Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award Application Deadline: May 14, 2010 nominations opening soon   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, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Women in Neuroscience, predecessor to the Committee on Women in Neuroscience (C-WIN). The award recognizes 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
Eligible candidates are evaluated by the following criteria:

• Sustained exceptional achievements in neuroscience as evidenced by publications, inventions, and/or awards
• Served the profession through C-WIN, SfN, and/or related organizations
• Recognized 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

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.  Due to potential conflicts of interest, members of the Achievement Awards Selection Committee cannot serve as nominators.  Nominees do not have to be SfN members. Self-nomination is not permitted.

Application Instructions
Please submit the following materials to awards@sfn.org prior to the deadline in order to be considered. Be sure to include the award's name in the subject line.

• 1-3 three letters of recommendation
• A summary of key research accomplishments (2 pages)
• A summary of mentoring, leadership, and service (2 pages)
• A curriculum vitae, including a list of students and postdoctoral fellows who have been mentored

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)