| The Gruber Prize in Neuroscience | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system |
| Location | Yale University Office of Development, New Haven, Connecticut |
| Presented by | Gruber Foundation |
| Reward | US$500,000 |
| First award | 2004 |
| Website | gruber |
The Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, established in 2004, is one of three international awards of US$500,000 made by the Gruber Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[1] It is awarded annually to scientists from around the world for significant discoveries that have enhanced the comprehension of the neurological system.[1] The prize comprises the cash award, a gold medal engraved with the recipient's name, and a citation detailing the accomplishment for which they are being recognized.[2]
The Gruber Prize in Neuroscience selection advisors are nominated by the Society for Neuroscience.
Recipients
- 2004 Seymour Benzer[3]
- 2005 Eric Knudsen and Masakazu Konishi[3]
- 2006 Masao Ito and Roger Nicoll, cellular neurobiologists[3]
- 2007 Shigetada Nakanishi a molecular neurobiologist, Director of the Osaka Bioscience Institute[3]
- 2008 John O’Keefe, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London[3]
- 2009 Jeffrey C. Hall, professor of neurogenetics at the University of Maine;[4] Michael Rosbash, professor and director of the National Center for Behavioral Genomics atBrandeis University;[5] and Michael Young, professor and head of the Laboratory of Genetics at Rockefeller University[6]
- 2010 Robert H. Wurtz, NIH Distinguished Investigator at the National Eye Institute Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research[3]
- 2011 Huda Zoghbi[3]
- 2012 Lily Jan and Yuh Nung Jan, University of California, San Francisco[3]
- 2013 Eve Marder[3]
- 2014 Thomas Jessell[3]
- 2015 Carla Shatz and Michael Greenberg[3]
- 2016 Mu-ming Poo, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences and UC Berkeley[7]
- 2017 Joshua R. Sanes, Center for Brain Neuroscience, Harvard University[8]
- 2018 Ann Graybiel (McGovern Institute for Brain Research/MIT), Okihide Hikosaka (National Eye Institute/NIH) and Wolfram Schultz (University of Cambridge)[9]
- 2019 Joseph S. Takahashi[3]
- 2020 Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Corey Goodman and Marc Tessier-Lavigne[10]
- 2021 Christine Petit and Christopher A. Walsh[3]
- 2022 Larry Abbott, Emery Neal Brown, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky[11]
- 2023 Huda Akil[12]
- 2024 Cornelia Bargmann and Gerald M. Rubin[13][3]
- 2025 Edward F. Chang[14]
- 2026: John Rubenstein[15]
See also
References
- "Peter Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize". Harvard Medical School.
- "Peter Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize | Distinguished Awards and Prizes". distinguishedawards.hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- "Neuroscience Laureates | Gruber Foundation". gruber.yale.edu. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- University of Maine
- Brandeis University
- Rockefeller University
- Sanders, Robert (7 June 2016). "Mu-ming Poo awarded $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize". Berkeley News. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- "2017 Gruber Neuroscience Prize Press Release | Gruber Foundation". gruber.yale.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- "2018 Gruber Neuroscience Prize | Gruber Foundation". gruber.yale.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- "2020 Gruber Neuroscience Prize | Gruber Foundation". gruber.yale.edu. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
- 2023 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
- 2024 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
- 2025 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
- "$500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize Awarded to John L.R. Rubenstein for discoveries in forebrain development". Gruber Foundation. Retrieved 19 May 2026.