Mika Salpeter Award
Mika Salpeter Lifetime
Achievement Award

Final Deadline:

August 9, 2010

nominations are about to close!
 
 
SfN President Tom Carew presents the 2009 Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award to Carla Shatz.

Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award

Background
The Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2000 to recognize an individual with outstanding career achievements in neuroscience who has also significantly promoted the professional advancement of women in neuroscience.

The award includes complimentary SfN annual meeting registration and a monetary prize of $5,000.

Eligibility
Nominees must have:

  • Sustained exceptional achievements in neuroscience as evidenced by publications, inventions, and/or awards
  • Served the profession through SfN and/or related organizations
  • Recognition at national or international levels as a scientist, educator, businessperson, or administrator in neuroscience
  • Demonstrated a high degree of imagination, innovation, and initiative in the pursuit of neuroscience
  • Exhibited an unusual dedication to facilitating the mentoring and entry of young women into neuroscience or to the advancement of women in neuroscience

Nomination Criteria

  • Nominations must be made or endorsed by an SfN member.  
  • Nominees do not have to be SfN members.
  • Self-nomination is not permitted.
  • No person may nominate more than one candidate.

Nomination Materials
Please upload the following nomination materials to the new SfN award submission site (Note: all materials must be submitted by the nominator):

  • One nomination letter
  • A maximum of two optional letters of recommendation
    • One letter must include a summary of key research accomplishments as well as a summary of mentoring, leadership, and service.
  • Current CV 
  • List of students and postdoctoral fellows who have been mentored by the nominee.

If you have any questions, please email us at awards@sfn.org.

Past Recipients

  • Carla Shatz, PhD (2009)
  • Ben Barres, MD, PhD (2008)
  • Huda Akil, PhD (2007)
  • Ann Kelley, PhD (2006)
  • Susan Leeman, PhD (2005)
  • Martha Gillette, PhD (2004)
  • Bernice Grafstein, PhD (2003)
  • Eve Marder, PhD (2002)
  • Leslie Ungerleider, PhD (2001)
  • Mary Bartlett Bunge, PhD (2000)