The British Neuropsychological Society is proud to award a number of grants and bursaries:

• Registered-Reports Startup Grant
• Neuropsychology International Fellowship (with BPS DoN)
• Small Research Grants for ECRs
• Travel Bursaries to Attend BNS Meetings 

Details of each award and previous winners are listed below:

The aim of the grant is to encourage BNS members to run a Registered Reports (RR) study. RR is a form of empirical article in which the study plan is submitted for peer review prior to the study being conducted. Successful completion of this stage results in In Principle Acceptance (IPA), which guarantees acceptance of the final report regardless of results. The RR process eliminates reporting bias and publication bias that can lead to an unrepresentative research literature. It is thus a powerful form of Open Research practice.

The RR process requires researchers to submit a Stage 1 research plan for peer review, at which point they must confirm that they have the resources necessary to run the study. The BNS Registered Reports start-up grant will provide a guarantee of resources (up to £1000) for supported studies, to be transferred to the member upon proof of IPA.

For further details and a copy of the application form, click HERE

 The British Neuropsychological Society and the British Psychological Society Division of Neuropsychology (DoN) jointly fund this scheme. 

One fellowship is available each year up to the value of £6,000 .

The Neuropsychology International Fellowship (NIF) is aimed to promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) values within the BNS and DoN, encouraging opportunities for all independent of background of origin. The scheme aims to encourage postgraduate from different cultures such as Low- and Middle-Income countries wishing to further their neuropsychology and research experience in the UK or people from the UK wishing to develop neuropsychology as part of a field project in developing countries, abroad. 

 Members of the BNS who hold senior academic positions, and also senior clinicians in the BPS Division of Neuropsychology are expected to sponsor and facilitate visits to their departments from an overseas research fellow in the scheme.

The call for the 2024 prize is now closed

Click here for details of the application process

Winners of the International Fellowships:

2024 Lama Abbas

Sponsor: Sarah MacPherson, University of Edinburgh

2023 Akshata Sheth (India)

Sponsor: Aidan Horner, University of York

2022 Neha Dubey (India) & Sharon Truter (South Africa)

2018 Usha Verma Srivastava

2017 Gabriel Coutinho & Kasturi Banerjee

2016  Sulakshana Rao (India) & Shahanur Hossain (Bangladesh)

2015 I Channa (Cambodia) & Helen Pikkat  (Estonia)

2014 Samra Ahmed (India) & Siddarth Ramanan (India)

2013 Sahba Besharati (South Africa) & Progress Njomboro (South Africa)

2012 J wala Narayanan (India) & Ammu Lukose (India)

2011 Aparna Dutt (India) & Nithya HM (India)

There are a limited number of travel bursaries, up to the value of £250, to cover travel and accommodation for our meetings. Priority will be given to early career researchers and those presenting their work. Applications for the Autumn Meeting 2024 are now closed.