Award Recipients 2025
Join SfN in celebration of our annual award and prize recipients at Neuroscience 2025.
Outstanding Career and Research Achievements
Society for Neuroscience Presents the Outstanding Achievement Awards
- Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience: Joshua Sanes
- Jacob P. Waletzky Award: Marco Venniro
- Julius Axelrod Prize: Gregory Quirk
- Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience: Alexandre Pouget
- Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize: Sheena Josselyn
- SfN Service Award: Floyd Bloom
Promotion of Women in Neuroscience
Society for Neuroscience Celebrates the Promotion of Women in Neuroscience Awards
- Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring: David Poeppel
- Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award: Chinna Orish
- Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award: Carmen Sandi
- Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award: Sara Mederos and Malavika Murugan
- Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor: Elena Chartoff
Early Career
Society for Neuroscience Presents the Early Career Awards
- Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience: Brendan Ito
- Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience: Adam Lowet
- SfN Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award: Li Ye
- Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award: Lingxiao Shao, Maitreyee Wairagkar, Ipshita Zutshi
- Jennifer N. Bourne Prize in Brain Ultrastructure: Gregg Wildenberg
Science Education and Outreach
Society for Neuroscience Presents the Science and Education and Outreach Awards
- Award for Education in Neuroscience: Diego Golombek
- Science Educator Award: Sadaf Ahmed and Manuella Yassa
- Next Generation Award: The International Youth Neuroscience Association (Pre/Post Doctorate) and Ming-fai Fong (Junior Faculty)
- Chapter of the Year Award: Chapter Perú, DC Metro Area, and NeuroBoston
Past Award Recipients
View past SfN Award and Prize Recipients
- 2024 Award and Prize Recipients - announced at Neuroscience 2024 in Chicago
- 2023 Award and Prize Recipients - announced at Neuroscience 2023 in Washington, D.C.
- 2022 Award and Prize Recipients - announced at Neuroscience 2022 in San Diego
- 2021 Award and Prize Recipients - announced online at Neuroscience 2021