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Donders Centre for Neuroscience

The Donders Centre for Neuroscience (DCN) aims to understand the complex neural networks underlying perceptual, motor and cognitive brain functions. Researchers study these networks by employing experimental as well as computational approaches. DCN is a part of Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour and the Faculty of Science.

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Subsidie en prijzen / award

ENW-M grant for research on the cortex as a learning system

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A research project at Radboud University has received funding in the latest round of the ENW-M Open Competition.

Foto van campus Radboud Universiteit gemaakt met drone, met Huygensgebouw in het midden

NWO ENW-XS grant awarded to five Radboud researchers

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Five research projects by Radboud researchers receive an ENW-XS grant from NWO (Dutch Research Council).

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Transfer equipment from Noldus IT to DCN

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Last week, we marked a festive milestone with the formal transfer of a valuable set of measurement equipment to our institute.

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ENW-M grant for research on the cortex as a learning system

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NWO ENW-XS grant awarded to five Radboud researchers

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Transfer equipment from Noldus IT to DCN

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ERC Consolidator Grants for research on methane eaters, air showers and language in our brain

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Events

DCN seminar by Seth Egger

Tuesday 16 June 2026, 11 am - 12 pm Colloquium / Seminar

Computational principles of network oscillations and stability in cortical microcircuits

Wednesday 17 June 2026, 10:30 am PhD defence

Workshop: Cortical Dynamics & Predictive Learning: Synergy or Subtraction?

Thursday 2 July 2026, 8:30 am - 5 pm Colloquium / Seminar

Modelling rare neurodevelopmental disorders

Friday 3 July 2026, 12:30 pm PhD defence
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Visiting address

Donders Centre for Neuroscience is located in the Huygens building in Nijmegen.

Huygens building - Room HG00.137
Heyendaalseweg 135
6525 AJ Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Contact

Get in touch with the research institute by contacting management assistant Marie-Louise Beenen by e-mail or give us a call.

+31 24 36 53 276 / +31 6 50 82 94 14