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  • Jul 27, 2023
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    SfN Receives Largest Ever Bequest, Establishes New Endowed Fund
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has received $1.025 million from the estate of John I. Simpson, PhD, making it the largest bequest ever received by the Society. With the funds, the SfN Executive Committee voted to create a new long-term endowed fund, The John I. Simpson Fund, and will use the income from its investments to create and perpetually fund John I. Simpson Trainee Professional Development Awards (TPDAs) beginning at Neuroscience 2023.
  • Jul 20, 2023
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    Multi-society Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFAI) v. President and Fellows of Harvard and SFAI v. University of North Carolina

    As organizations representing a wide range of scientific, engineering, and mathematical disciplines, we will not be deterred by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race considerations in college and university admissions.

     

  • Jun 28, 2023
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    SfN Announces Partnership With the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute to Support Early Career Scientists
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute announced a new partnership to support promising early career neuroscientists in their professional development and publishing trajectories.
  • Jun 15, 2023
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    SfN Election Results: Meet Your New Leaders
    The Society for Neuroscience extends sincere congratulations to its newly elected officers and councilors.
  • Apr 12, 2023
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    The 2023 Gruber Neuroscience Prize Awarded to Huda Akil
    SfN Past-President Huda Akil, PhD, Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, and research professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute at the University of Michigan, has been awarded the 2023 Gruber Neuroscience Prize.
  • SfN Announces Early Career Policy Ambassadors Class of 2023
    Feb 14, 2023
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    SfN Announces Early Career Policy Ambassadors Class of 2023
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has selected 10 members from a highly competitive applicant pool to participate in the Society’s annual Capitol Hill Day on March 6–8, 2023.
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    Nov 14, 2022
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    Society for Neuroscience 2022 Science Education and Outreach Awards
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present eight neuroscientists with this year’s Science Education and Outreach Awards, comprising the Award for Education in Neuroscience, the Science Educator Award, and the Next Generation Awards.
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    Nov 14, 2022
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    Society for Neuroscience 2022 Promotion of Women in Neuroscience Awards
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor several highly accomplished researchers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of women in neuroscience.
  • Nov 13, 2022
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    Society for Neuroscience Recognizes Abcam as Neuroscience 2022 Sponsor of the Day, Host of “Better Together: An Evening of Science and Storytelling”

    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is pleased to recognize Abcam as the Sponsor of the Day for the second day of Neuroscience 2022, Sunday, November 13, 2022.

  • Nov 13, 2022
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    Society for Neuroscience 2022 Early Career Scientists’ Achievements and Research Awards
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor six early-career researchers whose work is transforming our understanding of the neural dynamics of memory, navigation, social behaviors, and disease states.
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