Cognitive mechanisms - Fondation Fyssen Research Grants 2013 (€ 35,000)

The Fyssen Foundation is looking for candidates for Research Grants. The closing date to submit applications is November 4, 2013. The grants are intended to support post-doctoral researchers, under 35 years of age in the biological sciences and under 40 years of age in the human sciences, rather already holder of a post, who wish to work independently by establishing around them a research team to achieve a collective scientific operation in a laboratory in France and who will work in keeping with the Foundation's goals. The grants can range from € 15,000 to € 35,000 and are for one year only.

The aim of Fyssen Foundation is to "encourage all forms of scientific inquiry into cognitive mechanisms, including thought and reasoning, which underlie animal and human behaviour; their biological and cultural bases, and phylogenetic and ontogenetic development". The Foundation supports research in ethology, psychology, neurobiology, anthropology, ethnology, human paleontology and archaeology.