Congratulations to the Spring 2026 BHI Trainee Travel Award Winners!
The Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2026 Trainee Travel Awards. These awards recognize outstanding Rutgers neuroscience PhD students, MD/PhD students, and postdoctoral fellows from labs engaged in neuroscience and mental health research. Each awardee will receive $500 to help offset the cost of attending a national or international conference related to neuroscience or mental health research. We wish all recipients an inspiring and impactful conference experience!
For the Spring cycle, awards were given in each of the four BHI focus areas:
- Neurodegeneration and Injury (NDI)
- Neurodevelopment (ND)
- Motivational and Affective Neuroscience (MAN)
- Cognitive and Sensory Neuroscience CSN)
Each of the four BHI Focus Area Working Groups (FAWGs) selected the awardees. In addition, the BHI Junior Faculty Working Group (JFWG) selected candidates for travel awards set aside exclusively for graduate students or post-docs whose primary mentors are junior faculty engaged in neuroscience or mental health research.
Congratulations to the Spring 2026 BHI Trainee Travel Award Winners!
Support the BHI Fund for Neuroscience Education and Training
Over the past four years, BHI has awarded approximately $34,500 to 70 trainees working with 55 different principal investigators from 18 departments across 11 schools at Rutgers. These awards give early-career researchers the opportunity to connect with peers and leading scientists, strengthen their professional development, contribute to advancing impactful neuroscience research, and raise the visibility of Rutgers neuroscience and mental health research on a global stage.
