Fellowships, Awards & Prizes
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View Complete List of 2009 Recipients
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In 2009, SfN recognized nearly 200 people in the form of fellowships, travel awards, and scientific achievement awards and prizes.
View a complete list of 2009 recipients.
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SfN awards are now open! To nominate a colleague, student, or mentor login to the new online nomination site using your SfN username and password. For questions regarding awards or the nomination process, email awards@sfn.org.
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SfN sponsors and supports career advancement opportunities in the following areas:
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Fellowships
Training programs for neuroscience students:
- Neuroscience Scholars Program
Support contributed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Three-year fellowship for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral minority students in neuroscience which provides SfN annual meeting travel assistance, funds for enrichment opportunities, SfN meeting and membership benefits, and mentoring.
- SfN/Ricardo Miledi Neuroscience Training Program
Support contributed by The Grass Foundation
Training program for Latin American and Caribbean neuroscience graduate students.
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Travel Awards
Financial assistance for travels costs associated with SfN's annual meeting and other neuroscience-related meetings:
- Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards
Graduate Student Awards Supported by Lilly, USA.
Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards Supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Financial support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows presenting abstracts at SfN's annual meeting.
- Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Chapters Travel Awards
Graduate Student Travel Awards Supported by Lilly, USA.
Chapter Travel Awards provide a stipend covering annual meeting travel expenses for students nominated by their local SfN chapters.
- SfN-IBRO International Travel Awards
The SfN International Affairs Committee/US-Canada Regional Committee for IBRO supports this award for promising young neuroscientists from lower and middle-income countries to attend the Society's Annual Meeting.
- Chapter Travel Awards for FENS Forum and IBRO World Congress
Supports participation of graduate students from the United States, Canada, and Mexico at the FENS Forum and IBRO World Congress.
- Science Journalism Student Award
Helps science journalism students cover costs associated with attending the Society's Annual Meeting.
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Scientific Achievement Awards and Prizes
Accolades recognizing scientific achievement in various branches of the neuroscience field:
- Julius Axelrod Prize
Support contributed by Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Honors a scientist with achievements in neuropharmacology or a related area and exemplary efforts mentoring young scientists.
- Career Development Award
Support contributed Merck and Co., Inc.
Recognizes achievement and promise in neuroscience for early career professionals.
- Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
Support contributed by Lilly USA, LLC.
Given for recognition of outstanding contributions to neuroscience research; Requires nomination by colleagues.
- Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor
Recognizes a deceased neuroscientist with outstanding career achievements who promoted the advancement of women in neuroscience.
- Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize
Honors distinguished work in the field of the brain, nervous system and the spinal cord.
- Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience
Support contributed by the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
Recognizes a young scientist who has demonstrated and continues to exhibit ongoing international collaboration based on the best science; allows young neuroscientists of all nationalities to pursue education and research at a center of excellence in their field.
- Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience
Support contributed by The Grass Foundation
Recognizes meritorious research in behavioral neuroscience; presented for outstanding Ph.D. thesis in behavioral neuroscience.
- Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award
Recognizes an individual for significant contributions to promoting the professional advancement of women and to the field of neuroscience through teaching, public advocacy, and organizational leadership.
- Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizes an individual with outstanding career achievements in neuroscience who has also significantly promoted the professional advancement of women in neuroscience.
- Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring
Support contributed by Bernice Grafstein
Recognizes individuals who are dedicated to promoting women's advancement in the field of neuroscience. Specifically, individuals who have shown an unusual dedication to mentoring women neuroscientists and to facilitating their entry or retention in the field.
- Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
Support contributed by the Swartz Foundation
Honors individuals, who, over a period of time, have made significant contributions or advances in theoretical and computational neuroscience.
- Jacob P. Waletzky Award
Support contributed by the Waletzky Family
Recognizes a scientist who has researched or plans to research in the area of substance abuse and the brain and nervous system.
- Young Investigator Award
Support contributed by AstraZeneca
Recognizes outstanding achievements of a young neuroscientist who has received an advanced professional degree within the past 10 years.
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Science Education and Outreach Awards
Awards recognizing individuals who increase neuroscience awareness through teaching:
- Award for Education in Neuroscience
Presented to individuals in recognition of their significant contributions to research and education, and for their distinguished career in neuroscience.
- Science Educator Award
Presented to an outstanding neuroscientist who has made significant contributions to educating the public about neuroscience.
- Next Generation Award
Recognizes a predoctoral or postdoctoral trainee and junior faculty member nominated by an SfN chapter for outstanding contributions to public communication, outreach, and education about neuroscience; also includes recognition for the chapter.
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Special Recognition Awards
The Society occasionally recognizes organizations and individuals for efforts and achievements that contribute to advancing the mission and goals of SfN through distinguished service or by championing greater public awareness and increased funding for biomedical research.
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