Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award

Application Deadline: May 14, 2010 nominations opening soon

Marian Diamond, 2007 Recipient

Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award

Background
This 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.

Louise Hanson Marshall was the first recipient of the Women in Neuroscience (WIN, predecessor to the Committee on Women in Neuroscience, C-WIN) Special Recognition Award for a lifetime of distinguished service and outstanding contributions to the field of neuroscience. Marshall led, sequentially, three complete scientific careers on top of a rich personal and family life: first, as a physiologist; second, as a facilitator, organizer, and editor of neuroscience and neuroscientists; and third, as a historian of neuroscience. It is important to note that Marshall never actively engaged in bench research as a neuroscientist. However, because of her efforts to define and survey the field, launch a professional society (SfN), and document the history of its practitioners, organizations, and ideas, she was truly a woman in neuroscience. Read Marshall's biography.

The award includes complimentary SfN annual meeting registration and selected meeting travel expenses.

Eligibility
Eligible candidates are evaluated by the following criteria:

• Served the profession through C-WIN, SfN, and/or related organizations
• Attained recognition at national or international levels as a scientist, educator, businessperson, or administrator in neuroscience
• Showed 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. Nominees do not have to be SfN members. Self-nomination is not permitted.

Application Information
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.

• A summary of the nominee's mentoring, leadership, and service (2 pages)
• NIH Biosketch style curriculum vitae

Past Recipients

• Marian Diamond, PhD (2007)
• Nancy Hopkins, PhD (2005)