EPNS Fellowship Award 2025

APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

 

Purpose of the Fellowship Award: To create excellence by offering the opportunity for further qualification or experience in an area of paediatric neurology in terms of clinical practice or research. The fellowship must take place in a European Country; this is taken as the region for which the European Office of WHO is responsible  http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries

 

Previous successful EPNS Fellows: https://www.epns.info/epns-fellowship-news/

 

Fellowship Award type: EPNS offers 3 types of fellowship in 2025:

  • Clinical elective 
    • e.g. attending clinics, developing skills in EEG, EMG etc.
  • Research project 
    • May be part of a thesis; basic or patient orientated research Learning a specific skill/ technique.
  • Aicardi Fellowship Award
    • This very special award will be given to one application which is of extreme quality​.
    • Applicant should practice in Europe, but the fellowship can take place anywhere in the world, including somewhere outside Europe.
    • ALL eligible candidates will be considered for the Aicardi fellowship award.

 

Number of EPNS Fellowship 2025 available: eight: three Research and five Clinical (one of eight successful applicants may be awarded the Aicardi Fellowship).

Fellowship scope: 3-4 month’s fellowship in a specialised centre in Europe. (or outside Europe for the Aicardi Fellowship).

Fellowship budget: 6,000 Euros (8,500 Euros for the Aicardi Fellowship – available to one candidate).

Candidate’s criteria:

  1. Location. The fellowship must take place in a European Country (or can be outside Europe for the Aicardi Fellowship). Europe is taken as the region for which the European Office of WHO is responsible  http://www.euro.who.int/en/countriesOne centre can only receive a maximum of 2 EPNS Fellows in one year. The fellowship cannot take place in the same country the applicant currently practices.
  2. Duration:3-4 months. The fellowship MUST begin in 2025.
  3. EPNS Membership. Candidates must have been an EPNS member for at least 6 months (with no interruption in the membership period) when the application period opened (the date the application period opened is 24 June 2024) with the 2024 membership fee paid at the date of application.
  4. Resident or young specialist Less than 5 years after obtaining PN registration of Paediatric Neurology. PhD students who are not Paediatric Neurologists or training for Paediatric Neurology do not qualify. The scheme is targeted at those who are at the early stages of their training in the field of paediatric neurology. *Note* – EPNS fellowships provide the most benefit to paediatric neurologists in the later years of their training or newly qualified paediatric neurologists. Candidates at this stage in their career will be favoured by the EPNS selection committee
  1. Fluent in relevant language of the centre which will be hosting the fellowship.
  2. Continuing a Fellowship. Candidates cannot use the EPNS fellowship Award to continue/supplement an existing/ongoing fellowship. This EPNS scheme is exclusively for new fellowships only.
  3. A fellowship is strictly personal and cannot be transferred to another person.
  4. If not successful, it is possible to re-apply for a fellowship.
  5. Candidates may only submit one EPNS fellowship application per year and an EPNS fellowship can only be awarded to a person once.

 

 How to apply: 

  • It is the responsibility of the applicant to locate and plan with their nominated host site. The EPNS will not become involved in this process. Eligible EPNS members who wish to apply for an EPNS Fellowship are welcome to contact any European Centre. To help locate an appropriate Centre, several European Centres, subject to availability, would be willing to consider accommodating future EPNS Fellowships. Please visit this link for more information https://www.epns.info/potential-host-centres-for-future-epns-fellowships/

 

  • Complete the Fellowship Award 2025 application form.   – Applications closed on 15th Sept 2024.

 

  • Complete the cost calculation form – Please note – the cost calculation form is for your own records only and does not need to be sent with your application. Completing this document enables you to focus on the expenses required and confirm your objectives can be achieved within the allocated budget before applying. *The EPNS Fellowship award budget is fixed at 6,000 Euros per successful candidate (8500 Euros for the successful candidate awarded the Aicardi Fellowship award) Applicants are responsible for the management of their own budget. No extra EPNS funds are available. If calculated cost exceeds expected budget, applicants can consider shortening fellowship period.

 

  • Send the completed application form to Sue Hargreaves and Mel Knowles at info@epns.info together with the following documentation:
    1. Local supervisor consent
    2. Hosting supervisor consent which must include their declaration that the candidate is fluent in the locally relevant language

 

What happens after an application has been sent?

  • All applications will be considered by the EPNS Fellowship Selection Committee members. This Committee consists of 6 representatives from the EPNS Board.
  • All applicants will receive an email to tell them the outcome of their application by the by the end of December 2024.

How is the selection made? The Application Forms will be assessed using a standardised scoring system along with subjective impression. To be considered, candidates must meet or exceed the minimum criteria set by the EPNS Fellowship Selection Committee.  Decisions made by EPNS Fellowship Selection Committee are final and are not subject to review or appeal.

 

What happens if I am successful? Successful candidates:

  • will be asked to send in their photograph and details of their fellowship, these will be added to the EPNS website, included in EPNS communications and all EPNS social media platforms.
  • when the visit has been confirmed, will be sent the funds for their Fellowship to a nominated bank account.
  • will be asked to submit a questionnaire after their fellowship has been completed, signed by the hosting supervisor.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

  • It is the responsibility of the successful candidate to arrange appropriate insurance cover.
  • The EPNS shall bear no organisational or legal responsibility for any aspect related to the fellowship, including correspondence with the host centre regarding logistics. EPNS shall bear no liability other than providing the agreed finance.

 

Please email info@epns.info with any enquiries