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]

Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
Awarded forHonors an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to neuroscience throughout his or her career
LocationWashington, D.C.
Presented bySociety for Neuroscience
Reward(s)US$25,000
First awarded1978
Websiteweb.sfn.org/SfN/Awards-and-Funding/Individual-Prizes-and-Fellowships/Outstanding-Research-and-Career-Awards/Ralph-W-Gerard-Prize-in-Neuroscience

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]

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