Research Challenge News

Brainbox Initiative Awards Now Open

Brainbox Initiative Awards Now Open

If you're a neuroscientist in the early to mid stages of your career, driven by a passion for non-invasive brain stimulation and imaging, these three prestigious awards are tailor-made for you.

Brainbox Initiative Awards 2023: Deadline Approaching

Brainbox Initiative Awards 2023: Deadline Approaching

If you're an early to mid-career neuroscientist with a passion for non-invasive brain stimulation and imaging, then these three prestigious awards are calling your name. The Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge Award, the Young Investigator Award, and the John Rothwell Award offer exceptional opportunities for recognition, support, and collaboration in the field. With the deadline for applications approaching on June 1st, you have less than a month left to seize these remarkable opportunities.

Research Challenge 2021 Winner: Ben Clennell, University of Bristol

Research Challenge 2021 Winner: Ben Clennell, University of Bristol

Ben Clennell, University of Bristol, has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge 2021 for his ambitious application exploring transcranial focused ultrasound (TUS) neuromodulation techniques.

2020 Research Winner Kendra Kandana Arachchige Has Been Awarded Her PhD

2020 Research Winner Kendra Kandana Arachchige Has Been Awarded Her PhD

Congratulations to 2020 Research Challenge winner Kendra Kandana Arachchige (University of Mons) on being awarded her PhD.

Roisin McMackin Passes Her Viva

Roisin McMackin Passes Her Viva

Congratulations to our 2020 Research Challenge Winner Roisin McMackin on passing her viva with no corrections.

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Kendra Kandana Arachchige

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Kendra Kandana Arachchige

We are delighted to announce that Kendra Kandana Arachchige of the University of Mons has been chosen as one of the Brainbox Initiative's Research Challenge winners for 2020. Kendra is currently in the final stages of her PhD, 'Cognitive mechanisms involved in gesture/speech integration: the role of verbal working memory and visual attention', and hopes to begin work on her winning Research Challenge submission in mid-2021.

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Roisin McMackin

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Roisin McMackin

We are delighted to announce that Roisin McMackin of Trinity College Dublin has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge award for 2020. Roisin is currently in the final stages of her PhD at The Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, and hopes to submit her thesis Human Neurodegeneration: A Spectral EEG and TMS based Approach in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis later this year.