Award for Education in Neuroscience

Submissions Open: Feb 20, 2024, 08:00 AM, ET

Submissions Close: Apr 11, 2024, 05:00 PM, ET

Angel Kaur, PhD (right), of the University of North Carolina, Asheville was awarded the Award for Education in Neuroscience in 2023.

The Award for Education in Neuroscience recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to neuroscience education and training, typically at the undergraduate/graduate level.

Recipients receive complimentary registration, transportation (economy air or ground), and two nights hotel accommodations for the SfN annual meeting..

For more information, please review the Awards and Prizes FAQs.

Nomination Criteria & Materials

Nomination Criteria:

Nominations must be made or endorsed by an SfN member.
Nominees do not need to be SfN members.
Self-nomination is not permitted.
No person may nominate more than one candidate.
Current SfN officers and councilors are ineligible for nomination.
Due to the potential conflicts of interest, members of the selection committee may not be the nominees and they cannot serve as nominators nor write letters of recommendation.

Nomination materials include the following:

One nomination letter and a maximum of two optional letters of recommendation

One letter must summarize the nominee's contributions to education and training

Current CV
One optional supporting document in PDF format submitted by the nominee detailing their contributions to neuroscience education (such as course syllabi or materials)

Eligibility

Nominees must have notable contributions to educating and training others about neuroscience. If your nominee’s activities are better described as “outreach” or are focused at the high-school (or other) levels, please consider nominating them for the Next Generation Award. If you are unsure, please nominate them for both awards; the committees will decide which category fits them best.

If your nominee is a co-founder/co-author of the central activity/textbook that you’re nominating them for, please consider nominating the entire team. Nominating only one individual is possible but should be accompanied by a statement of why they deserve more of the credit than the other partners in the activity.

Past Awardees

2023: Angel Kaur, PhD
2022: Francisco Fernandez de Miguel, PhD and Clark Lindgren, PhD
2021: Gillian Hue, PhD, and Arshad Khan, PhD
2020: Yves De Koninck, PhD, and Liqun Luo, PhD
2019: Sabine Kastner, MD, PhD, and Robert T. Knight, MD
2018: Erik Herzog, PhD and Gönül Peker, PhD
2017: Ronald Calabrese, PhD and Randy Nelson, PhD
2016: John M. Bekkers, PhD and Bruce R. Johnson, PhD
2015: William B. Kristan Jr., PhD
2014: Eve Marder, PhD and Richard Olivo, PhD
2013: Keith A. Trujillo, PhD
2012: Sharon L. Juliano, PhD and Osvaldo D. Uchitel, MD, PhD
2011: Julio Ramirez, PhD
2010: John Nicholls, MD
2009: Thomas M. Jessell, PhD, Eric R. Kandel, MD, and James H. Schwartz, MD, PhD
2008: Dale Purves, MD
2007: John H. Byrne, PhD
2006: Donald Kennedy, PhD
2005: Frankie Trull
2004: Ronald R. Hoy, PhD
2003: Joe L. Martinez, Jr., PhD, and James Townsel, PhD
2002: Eric Chudler, PhD
2001: Edwin J. Furshpan, PhD, Edward A. Kravitz, PhD, and David D. Potter, PhD
2000: Neal Miller, PhD
1999: Michael Zigmond, PhD
1998: Gordon Shepherd, MD, DPhil
1997: Nancy Wexler, PhD
1996: Eugene Streicher, PhD
1995: W. Maxwell Cowan, MD, PhD
1994: Floyd E. Bloom, MD
1993: Walle J. H. Nauta, MD, PhD
1992: Ellen Grass
1991: Oliver W. Sacks, MD