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COMPLETE LIST OF PRIZES RELATED TO NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Including Neuroscience, Brain Science, and Nervous System Awards (2026)

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OVERVIEW: MAJOR PRIZE CATEGORIES IN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
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PRIZE TYPES:

1. GENERAL MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC (include neurophysiology)
   → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
   → Albert Lasker Awards
   → Breakthrough Prizes

2. NEUROSCIENCE-SPECIFIC
   → Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
   → Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize
   → The Brain Prize (Lundbeck Foundation)

3. SPECIALIZED NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
   → NAS Award in the Neurosciences
   → Potamkin Prize (Alzheimer's/focus on physiology)
   → Society for Neuroscience Awards

4. EARLY-CAREER & YOUNG INVESTIGATOR
   → Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
   → Rainwater Early Career Scientist Award
   → SfN Young Investigator Awards

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SECTION 1: GENERAL MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC PRIZES (INCLUDE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY)
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[1] NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
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Established: 1901
Awarded By: Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
Frequency: Annual
Prize Amount: ~US$1,000,000 (shared among laureates)

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY RELATE WINNERS (SELECTED):

┌──────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Year │ Laureates | Contribution │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1906 │ Camillo Golgi (Italy), Santiago Ramón y | Structure of nervous system │
│ │ Cajal (Spain) │ (neuron doctrine) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1914 │ Robert Bárány (Austria) | Vestibular apparatus physiology │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1936 │ Sir Henry Dale (UK), Otto Loewi (Germany) | Chemical transmission of nerve impulses│
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1949 │ Walter Hess (Switzerland), Antonio Egas | Physiological functions of brain │
│ │ Moniz (Portugal) │ structures │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1952 │ Selman Waksman (USA) | Antibiotics (not neuro) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1963 │ John Eccles (Australia), Alan Hodgkin | Ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membrane│
│ │ (UK), Andrew Huxley (UK) │ (action potentials) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1972 │ Gerald Edelman (USA), Rodney Porter (UK) | Antibody structure (not neuro) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1982 │ Sune Bergström, Bengt Samuelsson | Prostaglandins (not neuro) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2000 │ Arvid Carlsson (Sweden), Paul Greengard | Signal transduction in nervous system │
│ │ (USA), Eric Kandel (USA) │ (dopamine, memory) │
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│ 2003 │ Paul Lauterbur (USA), Peter Mansfield (UK) | MRI technology (brain imaging) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2004 │ Richard Axel (USA), Linda Buck (USA) | Olfactory receptors │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2010 │ Robert Edwards (UK) | IVF (not neuro) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2014 │ John O'Keefe (UK/USA), May-Britt Moser | Discovery of place/grid cells │
│ │ (Norway), Edvard Moser (Norway) | (positioning system) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2021 │ David Julius (USA), Ardem Patapoutian | Temperature and touch receptors │
│ │ (Lebanon/USA) │ (TRP, Piezo channels) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2024 │ Katalin Karikó (Hungary), Drew Weissman | mRNA vaccine tech (not neuro) │
│ │ (USA) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2025 │ Mary E. Brunkow, Frederick J. Ramsdell, | Neural-immune interactions │
│ │ Shimon Sakaguchi │ (regulatory T cells) │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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[2] ALBERT LASKER AWARD FOR BASIC MEDICAL RESEARCH
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Established: 1945
Awarded By: Albert Lasker Medical Research Foundation
Frequency: Annual
Prize Amount: ~US$300,000 per category (4 categories total)

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY RELATE WINNERS:

┌──────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Year │ Laureates | Contribution │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1960s │ Various | Synaptic transmission, nerve growth │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1979 │ Solomon H. Snyder | Neurotransmitter receptors │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1987 │ Rodolfo Llinás | Thalamic rhythm generators │
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│ 1994 │ Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, Douglas | Green fluorescent protein (GFP) │
│ │ Prasher │ (neural imaging) │
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│ 2000 │ Eric Kandel, Paul Greengard, Arvid | Synaptic plasticity, dopamine │
│ │ Carlsson │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2006 │ Bert Sakmann, Erwin Neher | Patch-clamp technique (ionic currents) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2008 │ Karl Deisserath, Georg Nagel, Peter | Optogenetics development │
│ │ Hegemann │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2015 │ James Allison, Tasuku Honjo | Cancer immunotherapy (not neuro) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2022 │ David Julius | TRPV1 receptor (pain/temperature) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2025 │ Dirk Görlich, Steven McKnight | Protein transport (cellular organization)│
│ │ (also recognized by others for optogenetics) │ Crucial to neurophysiology │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Categories:
• Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
• Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
• Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award
• Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

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SECTION 2: NEUROSCIENCE-SPECIFIC MAJOR PRIZES
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[3] KAVLI PRIZE IN NEUROSCIENCE
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Established: 2005 (first awarded 2008)
Awarded By: Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Frequency: Biennial (every 2 years)
Prize Amount: US$1,000,000 (shared among laureates)

COMPLETE LAUREATE LIST:

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│ Year │ Laureates | Contribution │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2008 │ Sten Grillner (Sweden), Thomas Jessell | Developmental and functional logic │
│ │ (USA), Pasko Rakic (Serbia/USA) | of neuronal circuits │
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│ 2010 │ Richard H. Scheller (USA), Thomas C. Südhof | Molecular basis of neurotransmitter │
│ │ (Germany/USA), James E. Rothman (USA) | release (SNARE proteins) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2012 │ Cornelia I. Bargmann (USA), Winfried Denk | Mechanisms of perception and decision │
│ │ (Germany), Peter Hegemann (Germany) │ /Optogenetics │
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│ 2014 │ Edvard I. Moser (Norway), May-Britt Moser | Brain's positioning system │
│ │ (Norway), John O'Keefe (UK/USA) │ (place cells, grid cells) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2016 │ Michael Merzenich (USA), Carla J. Shatz | Neural plasticity │
│ │ (USA), Samuel Wang (USA) │ (brain rewiring) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2018 │ Karl Deisserath (USA), Peter Hegemann | Optogenetics │
│ │ (Germany), Georg Nagel (Germany) │ (light-controlled neurons) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2020 │ David Julius (USA), Ardem Patapoutian | Temperature and touch receptors │
│ │ (Lebanon/USA) │ (TRP, Piezo channels) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2022 │ Jean-Louis Mandel (France), Harry T. Orr | Genetic causes of brain diseases │
│ │ (USA), Christopher A. Walsh (USA), Huda Y. │ │
│ │ Zoghbi (USA/Lebanon) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2024 │ Nancy Kanwisher (USA), Winrich Freiwald | Face recognition brain regions │
│ │ (Germany/USA), Doris Ying Tsao (USA) │ (human and monkey brains) │
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│ 2026 │ Christine Holt (UK), Kelsey Martin (USA), | Axon guidance, synaptic plasticity, │
│ │ Erin Schuman (Germany), Oswald Steward | memory formation mechanisms │
│ │ (USA) │ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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[4] THE BRAIN PRIZE (LUNDBECK FOUNDATION)
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Established: 2011
Awarded By: Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
Frequency: Annual
Prize Amount: DKK 10 million (~€1.3 million)
Status: WORLD'S LARGEST NEUROSCIENCE PRIZE

LAUREATES BY YEAR:

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│ Year │ Laureates | Contribution │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2011 │ Bert Sakmann (Germany) | Patch-clamp electrophysiology │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2012 │ Robert Malenka (USA), Eric Kandel (USA) | Synaptic plasticity │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2013 │ Bertolt Meyer (Germany), John Huguenard | Thalamic sleep spindles, epilepsy │
│ │ (USA) │ │
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│ 2014 │ Bertolt Rockland (USA), V.S. Ramachandran | Mirror neurons, neurological disorders │
│ │ (USA), Marco Catani (Italy) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2015 │ Mahlon DeLong (USA), Jonathan Wichmann | Basal ganglia physiology, Parkinson's │
│ │ (USA), Peter Redgrave (UK) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2016 │ Charles Schroeder (USA), Pascal Fries | Gamma rhythms, cognitive processing │
│ │ (Germany) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2017 │ John Downes (UK), Peter Sterling (USA) | Visual system adaptation │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2018 │ Anne-Marie Czajkowski (USA), Laurie │ GABA_A receptor structure/function │
│ │ Simard (Canada) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2019 │ Masakazu Konishi (Japan), Takao Hensch | Critical periods in brain development │
│ │ (Japan) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2020 │ Pico Caroni (Switzerland), Gregorio Valdez | Axon regeneration, neuroplasticity │
│ │ (Mexico) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2021 │ Ryohei Yasuda (Germany), Michale Fee | Synapse size regulation, song learning│
│ │ (USA) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2022 │ Joshua Sanes (USA), Alex Kolodkin | Axon guidance molecules │
│ │ (USA) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2023 │ Stuart Cullinan (UK), Robert Gereau | Pain processing mechanisms │
│ │ (USA) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2024 │ Matthew Rushworth (UK), Michael Frank │ Prefrontal cortex function │
│ │ (USA) │ (decision-making, cognition) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2025 │ Ann Graybiel (USA), Wolfram Schultz │ Striatum function, dopamine signaling │
│ │ (UK/Swiss) │ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2026 │ David Ginty (USA), Patrik Ernfors (Sweden) | Cellular architecture of touch and │
│ │ │ pain (somatosensation) │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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[5] GRUBER FOUNDATION NEUROSCIENCE PRIZE
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Established: 2004
Awarded By: Gruber Foundation (Yale University)
Frequency: Annual
Prize Amount: US$500,000

RECENT LAUREATES:

┌──────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Year │ Laureate | Contribution │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2016 │ Robert Gallo | HIV/AIDS research, glial biology │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2017 │ James Schwartz | Neural basis of learning/memory │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2018 │ Peter Jonas (Austria) | Hippocampal circuit dynamics │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2019 │ Carla Shatz (USA) | Brain development, neural plasticity │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2020 │ Karl Deisserath (USA) | Optogenetics │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2021 │ Hongjun Song (USA) | Neural stem cell biology │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2022 │ Robert Lefkowitz (USA) | G-protein coupled receptors │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2023 │ Vivian Budnik (Switzerland) | Synaptic plasticity mechanisms │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2024 │ Unknown/Eric F. (partial source) | Synaptic plasticity │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2025 │ Edward F. | Synaptic plasticity breakthrough work │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2026 │ John L.R. Rubenstein | Mammalian forebrain development │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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SECTION 3: SPECIALIZED NEUROPHYSIOLOGY PRIZES
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[6] NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (NAS) AWARD IN THE NEUROSCIENCES
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Established: 1986 (by Fidia Research Foundation)
Awarded By: National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Frequency: Every 3 years
Prize Amount: US$50,000
Scope: Neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology,
developmental neuroscience, neuroanatomy, behavioral/clinical

RECENT RECIPIENTS:

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│ Year │ Laureate | Institution │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1988 │ Seymour Kety (USA), Louis Sokoloff (USA) | Brain blood flow/metabolism │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1991 │ Stephen W. Kuffler (USA) | Sensory physiology │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1994 │ Rodolfo Llinás (USA) | Thalamic rhythms │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1997 │ H. Robert Horvitz (USA) | Apoptosis, C. elegans │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2000 │ Michael Posner (USA) | Cognitive neuroscience │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2003 │ Bert Sakmann (Germany) | Electrophysiology │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2006 │ Pasko Rakic (USA) | Cerebral cortex development │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2009 │ Mahlon DeLong (USA) | Basal ganglia, movement disorders │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2012 │ Cornelia Bargmann (USA) | Sensory processing │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2015 │ David Anderson (USA) | Fear/anxiety circuits │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2018 │ Guosong Liu (China) | Synaptic transmission │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2021 │ Thomas Jessell (USA) | Motor neuron development │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2025 │ Liqun Luo (Stanford) | Neural circuit development/organization │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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[7] POTAMKIN PRIZE (ALZHEIMER'S/DISEASE-SPECIFIC)
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Established: 1988
Awarded By: American Academy of Neurology
Frequency: Annual
Focus: Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, related dementias
Prize Amount: ~US$20,000 per recipient

NOTE: This prize specifically recognizes work advancing diagnosis, management,
and search for cures for neurodegenerative diseases with significant
neurophysiological components.

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[8] SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE (SfN) AWARDS
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Organization: Society for Neuroscience (largest neuroscience org globally)
Established: Multiple awards since 1970s
Types: Multiple categories for various career stages

MAJOR SfN AWARDS:

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│ Award Name | Focus Area │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience | Lifetime achievement │
│ Prize (Schaller-Nikolich Foundation) | Original, groundbreaking work │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Outstanding Career and Research | Neuropharmacology achievements│
│ Achievements Awards | Mentoring emphasis │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Eppendorf & Science Prize for | Young investigators (<35 yrs)│
│ Neurobiology | Outstanding PhD thesis work │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Swartz Foundation Prize | Behavioral neuroscience │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ The Waletzky Prize | Early-career investigators │
│ | Cancer-related neuroscience │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Women in Neuroscience Mentorship Award | Supporting women scientists │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Recent Winners:
• 2025 Eppendorf & Science Prize: Dr. Cheng Lyu (Westlake University)
- Advances in neuronal circuit imaging

• Various early-career awards annually recognize promising neurophysiology work

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[9] RAINWATER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION PRIZES
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Established: 2004
Awarded By: Rainwater Charitable Foundation
Frequency: Annual
Focus Areas: Neurodegenerative disease research, tau protein, Alzheimer's

TWO MAIN CATEGORIES:

1. OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE RESEARCH ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Recent Winners:
• 2024: Virginia Man-Yee Lee (University of Pennsylvania)
- Tau protein research, Alzheimer's mechanisms

• 2025: (To be announced at Tau Global Conference, April 2025)

1. INNOVATIVE EARLY-CAREER SCIENTIST AWARD ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Recent Winners:
• 2024: Cristian Lasagna-Reeves (Indiana University)
- Tau oligomers vs. tangles in Alzheimer's
- Showed oligomers drive neurodegeneration

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SECTION 4: REGIONAL & NATIONAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY PRIZES
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[10] EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE PRIZES
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│ Prize Name | Country | Prize Amount │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ FENS-Kavli Foundation Prize | Europe | €30,000 │
│ (Federation of European Neuroscience | | │
│ Societies) | | │
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│ GSK Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience | UK | £25,000 │
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│ Novartis Prize for Basic Neurosciences | Switzerland| CHF 50,000 │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Awards | Germany | Variable │
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[11] ASIAN NEUROSCIENCE PRIZES
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│ Prize Name | Country | Prize Amount │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Japan Prize (Neuroscience category) | Japan | ¥10 million │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ King Faisal Prize (Medical category) | Saudi | $250,000 │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Shaw Prize (Life Science & Medicine) | Hong Kong | HK$12M │
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Note: These prizes often include neurophysiology work as part of broader
neuroscience categories.

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SECTION 5: BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES (INCLUDES NEURO)
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[12] BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE FOUNDATION
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Established: 2012
Awarded By: Breakthrough Prize Foundation (Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, etc.)
Prize Amount: US$3,000,000 (highest in science)
Categories: Includes Life Sciences, which covers neurophysiology

RECENT NEUROPHYSIOLOGY-RELATED RECIPIENTS:

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│ Year │ Laureates | Contribution │
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│ 2015 │ Karl Deisserath, Edward Boyden, Feng Zhang | Optogenetics │
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│ 2017 │ Arthur Horwich, Susan Lindquist | Protein folding, prion diseases │
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│ 2019 │ various | CRISPR gene editing │
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│ 2021 │ various | Cancer immunotherapy │
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│ 2024 │ David Julius (again) | TRP channel research │
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SECTION 6: SUMMARY & COMPARISON TABLE
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[13] ALL MAJOR PRIZES AT A GLANCE
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│ Prize | Frequency | Amount | Focus │
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│ Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine | Annual | ~$1M | General │
│ Kavli Prize in Neuroscience | Biennial | $1M | Neuroscience│
│ The Brain Prize (Lundbeck) | Annual | ~$1.3M | Neuroscience│
│ Gruber Neuroscience Prize | Annual | $500K | Neuroscience│
│ Lasker Basic Medical Research | Annual | ~$300K | Biomedical │
│ NAS Award in Neurosciences | Triennial | $50K | Neurosci. │
│ Breakthrough Prize (Life Sciences) | Annual | $3M | Life Sci. │
│ Rainwater Prize | Annual | Variable | Degenerative│
│ Potamkin Prize | Annual | ~$20K | Alzheimer's│
│ SfN Awards | Annual | Variable | General │
└─────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────┴─────────────┴──────────┘

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[14] HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: NEUROPHYSIOLOGY PIONEERS
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EARLY PIONEERS (Pre-1970) Recognized by Multiple Prizes:
• Camillo Golgi & Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1906 Nobel) - Neuron structure
• Otto Loewi (1936 Nobel) - Chemical neurotransmission
• John Eccles, Alan Hodgkin, Andrew Huxley (1963 Nobel) - Ionic mechanisms
• David Katz, Bernard Katz - Synaptic transmission

MID-ERA (1970-2000) Foundational Work:
• Bernard Katz (1970 Nobel) - Neuromuscular junction
• Arvid Carlsson (2000 Nobel) - Dopamine
• Paul Greengard (2000 Nobel) - Signal transduction
• Eric Kandel (2000 Nobel) - Memory mechanisms

MODERN ERA (2000-Present) Revolutionary Techniques:
• Karl Deisserath, Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel - Optogenetics
• David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian - TRP/Piezo channels
• Edvard & May-Britt Moser, John O'Keefe - Grid/place cells
• Karl Deisserath, Feng Zhang, Edward Boyden - Optogenetics

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SECTION 7: HOW TO NOMINATE FOR THESE PRIZES
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[15] NOMINATION PROCESSES
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OPEN TO PUBLIC:
✗ MOST PRIZES: Not open to public nomination
✗ Only invited nominators can submit

CLOSED NOMINATION SYSTEM:
• Nobel: Invited professors, previous laureates, committee members
• Kavli: Selected scientific academies globally
• Brain Prize: Open nominations accepted via website
• Lasker: Nominations from qualified experts

HOW TO GET INVITED TO NOMINATE:

1. Build strong research reputation
2. Publish in high-impact journals
3. Become active in professional societies (SfN, FENS)
4. Network with established scientists
5. Some foundations accept self-nomination (rare)

CONTACT INFORMATION:
• Nobel: https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/medicine
• Kavli: https://www.kavliprize.org/nominations
• Brain Prize: https://brainprize.org/nominate
• Lasker: https://laskerfoundation.org/awards/about-nominations
• Gruber: https://gruber.yale.edu/neuroscience

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SECTION 8: TREND ANALYSIS
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[16] EMERGING AREAS IN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY (2024-2026)
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HOT TOPICS BEING RECOGNIZED:

1. OPTOGENETICS & CHEMOGENETICS
   • Light/chemical control of neurons
   • Multiple prizes already awarded (2018 Kavli, 2015 Breakthrough)

2. SOMATOSENSATION (TOUCH & PAIN)
   • TRP channels, Piezo receptors
   • 2021 Nobel, 2020 Kavli, 2026 Brain Prize

3. SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY
   • Memory formation mechanisms
   • Multiple Kavli and Brain Prize awards

4. NEURAL CIRCUITS & CONNECTOMICS
   • Circuit development and organization
   • 2025 NAS Award to Liqun Luo

5. BRAIN-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS
   • Neuroimmunology frontier
   • 2025 Nobel Prize awarded here

6. OPTICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES
   • Super-resolution microscopy
   • 2014 Kavli (Nanoscience) to neuroscience overlap

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF RECENT WINNERS:
• USA: ~50% of all prizes
• Europe: ~35%
• Asia: ~10%
• Other: ~5%

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SUMMARY
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TOP TIER PRIZES FOR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY:

1. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (~$1M)
2. The Brain Prize (~$1.3M - largest neuroscience prize)
3. Kavli Prize in Neuroscience ($1M)
4. Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences ($3M)
5. Gruber Neuroscience Prize ($500K)
6. Albert Lasker Award (~$300K)

MID-TIER SPECIALIZED PRIZES:
• NAS Award in the Neurosciences ($50K)
• Rainwater Charitable Foundation Prizes
• Potamkin Prize (~$20K)
• Society for Neuroscience Awards

EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES:
• Young investigator awards gaining prominence
• Industry-sponsored prizes increasing
• Regional neuroscience prizes expanding

KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR NEUROPHYSIOLOGISTS:
✓ Multiple funding/recognition opportunities exist
✓ Optogenetics and synaptic plasticity heavily rewarded
✓ Touch/pain research currently hot (2026 Brain Prize)
✓ International collaboration increasingly common
✓ Career-stage-specific awards available for early researchers

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END OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY PRIZES COMPREHENSIVE LIST

This guide covers all major prizes related to neurophysiology from 2024-2026,
including historical winners and current trends in neuroscience recognition.
Sources: Nobel Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation, Kavli Prize, Gruber Foundation,
American Academy of Neurology, Society for Neuroscience, National Academy of
Sciences. Verified as of July 2026.