Editing Neuroscience (section)

==Neuroscience organizations==
{{See also|Category:Neuroscience organizations}}
The largest professional neuroscience organization is the [[Society for Neuroscience]] (SFN), which is based in the [[United States]] but includes many members from other countries. Since its founding in 1969 the SFN has grown steadily: as of 2010 it recorded 40,290 members from 83 countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Financial and organizational highlights |publisher=Society for Neuroscience |url=http://www.sfn.org/skins/main/pdf/annual_report/fy2010/highlights.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915005024/http://www.sfn.org/skins/main/pdf/annual_report/fy2010/highlights.pdf |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref> Annual meetings, held each year in a different American city, draw attendance from researchers, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates, as well as educational institutions, funding agencies, publishers, and hundreds of businesses that supply products used in research.

Other major organizations devoted to neuroscience include the [[International Brain Research Organization]] (IBRO), which holds its meetings in a country from a different part of the world each year, and the [[Federation of European Neuroscience Societies]] (FENS), which holds a meeting in a different European city every two years. FENS comprises a set of 32 national-level organizations, including the [[British Neuroscience Association]], the German Neuroscience Society ({{Lang|de|Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft}}), and the French ''{{Lang|de|Société des Neurosciences}}''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neurosciences.asso.fr/ |title=Société des Neurosciences |publisher=Neurosciences.asso.fr |date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2021-11-08}}</ref> The first National Honor Society in Neuroscience, [[Nu Rho Psi]], was founded in 2006. Numerous youth neuroscience societies which support undergraduates, graduates and early career researchers also exist, such as Simply Neuroscience<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.simplyneuroscience.org/about|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Simply Neuroscience|language=en}}</ref> and Project Encephalon.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us, Project Encephalon |url=https://www.projectencephalon.org/about-us |website=Project Encephalon |access-date=24 October 2020|language=en}}</ref>

In 2013, the [[BRAIN Initiative]] was announced in the US. The International Brain Initiative<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.internationalbraininitiative.org/ |title=International Brain Initiative |date=2021-10-15 |accessdate=2021-11-08}}</ref> was created in 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kavlifoundation.org/international-brain-initiative|title=International Brain Initiative|publisher=The Kavli Foundation|access-date=2019-05-29|archive-date=2020-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205185836/https://www.kavlifoundation.org/international-brain-initiative|url-status=dead}}</ref> currently integrated by more than seven national-level brain research initiatives (US, [[Human Brain Project|Europe]], [[Allen Institute for Brain Science|Allen Institute]], [[Brain/MINDS|Japan]], [[China Brain Project|China]], Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brainalliance.org.au/|title=Australian Brain Alliance}}</ref> Canada,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canadianbrain.ca/ |title=Canadian Brain Research Strategy |accessdate=2021-11-08}}</ref> Korea,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbri.re.kr/new/pages_eng/main/ |title=Korea Brain Research Institute |website=[[Korea Brain Research Institute]] |accessdate=2021-11-08}}</ref> and Israel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://israelbrain.org/ |title=Israel Brain Technologies |accessdate=2021-11-08 |archive-date=2020-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128181250/http://israelbrain.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rommelfanger|first1=Karen S.|last2=Jeong|first2=Sung-Jin |last3=Ema |first3=Arisa |last4=Fukushi |first4=Tamami |last5=Kasai |first5=Kiyoto |last6=Ramos |first6=Khara M. |last7=Salles |first7=Arleen |last8=Singh |first8=Ilina |last9=Amadio |first9=Jordan |date=2018 |title=Neuroethics Questions to Guide Ethical Research in the International Brain Initiatives |journal=Neuron |language=en |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=19–36 |doi=10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.021 |pmid=30308169 |doi-access=free}}</ref> spanning four continents.

===Public education and outreach===
In addition to conducting traditional research in laboratory settings, neuroscientists have also been involved in the [[public awareness of science|promotion of awareness and knowledge]] about the nervous system among the general public and government officials. Such promotions have been done by both individual neuroscientists and large organizations. For example, individual neuroscientists have promoted neuroscience education among young students by organizing the [[International Brain Bee]], which is an academic competition for high school or secondary school students worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the International Brain Bee|work=The International Brain Bee|url=http://www.internationalbrainbee.com/about_bee.html|access-date=2010-11-01|archive-date=2013-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510005307/http://www.internationalbrainbee.com/about_bee.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the United States, large organizations such as the Society for Neuroscience have promoted neuroscience education by developing a primer called Brain Facts,<ref>{{cite web|title=Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System|work=Society for Neuroscience|url=http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainfacts}}</ref> collaborating with public school teachers to develop Neuroscience Core Concepts for K-12 teachers and students,<ref>{{cite web|title=Neuroscience Core Concepts: The Essential Principles of Neuroscience |work=Society for Neuroscience |url=http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=core_concepts |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415042331/http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=core_concepts |archive-date=April 15, 2012}}</ref> and cosponsoring a campaign with the [[Dana Foundation]] called Brain Awareness Week to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brain Awareness Week Campaign|work=The Dana Foundation|url=http://www.dana.org/brainweek/}}</ref> In Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's (CIHR) Canadian National Brain Bee is held annually at [[McMaster University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/brainbee/ |title=Official CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee Website |access-date=24 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530074023/http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/brainbee/ |archive-date=May 30, 2014}}</ref>

Neuroscience educators formed a Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) in 1992 to share best practices and provide travel awards for undergraduates presenting at Society for Neuroscience meetings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://funfaculty.org/drupal/About_FUN |title=About FUN |publisher=Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience |access-date=2018-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826150118/https://funfaculty.org/drupal/About_FUN |archive-date=2018-08-26 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Neuroscientists have also collaborated with other education experts to study and refine educational techniques to optimize learning among students, an emerging field called [[educational neuroscience]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Goswami U|date=2004|title=Neuroscience, education and special education|journal=British Journal of Special Education|volume=31|issue=4|pages=175–183|doi=10.1111/j.0952-3383.2004.00352.x}}</ref> Federal agencies in the United States, such as the [[National Institute of Health]] (NIH)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncrrsepa.org/ |title=The SEPA Program |publisher=[[National Institute of Health|NIH]] |access-date=September 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920174421/http://www.ncrrsepa.org/ |archive-date=September 20, 2011}}</ref> and [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/ehr/about.jsp|title=About Education and Human Resources|publisher=[[National Science Foundation|NSF]]|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref> have also funded research that pertains to best practices in teaching and learning of neuroscience concepts.