Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
| Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Honors an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to neuroscience throughout his or her career |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Presented by | Society for Neuroscience |
| Reward(s) | US$25,000 |
| First awarded | 1978 |
| Website | web.sfn.org/SfN/Awards-and-Funding/Individual-Prizes-and-Fellowships/Outstanding-Research-and-Career-Awards/Ralph-W-Gerard-Prize-in-Neuroscience |
The Ralph W. Gerard Award of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is an award in neuroscience awarded annually since 1978 for Lifetime Achievement.[1] It is the highest recognition conferred by the SfN. As of 2018, the prize winner receives US$25,000.[2]
It is named in memory of the American neurophysiologist Ralph Waldo Gerard (1900-1974),[3] a founder and honorary president of the Society for Neuroscience and a professor at the University of Chicago , the University of Michigan and the University of California at Irvine. Gerard was known for his work on the nervous system, psychopharmacology, and biological basis of schizophrenia.[4]
Recipients
- 1978 Stephen William Kuffler
- 1979 Roger Sperry
- 1980 Vernon Mountcastle
- 1981 Herbert Jasper
- 1982 Jerzy E. Rose, Clinton N. Woolsey
- 1983 Walle Nauta
- 1984 Theodore H. Bullock, Susumu Hagiwara
- 1985 Viktor Hamburger, Rita Levi-Montalcini
- 1986 Seymour Solomon Kety
- 1987 Brenda Milner
- 1988 Horace Winchell Magoun, Donald B. Lindsley
- 1989 Seymour Benzer
- 1990 Bernard Katz, Sanford L. Palay
- 1991 Bert Sakmann, Erwin Neher
- 1992 Julius Axelrod
- 1993 David Hubel, Torsten Wiesel
- 1994 Paul Greengard
- 1995 Hans Thoenen, Eric M. Shooter
- 1996 Louis Sokoloff
- 1997 Eric Kandel
- 1998 Edward R. Perl
- 1999 Charles F. Stevens
- 2000 Solomon Halbert Snyder
- 2001 William Maxwell Cowan
- 2002 Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Paško Rakić[5]
- 2003 A. James Hudspeth
- 2004 Masakazu Konishi, Nobuo Suga
- 2005 Sten Grillner, Eve Marder
- 2006 Horace Barlow, Robert Henry Wurtz
- 2007 Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Nicole Marthe Le Douarin
- 2008 Mortimer Mishkin, Marcus Raichle[6]
- 2009 Lily Jan, Yuh Nung Jan[7]
- 2010 Ricardo Miledi[8]
- 2011 Carla Shatz[9]
- 2012 Colin Blakemore[10]
- 2013 Carol A. Barnes[11]
- 2014 Roger Andrew Nicoll, Richard Tsien[12]
- 2015 Story Landis[13][14]
- 2016 Ben Barres, Thomas Jessell[15][16][17]
- 2017 Mary E. Hatten[18][19]
- 2018 Rodolfo Llinas[20][21]
- 2019 Michael E. Greenberg, Catherine Dulac
- 2020 György Buzsáki[22]
- 2021 Richard L. Huganir
- 2022 Jon Kaas
- 2023 Michael Stryker[23]
See also
- List of neuroscience awards
- The Brain Prize
- Golden Brain Award
- The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
- W. Alden Spencer Award
- Karl Spencer Lashley Award
- The Mind & Brain Prize
- Gruber Prize in Neuroscience
References
- ^ "The creation of Neuroscience". Society for Neuroscience. 2018-10-06.
- ^ "Ralph W. Gerard Prize". www.sfn.org. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Ralph Waldo Gerard Dies at 73; Tied Schizophrenia to Chemistry". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ Online Archive of California, Guide to the Ralph Waldo Gerard Papers, 2006
- ^ "Husband and Wife Neurobiologists at Yale Share Prestigious Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". YaleNews. 2002-12-09. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Mishkin and Raichle Receive $25,000 Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience Recognizes Outstanding Contributions of Lily Jan and Yuh Nung Jan". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Dr. Ricardo Miledi wins prestigious neuroscience award - School of Biological Sciences". www.bio.uci.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience Recognizes Outstanding Contributions of Carla Shatz". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience recognizes outstanding contributions of Colin Blakemore — Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics". www.dpag.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience Recognizes Outstanding Contributions of UA's Carol A. Barnes". UANews. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Nicoll Receives Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". UC San Francisco. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Story Landis receives Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Story Landis Receives Ralph W Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ Society for Neuroscience (8 November 2016). "Ben Barres and Thomas Jessell Receive the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". sfn.org. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Thomas M. Jessell Wins Top Prize from the Society for Neuroscience". zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Ben Barres and Thomas Jessell Receive the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Mary E. Hatten Awarded the Distinguished Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Mary E. Hatten honored with the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience - News". News. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Society for Neuroscience confers Rodolfo Llinás the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Society for Neuroscience Confers Rodolfo Llinás the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Society for Neuroscience Presents Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". www.sfn.org. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Society for Neuroscience 2023 Outstanding Career and Research Achievements". www.sfn.org. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
External links
- Society for Neuroscience [1]