The SfNIRS fellow awards will be first awarded at fNIRS 2024. These awards recognize students and postdocs making substantial contribution to the field of fNIRS. There will be 5 student and 3 post-doc awards.
Terms of the SfNIRS Student Fellow Award
- A candidate must be working towards an advanced degree (e.g., PhD, MSc, MD).
- The candidate must provide evidence of fNIRS themed research (as demonstrated by their curriculum vitae, conference list, and publication list)
- The candidate must be a member of the Society for fNIRS
- The candidate must submit one (or more) abstract(s) to fNIRS 2024 as a lead author
- We expect the candidate to participate in the Society for fNIRS conference in the year of their nomination
- A candidate who is unsuccessful in any given year can be re-nominated in a subsequent year if the candidate meets the award criteria in the year of nomination
Terms of the SfNIRS Postdoc Fellow Award
- Same as for student awards with the addition: A candidate must have completed an advanced degree (e.g., PhD) -as opposed to being working towards the degree -.
Nomination for both Student and Postdoc awards
The candidates must be nominated (self-nomination is not allowed) and the nominator must be a member of the Society for fNIRS.
A full nomination package must contain:
- A nomination letter
- A two page curriculum vitae demonstrating the candidate’s accomplishments
- A list of the candidate’s publications
- An additional letter of support
- A copy of the candidate’s submitted abstract/abstracts
Nominations with an incomplete package will not be considered
Nominations must be sent to awards@fnirs.org by June 14th, 2024
