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Prizes and grants

*Travel Grant by The Sense Innovation and Research Center*

The Sense Innovation and Research Center is pleased to sponsor a €500 Travel Grant to support a student or early-career researcher attending IMRF 2026.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

  • Be the first author of an abstract (poster or talk) submitted to IMRF 2026
  • Be a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD student, or an early-career researcher (within 2 years from PhD defense)

Application Procedure

Applications are accepted until 14 March 2026. To apply:

  1. Submit an abstract through the IMRF2026 website
  2. Send an email to imrf2026@gmail.com with the subject line: “IMRF Travel Grant”. The email must include:
  • The title and authors of the submitted abstract
  • A brief statement describing the contribution of the study to multisensory research and innovation (maximum 150 words)
  • A reference letter from the applicant’s supervisor outlining the applicant’s qualifications and confirming their current career status (e.g., PhD year or year of PhD defense)

Evaluation criteria

The Travel Grant will be awarded on a competitive basis, according to the scientific quality of the submitted abstract and the relevance and originality of the contribution statement. Applications will be evaluated by the Scientific and Organizing Committees of IMRF 2026. The winner will be notified by April 10th and officially announced during the conference.

By submitting an application, participants agree to acknowledge the support received from The Sense Innovation and Research Center in all communications and publicity related to the awarded abstract. Furthermore, participants agree that The Sense Innovation and Research Center and the IMRF community publicize information about the travel grant recipient and the research supported by the award through their websites, social media channels, and other communication materials.

 

*Young Researcher Talk Session sponsored by European Journal of Neuroscience*

The European Journal of Neuroscience is please to sponsor a Talk Session entirely dedicated to PhD students with the aim of increasing their visibility and offering selected participants the opportunity to present their research on stage to the whole IMRF community.
  
If you are a PhD student and would like your work to be considered for this session, simply submit your abstract as “Poster or Talk” (selecting the appropriate option); the best abstracts submitted from PhD students will be selected for the Young Researcher Talk Session, sponsored by the European Journal of Neuroscience. Abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific and Organizing Committees of IMRF 2026.
 
 

*Brain Sciences Poster Award*

Brain Sciences is pleased to sponsor a €500 Poster Prize for the best poster presented at IMRF 2026.

The prize will be awarded to the best poster presented during the conference, as evaluated by the IMRF community. The winner will be announced during the conference and acknowledged on the IMRF website. 
By accepting the award, the recipient agrees that Brain Sciences and the IMRF community publicize a photograph and information about the award recipient and the research supported by the prize through their websites, social media channels, and other communication materials.

[Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal of neuroscience. The journal is indexed in the Sciences Citation Index Expanded (IF 2.8), Scopus (CiteScore 5.6), and many other important databases. Citations are available in PubMed, with full texts archived in PubMed Central. Publications enjoy high visibility and short processing times. A first decision is provided to authors approximately 17.6 days after submission, with acceptance to publication undertaken in 2.5 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2025).]
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