Nominate your candidate for The Brain Prize 2024
Here you will find information about the nomination criteria and guidance on how to nominate a candidate for the prize.
The Brain Prize may be awarded to one or more scientists who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to any field of neuroscience, from basic to clinical.
In this film the process of nomination and selection is explained:
THE BRAIN PRIZE TIME LINE
Nomination and Selection
Only candidates who are nominated by others will be considered for The Brain Prize. Further details of the nomination criteria can be found on this page.
The rewarded research must – from an international perspective – be outstanding. It is the task of The Brain Prize Selection Committee to decide in each individual case, what characterizes the research as outstanding and therefore deserves the prize. The current selection committee consists of 9 neuroscientists from all over the world and who are leaders in their fields.
Nomination criteria:
- Only nominated candidates will be considered by The Brain Prize Selection Committee.
- Self-nomination is not accepted.
- Anyone can nominate.
- Nominees can be of any nationality and work in any part of the world.
- Nominees can work in any field of neuroscience.
- Nominees must still be actively engaged in research.
- If several researchers have contributed significantly to the achievement, more than one individual may be nominated.
- Re-nomination of previously unsuccessful nominees is encouraged
Call for Nominations and Deadlines
The nomination window usually opens in May.
The call for nominations will be announced on this website, on Twitter - @BrainPrize, and on various neuroscience society websites and newsletters.
The deadline for nominations is at the beginning of September for the award of The Brain Prize in the following year.
Feel free to encourage others who might be prepared to nominate, and the Lundbeck Foundation encourages diversity in nominations.
How To Nominate
Important: Please access the nomination module using Google Chrome since older versions of Internet Explorer might be unreliable.
A nomination must include the nominee’s full name and field of research as well as the justification for the nomination based on a selected list of the nominee’s publications. Nominations must be made online.
Please follow all instructions, otherwise, the nomination will be deemed incomplete and invalid:
- All nominations must be submitted electronically and in English.
- Please follow all instructions and make sure to provide all information requested in the form.
- Name, title, degree, affiliation, e-mail address, age, and gender of the nominee.
- The achievement for which this nomination is made (max 1500 characters).
- The specific contribution of this nominee to the achievement (max 5000 characters).
- Key publications (maximum ten).
- Number of citations and h-index (optional)
The Selection Committee
Winners of The Brain Prize are chosen from the pool of nominated candidates by a selection committee consisting of at least 8, and no more than 12 members.
Read more about the Selection Committee
Statistics
We have published the demographics of winners, nominees, and nominators for The Brain Prize. We recognise the importance of diversity in Brain Prize winners and encourage you to nominate candidates whose work you think is deserving the recognition.