Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award

Application Deadline: Monday, May 12, 2008

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
Nomination packages are reviewed by the Achievement Awards Selection Committee. Incomplete packages are not considered. Nominations must include:

• SfN awards & prizes cover form (PDF)
• NIH Biosketch style CV: biosketch form (Microsoft Word document). View a sample biosketch
• Summary of mentoring, leadership, and service (two-page maximum)

Submit all required materials as attachments (PDFs preferred) in a single e-mail to awardsandprizes@sfn.org.  Subject line should read "Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award."  Questions can also be directed to this email.

Deadline for receipt of nomination materials is Monday, May 12, 2008.

Award Presentation
The award recipient is notified in August. The award will be presented at the "A Celebration of Women in Neuroscience" Luncheon at the Society's 38th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, November 15-19, 2008.

Past Recipients

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