Announcement of FENS Forum 2026 Travel Award Awardees
The Calls for Application of FENS Forum 2026 Travel Award were closed on January 5, 2026. A total of 28 outstanding applications were received. The selections were made through a strict and rigorous evaluation process by the International Collaboration Affairs Committee of the JNS (Member list is indicated below).
We congratulate the following 5 awardees of FENS Forum 2026 Travel Award, listed in an alphabetical order:
Kodai Kaseda
Laboratory for Glia–Neuron Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Koki Kotake
Neuroethology group, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Mikuru Kudara
Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Henrique Oyama
Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST),
Toshihito Sahara
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Tokyo Department of Physiology, Yokohama City University
All awardees will be representing JNS at the FENS Forum 2026. Thus, the evaluation was achieved through multiple rounds of reviews of the submitted materials including the FENS-submitted abstract, motivation letter, advisor’s recommendation and past scientific achievements of the applicants. A final committee decision was made unanimously based on the scientific merit of the candidate and the abstract, in a manner that is consistent with JNS principles. If you have any opinions or comments on this award, please contact the JNS office (
office@jnss.org).
February 2, 2026
The International Collaboration Affairs Committee of the JNS,
Chair
Haruhiko Bito
Members
Hajime Hirase
Joshua P. Johansen
Satoshi Kida
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama
Naoya Takahashi
Keiko Tanaka-Yamamoto
Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui