Society for Neuroscience Next Generation Award, deadline 8 May 2025
The Next Generation Award recognises Society members who have made outstanding contributions to public communication, outreach, and education about neuroscience, particularly to young people. There is a cash award.
The Next Generation Award recognizes Society for Neuroscience chapter members who have made outstanding contributions to public communication, outreach, and education about neuroscience through activities such as classroom engagement, social media campaigns, etc, typically at the high school level or below.
- Nominations must be made by an officer of the local SfN chapter (e.g. the chapter representative).
- Nominees do not need to be an SfN member.
Recipients receive a $750 travel award to help defray the cost of attending SfN’s annual meeting and a $300 honorarium, plus complimentary registration. The recipient's chapter receives a $2,000 chapter grant to be used to continue the chapter's outreach efforts in the following year. The SfN president presents the awards at a lecture at the SfN annual meeting. When awarded to a group at the pre/postdoctoral level, each individual receives a $300 honorarium and the chapter should either appoint one person to receive the $750 travel award or determine how to split it among the members.
Click here to read about previous award winners.
Deadline for nominations is 10pm (UK time) 8 May 2025.
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