SfN Chapters
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Membership & Chapters Committee Chair, Dr. Timothy McClintock presented 2007 Next Generation Award winners Hirofumi Watari, Jonathan Ting, Bryan White, and Kyle Frantz with their honorary plaques during the 2007 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Dr. Ting, Mr. Watari, and Mr. White of the Pacific Cascade Chapter were the Predoctural/Postdoctoral Team winners. Dr. Frantz of the Atlanta Area Neuroscience Chapter was the Junior Faculty recipient.
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The Society for Neuroscience has more than 100 regional chapters in North America and an expanding number of international chapters. With activities ranging from lectures to networking events and information sharing, SfN chapters enable
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Chapters Showcase
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Visit the Chapters Showcase to see the amazing work of SfN chapters!
Pacific Cascade
Neuroscience Education Award for Travel (NEAT)
Next Generation Award winner, Bryan White, and Chapter Representative, Dr. Eric Chudler, have spearheaded the development of a travel award to promote engagement among young neuroscientists in educational outreach. The $1000 travel award for the 2008 Annual Meeting in Washington DC will be awarded this summer to a University of Washington (UW) graduate student interested in neuroscience education.
Middle Tennessee
Neuroscience Retreat and Workshop in Zambia
The Chapter organized a neuroscience retreat and workshop attended by 71 participants in Lusaka, Zambia from June 13-15 2007. The meeting hosted 23 scientific presentations on HIV/AIDS dementia, cerebral malaria, epilepsy and chronic depressive disorders. The chapter also sponsored an intensive neuroscience course to 69 fourth year University of Zambia medical students from June 19-28.
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individual members to engage their colleagues on the local level. Chapters also serve as an important resource to their community by taking a leading role in the annual Brain Awareness Campaign.
• Benefits of Chapter Membership
Information about the importance of Chapters
• Start a Chapter
How to start a new chapter
• Reactivate a Chapter
How to reactivate an existing, inactive chapter
• Chapters Resource Kit
Valuable guidance on how to grow your chapter by increasing membership, funding, and outreach
• Chapter Grants and Awards
SfN Chapters funding opportunities
• Chapter Forms
Forms necessary for proper chapter administration
• Chapter Locations and Contacts
Chapter locations and contact information for each chapter's chapter representative
All SfN members are encouraged to join their local chapter. See where your chapter is located, and join today. If a chapter does not exist in a particular area, members are encouraged to start a new chapter.
Deadlines for Chapter Awards and Funding Opportunities
June 27, 2008 (extended)
Next Generation Awards
July 30, 2008
Chapter Grant
Grass Traveling Scientist Program
For questions and/or comments about SfN Chapters, please contact chapters@sfn.org.
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