Jacob P. Waletzky Award
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Application Deadline: June 11, 2010
nominations opening soon
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 SfN President Tom Carew presents the 2009 Jacob P. Waletzky Award to Geoffrey Schoenbaum.
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The Jacob P. Waletzky Award
Background
The Society for Neuroscience awards the Jacob P. Waletzky Award to a scientist who has conducted research or plans to conduct research in the area of substance abuse and the brain and nervous system. The award, which includes $25,000, is presented each year at the Society's annual meeting.
Eligibility
Nominations must be made or endorsed by an SfN member. If the nominator is not an SfN member, the nomination package must include a letter of endorsement from a current Society member. Nominees do not have to be SfN members.
Due to potential conflicts of interest, members of the Jacob P. Waletzky Award Selection Committee cannot serve as nominators.
Eligible candidates must have received an advanced professional degree within the past 15 years.
Application Information
Please submit the following materials to awards@sfn.org. Please include the name of the award in the subject line.
- An essay of not more than 500-words describing the future goals and direction of the applicant's planned research in the area of substance abuse and the brain and nervous system.
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Three letters of recommendation- Only one letter of recommendation can come from a nominee's current institution.
- One letter from a current or previous research mentor (graduate student or postdoctoral advisor). No more than one letter from a mentor is permitted.
- Two letters from other scientists who have not worked with the applicant, but can comment on the applicant's qualifications for the award.
- A curriculum vitae
- A list of all publications and abstracts authored or co-authored by the applicant.
*Nomination packages accompanied by letters than do not follow these rules will not be considered.
Past Recipients
- G. Schoenbaum (2009)
- R.C. Pierce (2008)
- M. Picciotto (2007)
- Y. Shaham (2006)
- W. Carlezon (2005)
- A. Bonci (2004)
- P.V. Piazza (2003)