TRAVEL GRANTS

COSYNE 2027 Travel Grant applications are now open.

The deadline to apply for an UNDERGRADUATE travel grant wqs 30 October 2026.

The COSYNE community is committed to bringing talented scientists together at our annual meeting, regardless of their ability to afford travel. Thus, a number of travel grants will be awarded to students, postdocs, and PIs for travel to the COSYNE meeting.

We currently offer five travel grant programs: Childcare, Presenters, New Attendees, Mentorship, and Undergraduate Travel Grants (see below for details).

  • Presenter, New Attendee, and Mentorship Grants will provide direct support for Main Meeting costs rather than unrestricted cash awards. All recipients will receive complimentary Main Meeting registration, and some awards will also include hotel accommodations at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth.

  • Childcare Assistance and Undergraduate Travel Grants will provide financial support for eligible expenses.

The Undergraduate Travel Grant will cover travel costs up to $1,000 per person for those traveling from North America and $1,500 for students traveling from further afield. This amount may be used to cover flights, food, and other relevant travel expenses.

Applicants may apply for more than one grant program, but no applicant will receive more than one award. You may apply for a travel grant before receiving notification about the outcome of your submission. You may also apply if you are not submitting anything to the Main Meeting but still wish to attend COSYNE 2027.

We expect to notify all applicants of the outcome of their travel grant application in early January 2027.

Travel grant recipients cannot serve as student volunteers, as each attendee is eligible for only one grant benefit.

Childcare and Undergraduate Travel Grants will be distributed at the Main Meeting.

See below for information on COSYNE travel grant programs and how to apply for each grant.

  • We are pleased to announce that a limited number of childcare assistance grants will be available to help cover expenses incurred by participation in Cosyne 2027. Awards can be used to support participation at either the main meeting or workshops. Applicants should provide a 1-2 paragraph summary of their situation and how the grant will be used to facilitate participation in Cosyne. Preference will be given to those with young children and/or extenuating circumstances. This program is supported by our sponsors. The responses we receive will help us expand and tailor the program in future years.

    Apply for the Childcare Assistance here.

  • Purpose: To ensure that early-career scientists with highly scored abstracts will be able to present their work at the meeting.
    Eligibility: For Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty members. The applicant must be the presenting author on a submitted abstract and must declare a need for travel funds.
    Selection of awardees:     Awards will be determined primarily based on merit (reviewer scores). For some awards, special consideration will be given to applicants in areas of interest to the donors. You are more likely to receive an award if you are a first author, an author on an oral presentation, an author on multiple presentations, and a first-time award recipient.

    Apply for the Presenters Travel Grant here.

  • Purpose: To bring scientists that have not previously attended the Cosyne meeting to the meeting for the exchange of ideas with the community. We hope that these scientists will have their research enriched by the experience and may become regular attendees.
    Eligibility: For undergraduate students, Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, PIs, or other research positions. The applicant does NOT need to be an author on a submitted abstract, but must declare a need for travel funds, and must declare that she/he has not previously attended the meeting.
    Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the applicant’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to members of underrepresented minority groups.

    Apply for the New Attendees Travel Grant here.

  • Purpose: To bring early-career scientists of underrepresented minority groups to the meeting, and to acknowledge Cosyne PIs that are contributing to this effort (“Cosyne Mentor”).
    Eligibility: Applicants for the award should be faculty-level independent investigators who are intending to accompany a student (undergraduate or graduate) to the Cosyne meeting. The travel grant will fund only the student's travel expenses, but the application must be submitted by the faculty investigator (i.e., the PI), not the student. The faculty member should know the student well, typically as a teacher and/or a research advisor.
    Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the prospective mentor’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to students of underrepresented minority groups.

    Apply for the Mentorship Travel Grant here.

  • Purpose: To bring undergraduate students with a strong interest in neuroscience to the meeting.
    Eligibility: For undergraduate students. The applicant does NOT need to be an author on a submitted abstract, but must declare a need for travel funds, and must declare that she/he has not previously attended the meeting.
    Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the applicant’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to members of underrepresented groups.

    The deadline to apply for a Cosyne Undergraduate Travel Grant was 30 October 2026.

For questions regarding travel grant submission, please contact: meeting [at] cosyne.org. After award announcement, if needed, please contact Leslie Weekes (leslie.weekes [at] cosyne.org) for further details on award distribution.