The ALBA Network is offering travel awards for early-career brain science researchers from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in the next edition of the FENS Forum, taking place on 25-29 June 2024 in Vienna, Austria. The grants are supported by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) and the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation (CHS).
Who qualifies as an underrepresented person?
An underrepresented minority can be defined as an individual whose percentage of the population in a given group is lower than their percentage of the population in the country. At the ALBA Network, our definition of an underrepresented person is someone who identifies with one or more of the following:
- Women and LGBTQIA+ individuals
- With disability, neurodivergence or chronic medical condition
- Of first generation status (being the first in a family to attend university)
- Born into racial, ethnic or caste groups that are historically underrepresented in their country of origin and/or work
- Who do not speak English as their primary language
- Living in low socio-economic area
- Facing forced migration or displacement due to war, human rights abuses, political conflict, natural disasters
- With difficult personal circumstances (e.g., caregiving responsibilities)
- From families with low-income or limited social mobility
- Weak passport holders (according to latest Henley Passport Index)
- Studying or working in a country with low gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) measured against gross domestic product (GDP) and number of researchers per million inhabitants (according to latest UIS statistics)