Award for Education in Neuroscience
Submissions Open: Mar
3,
2020
Submissions Close: May
29,
2020
Robert T. Knight, MD (right), of the University of California, Berkeley, and Sabine Kastner, MD, PhD (left), of Princeton University, accept the Award for Education in Neuroscience.
The Award for Education in Neuroscience recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to neuroscience education and training.
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 Funding FAQs.
The nomination window for this award is now closed.
Nomination Criteria & Materials
Nomination Criteria:
- Self-nomination is not permitted.
- Nominees do not need to be SfN members.
- Nominations must be made or endorsed by an SfN member.
- No person may nominate more than one candidate.
- Current SfN officers and councilors are ineligible for nomination.
- Due to 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 for this prize.
Nomination materials include the following:
- One nomination letter
- 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 (example: course syllabus, course materials, brochure)
Eligibility
Nominees must have notable contributions to educating and training others about neuroscience.
Past Awardees
- 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
Award for Education In Neuroscience Selection Committee
Chairperson | Term Ends |
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Shubha P Tole, PhD
Tata Inst of Fundamental Research |
11/16/2022 |
Members | |
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Farida Sohrabji, PhD
Texas A and M University System |
12/31/2023 |
Minmin Luo, PhD Natl Inst of Biological Sciences |
12/31/2022 |
Michèle C Studer, PhD Institute of Biology, Ibv (UMR INSERM1091/CNRS7277/UNS) |
12/31/2022 |
Ex Officio Members | Term Ends |
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Diana Bautista, PhD
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12/31/2024 |