2026 Award Recipients
Join SfN in celebration of our annual award and prize recipients at Neuroscience 2026.
Outstanding Career and Research Achievements
Society for Neuroscience Presents the Outstanding Achievement Awards
- Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience: David C. Van Essen, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Jacob P. Waletzky Award: David E. Olson, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Julius Axelrod Prize: Eric Gouaux, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience: Wulfram Gerstner, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize: Amy Arnsten, PhD | Watch Remarks
Promotion of Women in Neuroscience
Society for Neuroscience Celebrates the Promotion of Women in Neuroscience Awards
- Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring: Stephanie A. White, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award: Elizabeth A. English, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award: Gina Turrigiano, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award: Vikram Gadagkar, PhD and Brian M. Sweis MD, PhD
- Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor: Annette Dolphin, PhD
Early Career
Society for Neuroscience Presents the Early Career Awards
- Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience: Shannon Schiereck, PhD and Dionnet Bhatti Mazo, PhD
- Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience: Airi Yoshimoto, PhD | Watch Remarks
- SfN Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award: Vineet Augustine, PhD
- Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award: Simon Haziza PhD, Zetian Yang, PhD, and Abdulraheem Nashef, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Jennifer N. Bourne Prize in Brain Ultrastructure: Leila Elabbady, PhD | Watch Remarks
Science Education and Outreach
Society for Neuroscience Presents the Science and Education and Outreach Awards
- Award for Education in Neuroscience: Robert Calin-Jageman, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Science Educator Award: Chinna Orish MBBS, PhD and Leigh Wilson, PhD | Watch Remarks
- Next Generation Award: Uma Chatterjee MS, MHPS | Watch Remarks
- Chapter of the Year Award: North Central Florida Chapter, Ottawa Chapter and Sierra Nevada Chapter | Watch Remarks
Past Award Recipients
View past SfN Award and Prize Recipients
- 2025 Award and Prize Recipients - announced at Neuroscience 2025 in San Diego
- 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
