The Society for Neuroscience is concerned that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule ending “duration of status” for international students and exchange visitors will disrupt scientific training, impose unnecessary administrative burdens, and weaken the United States’ ability to attract and retain talented researchers.

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.

On August 14, 2026, the National Institutes of Health issued a request for information (RFI) on a consequential proposal that could diminish the influence and transparency of scientific peer review in NIH funding decisions. Scientists, research institutions, professional societies, patient advocates, and other members of the biomedical research community should submit substantive, personalized comments opposing the proposal in its current form by the October 13 deadline.

The Society for Neuroscience is concerned that NIH's proposed changes to grant review and funding decisions would diminish the role of scientific peer review, reduce transparency, and expand administrative discretion without adequate safeguards or supporting evidence.

The world’s largest source of emerging news on brain science will convene in Washington, D.C., online

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.

The Society for Neuroscience extends sincere congratulations to its newly elected officers and councilors who will take office at Neuroscience 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.