The ECN in collaboration with its member institutions promotes cutting-edge neuroscientific research within a wide range of disciplines following different approaches. With over 120 internationally recognized research groups, the ECN offers outstanding interdisciplinary training and research opportunities for national and international scientists, with research spanning from synapse to behavior, molecule to disease, and brain to mind. With annual calls for application, the ECN will finance the finding and start the phase of PhD research project for one year. All selected PhD students have the opportunity to undertake up to three small rotation projects in different labs.