Recognizing the importance of nurturing researchers’ professional and personal development for their career progression, IBRO collaborates with a number of partners on various international and regional mentorship initiatives. World Women in Neuroscience, a US-based...
World Women in Neuroscience WWN is an independent consulting, mentoring, and networking body with the mission of promoting career development of women neuroscientists across the globe through mentoring and networking activities. IBRO has partnered with WWN to promote...
The ALBA Network As a founding partner along with FENS and SfN, IBRO helped to establish the ALBA Network in 2019, with the goal of promoting equity and diversity in the brain sciences. The ALBA Network aims to: Promote best practices to counteract bias Recognise...
In 2022, IBRO was proud to support a large variety of funding and training opportunities. From a total of 1159 grant applications, 250 awards have been distributed to neuroscientists at all career stages from 57 countries. In addition, IBRO has supported 30 schools on...
As the only woman working with neuroscience in her department at the Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Dr. Lihle Qulu is familiar with the challenges women may face in the field. Discrimination, insufficient support, and impostor syndrome are just some of the...
