Max Planck NeuroMEETs
Neuroscience Meetings for Extramural Emerging Talents
About The Event
This trainee seminar series highlights neuroscience research conducted by talented postdocs from outside our institution. Selected speakers will be invited to MPFI to share their research and to meet with our faculty members, students, and postdocs for feedback, discussion, and networking.
A selection committee will choose two postdocs to serve as invited speakers. Each chosen speaker will receive travel and lodging support, as well as an honorarium, to visit MPFI in Jupiter, FL, this fall or early winter. During their visit, they will give a 45-minute seminar and spend the day engaging with our neuroscience community.
Application Process
The application window for the 2026 NeuroMEETS season is now closed.
The following application materials are required for consideration.
- Current CV
- Research Seminar Title
- Research Abstract: In one page or less, please describe the following.
- Current research: Emphasize innovation and impact.
- Future goals: What is the long-term direction and impact of this research?
- The inclusion of a schematic or a figure to help communicate your research is highly encouraged.
Please do not include your name, lab, or institution in your research abstract as reviewers will initially be blinded from the applicant’s name, institution, and CV.
MPFI recognizes that our greatest achievements are often derived from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are committed to the promotion of inclusion; to raising up traditionally marginalized communities, and to the celebration of the differences that make us unique. We encourage applications from all scientists regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, medical condition, or any other facet of diversity.
About MPFI
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) is a nonprofit research organization that is part of the Max Planck Society, Germany’s most successful research organization with over 80 institutes worldwide. MPFI brings together exceptional neuroscientists from around the world to answer fundamental questions about brain development and function and to develop new technologies that make groundbreaking scientific discoveries possible. Our campus consists of a rich neuroscience community that includes UF Scripps Biomedical Research, and Florida Atlantic University. Learn more about our campus.
Selection Committee
Committee Chair
Committee
Contact
Lesley Colgan, Ph.D.
Office of Scientific Communications
lesley.colgan@mpfi.org