WASHINGTON D.C. — The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) announces awards to a record 563 neuroscience trainees to attend Neuroscience 2026, the world’s largest gathering of neuroscientists, through the Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) program. This cohort represents the largest pool of TPDA recipients in the program’s history. Over $660,000 in generous donations were contributed by individual donors to the Friends of SfN Fund, foundation and corporate supporters, and SfN Council.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is pleased to announce that a record number of neuroscience trainees — 563 — received support to attend Neuroscience 2026 through this year’s Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) program. This is the largest cohort of TPDA recipients in the program’s history. Contributions from individual donors, foundation and corporate supporters, and the SfN Council totaled $660,000. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present this year’s Early Career Awards to 10 neuroscientists whose early career discoveries have already transformed the field. The recipients of the Early Career Awards will be honored during SfN’s annual meeting.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present four neuroscientists and three chapters with this year’s Science Education and Outreach Awards, which include the Award for Education in Neuroscience, the Science Educator Award, the Chapter of the Year Award, and the Next Generation Award. The awards will be presented during SfN’s annual meeting.

Washington, D.C. – The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor four pioneering researchers whose innovative work has transformed the understanding of the nervous system with this year’s Outstanding Career and Research Achievement Awards. This year’s awards honor scientists whose work ranges from the structure of receptors to the structure of the cortex and from theoretical models of plasticity to therapies designed to harness it to treat addiction. The awards will be presented at Neuroscience 2026, November 14–18 in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor four neuroscientists with this year’s Promotion of Women in Neuroscience Awards for their commitment to supporting and mentoring women in neuroscience. The awards will be presented during SfN’s annual meeting.

Karl Deisseroth at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, Peter Hegemann at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and Georg Nagel at University of Würzburg, Germany, have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

SfN member Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Yale University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize 2026.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — SfN members Christine Holt, PhD, Kelsey C. Martin, MD, PhD, Erin Schuman, PhD, and Oswald Steward, PhD, have been awarded the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for the discovery of local protein translation in neurons and establishing its importance for brain development and plasticity.

Washington, D.C. — John L. R. Rubenstein, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco, has been awarded the 2026 Gruber Neuroscience Prize. The award recognizes his pioneering work on mammalian forebrain development, a structure which is responsible for functions such as cognition, memory, and perception.