Student Awards
Student Travel Awards
During the abstract submission process, we invite students to apply for Travel Awards. These awards will be reviewed by the Young Talent Committee and will be allocated based on the scientific merit of the abstract submitted.
The number of Travel Awards awarded, and amounts granted might vary according to the level of funding.
To be considered, applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program or be engaged in postdoctoral studies. Preference will be given to applicants who have not received a scholarship to attend the BCI Meeting in previous years.
How to Apply
Applicants must be members in good standing and submit an abstract through the normal abstract submission process.
Applicants must indicate that they are applying to a Student Award in the abstract submission form and submit a proof of studentship. Please ensure to name the PDF document as follows “TravelAward.FirstName.LastName” (e.g “TravelAward.Bob.Sacamano”)

Application deadlines
Travel Awards applications RE-OPENS: March 18, 2021
Travel Awards application CLOSES: April 1, 2021
Travel Awards notification: April 29, 2021
Awards will be selected prior to vBCI meeting from the complete abstract pool.
2018 Student Award Receipients
The award was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation with support from IEEE and OpenBCI.
Miguel Angrick, University of Bremen
Yuri Antonacci, Sapienza University of Rome
Ruslan Aydarkhanov, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Julia Berezutskaya, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, UMC Utrecht
Gregory Canal, Georgia Institute of Technology
Maria Cervera de la Rosa, MindMaze
Kuan-Jung, Chiang, SCCN / UCSD
Sam Colachis, The Ohio State University
Emma Colamarino, Sapienza University of Rome
Tiffany Corbet, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Katie Dhuyvetter, Kansas State University
Karen Dijkstra, Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain
Nir Even-Chen, Stanford University
Fatemeh Fahimi, Nanyang Technological University
Robert Flint, Northwestern University
Mélodie Fouillen, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center
Bruna Girvent, Northeastern University
Paula Gonzalez Navarro, Northeastern University
Bijay Guragain, University of North Dakota
Yu Hao, Cornell University
Luis Guillermo Hernandez Rojas, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Angelica Herrera, University of Pittsburgh
Sheng-Hsiou Hsu, UC San Diego
David Hübner, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Christopher Hughes, University of Pittsburgh
Sarah Ismail Hosni, University of Rhode Island
Zeanna Jadavji, University of Calgary
Roohollah Jafari Deligani, University of Rhode Island
Eli Kinney-Lang, University of Edinburgh
Reinmar Kobler, Graz University of Technology
Koji Koizumi, The University of Tokyo
Laurens Krol, Technische Universität Berlin
Srdjan Lesaja, Old Dominion University
Hadar Levi Aharoni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jinling Lian, Beijing Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Lim, University of California, Irvine
Ravikiran Mane, Nanyang Technological University
Jianjun Meng, University of Minnesota
Jelena Mladenovic, Potioc Inria
Mahta Mousavi, UC San Diego
Md Rakibul Mowla, Kansas State University
Sebastian Nagel, University of Tuebingen
Brett Paffrath, Alberta Children’s Hospital
Elmar G. Pels, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, UMC Utrecht
Yufan Peng, University of Macau
Joana Pereira, TUGraz
Nina Petric-Gray, University of Glasgow
Léa Pillette, Inria LaBRI
Luca Pion-Tonachini, University of California San Diego
Sriram Ravindran, University of California San Diego
Sébastien Rimbert, Inria
Dylan Royston, University of Pittsburgh
Efraim Salari, University Medical Center Utrecht
Soshi Samejima, University of Washington
Eliana Santos, Federal University of ABC
Jan Sosulski, University Freiburg
Sarah Thomas, University of Kentucky
Eric Trautmann, Stanford University
Federica Turi, Inria Sophia Antipolis Mediterranée
Mukta Vaidya, Northwestern University
Ceci Verbaarschot, Radboud University
Ko Wonjun, Korea University
Xiaoqian Yu, University of South Florida
Xixie Zhang, Technical University of Berlin
2016 Student Award Recipients
The award was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation
Jitka Annen, University of Liège
Nivedita Arora, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bryan Baxter, University of Minnesota
Chadwick Boulay, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute & University of Ottawa
Sebastián Castaño Candamil, University of Freiburg
Hohyun Cho, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Jillian Clements, Duke University
Tiffany Corbet, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Álvaro Costa García, Miguel Hernández University of Elche
Anibal Cotrina Atencio, Federal University of Espirito Santo
Sharlene Flesher, University of Pittsburgh
Elliott Forney, Colorado State University
Bruna Girvent, Northeastern University
Sinan Gok, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Paula Gonzalez-Navarro, Northeastern University
Marzieh Haghighi, Northeastern University
Christian Herff, University of Bremen
Zahra Khaliliardali, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Eli Kinney-Lang, University of Edinburgh
Takumi Kodama, University of Tsukuba
Louis Korczowski, University Grenoble-Alpes
Avinash Kumar Singh, National Chiao Tung University
Ilya Kuzovkin, University of Tartu
Hadar Levi Aharoni, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chiara Liti, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Adrien Martel, Trinity College Dublin
Stephanie Martin, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Bojana Mirkovic, University of Oldenburg
Mahta Mousavi, University of California, San Diego
Hooman Nezamfar, Northeastern University
Sumner Norman, University of California, Irvine
Patrick Ofner, Graz University of Technology
Mariana Pedroso Branco, University Medical Center Utrecht
Joana Pereira, Graz University of Technology
Md Rakibul Mowla, Kansas State University
Dylan Royston, University of Pittsburgh
Efraim Salari, Utrecht University
Ignatius Sapto Condro Atmawan, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Anouck Schippers, Leiden University
Andreas Schwarz, Graz University of Technology
Margaret Thompson, University of Washington
Alejandro Antonio Torres-Garda, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Optica y Electrónica
Si Long Tou, University of Michigan
Max van den Boom, Medical Center Utrecht
Thibault Verhoeven, Ghent University
Maitreyee Wairagkar, University of Reading
Mark Wronkiewicz, University of Washington
Xiao Xiaolin, Tianjin University
Hagar Yamin, Tel-Aviv university and Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Catharina Zich, University of Oldenburg
Raney Folland, University of Washington
Ivan Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology
2013 Student Award Recipients
The award was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health
Ramses Alcaide
Marc Bruurmijn
Robrt Flint
Disha Gupta
Tobias Kaufmann
Christine King
Jie Lu
Boyla Mainsah
Charlie Matlack
Aisha Moinuddin
Joseph O’Doherty
Umut Orhan
Amy Orsborn
Lucia Rita Quitadamo
Patrick Sadtler
Hasimrat Singh
William Speier
Samantha Sprague
David Thompson
Marija Uscumlic
Ran Xiao
Atieh Bamdadian
Floriana Pichiorri
2010 Student Award Recipients
Karolyn Babalola, Georgia University of Technology
Daniel Berry, East Tennessee State University
Guangyu Bin, Tsinghua University
Zachery Cashero, Colorado State University
Stephen Foldes, Case Western Reserve University
Elisabeth Friedrich, University of Graz
Andrew Geronimo, Pennsylvania State University
Dora Hermes, UMC Utrecht
Dandan Huang, Virginia Commonwealth University
Han-Jeong Hwang, Yonsei University
Cecilia Maeder, Berlin Institute of Technology
Christhain Potes, University of Texas
Manuel Gómez Rodriguez, Max Planck Institute
Linsey Roijendijk, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior
Jessica Shanahan, Algoma University Brain-Computer Interface Lab
Michele Tavella, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Andrew Whitford, University of Pittsburgh
Matthias Witte, University of Tübingen
Jonas Zimmermann, Newcastle University