Ralph_W._Gerard_Prize_in_Neuroscience

Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience

Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience

Award


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]

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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

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References

  1. "The creation of Neuroscience". Society for Neuroscience. 2018-10-06.
  2. "Ralph W. Gerard Prize". www.sfn.org. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  3. Online Archive of California, Guide to the Ralph Waldo Gerard Papers, 2006
  4. "Nicoll Receives Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience". UC San Francisco. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  5. 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.
  6. "Thomas M. Jessell Wins Top Prize from the Society for Neuroscience". zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
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