The Gruber Foundation honors and encourages educational excellence in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Justice and Women’s Rights, recognizing groundbreaking work that provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture. The Neuroscience Prize honors scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system. It is awarded each year to a person or persons chosen by a distinguished advisory board of neuroscience experts from nominations that are received from around the world.
Value: an unrestricted cash award of $500,000, a gold medal inscribed with the recipient’s name, and a citation describing the achievement for which the recipient is being honored.
Deadline: December 15, 2015.
Visit the Gruber Foundation’s website for more information.