2026. Deadline 29 October 2025.

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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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.