ESCoP invites applications for Travel Funding Grants for active participation in the ESCoP 2025 conference in Sheffield. Up to 15 grants, each with a base value of €500, are available to cover conference fees and other related expenses. Conference participants from developing or not-high-income countries, or those demonstrating particular financial need, can request an additional €500.

We are pleased to announce the opening of applications for the ESCoP Family Care Grants for the upcoming conference. These grants aim to support conference attendees facing additional family care expenses, such as childcare, elder care, or care for family members with disabilities or illnesses, arising from participation in the ESCoP conference.

The 2025 call for the ESCoP Early Career Publication Awards is now available on our website! This award (€1000) recognizes outstanding publications by early-career researchers, with separate categories for PhD students and postdocs. The application deadline is April 15, 2025, and winners will be announced in the May newsletter.

ESCoP invites applications for thematic meetings scheduled for 2026, offering partial funding of up to 4,000 euros per event. These meetings, organized exclusively by ESCoP members, should focus on research areas relevant to the society and be limited to 60 participants, with at least 50% of senior attendees being ESCoP members.

ESCoP invites proposals for the 2026 Summer or Winter Schools, offering up to €20,000 per event to support innovative, in-person academic gatherings in cognitive science. The schools can focus on workshops, emerging methodologies, or theoretical discussions.

ESCoP is accepting proposals for the upcoming Summer or Winter Schools to be held in 2026! Whether you're an experienced researcher or just starting out, this is a fantastic opportunity to design and lead an innovative academic event that can truly make a difference in the cognitive science community.

Award for Post-docs: Sá-Leite, AR, & Lago, S. (2024). The role of word form in gender processing during lexical access: A theoretical review and novel proposal in language comprehension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-20. 

Award for PhD students: Musfeld, P., Souza, AS, & Oberauer, K. (2023). Repetition learning is neither a continuous nor an implicit process. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(16), e2218042120.

We are now accepting proposals for symposia, which offer the opportunity to showcase exciting research findings or advance theoretical discussions. Each symposium should focus on a common research area comprising 5 related talks that help to promote discussions, debates, and resolutions concerning that topic.

We are pleased to announce that Francesca Peressotti has been chosen as the new ESCoP's President-Elect. The new Committee members are Alessandra Souza, Luca Rinaldi, and Tilo Strobach. Congratulations!