Awards and Scholarships
Apply for prestigious AAN awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to the field of neurology. Filter and sort by applicant type, career stage, practice setting, location, and which awards are currently accepting applications to find the award for you. Select the award title to learn more and to apply.
Not sure which award is for you? See previous AAN award winners and learn more about their backgrounds and why they were chosen.
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Neuro-oncology Investigator Award
This award recognizes early career investigators who have advanced the field of neuro-oncology.
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Neuro-oncology Scientific Award
This award recognizes an individual from any discipline and of any academic rank for a singular scientific achievement that has advanced the field of neuro-oncology.
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Robert Katzman, MD, Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research
This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage early-career investigators in clinical studies related to Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
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Sheila Essey Award: An Award for ALS Research
This award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions in research in the search for the cause, treatment, prevention, and cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Neuroscience Research Prize
This award is designed to encourage high school students to explore the world of the brain and nervous system through research, identify and reward those students whose scientific skill and talent indicate potential for scientific contributions in the field of neuroscience, and recognize the efforts
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Sleep Science Award
This award is intended to recognize distinguished academic contributions by neurologists to the field of sleep medicine or the contributions of non-neurologists to the interface area of sleep neurology.
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Private Practitioner AAN Service Award
This award is designed to recognize a private practitioner's outstanding service to the Academy.
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Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Volunteer Service Award
Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Volunteer Service Award The application period is closed. About This award recognizes an APP who is an AAN member, for their volunteer service to patients,...
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Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize
This prize is awarded to emerging neurologists who have a strong interest in, and have demonstrated a passion for, learning and expanding the field of stroke research.
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Medical Student Prize for Excellence
This prize is meant for graduating medical students who have promising career potential in neurology as seen by their institution's faculty and residents.
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Mitchell B. Max Award for Neuropathic Pain
This award recognizes an individual for outstanding work in the field of neuropathic pain for either a single contribution or for lifetime achievement.
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Ted Burns Humanism in Neurology Award
This award seeks to acknowledge the influence of the most benevolent and innovative in the field of neurology, who through their work, advance the field of neurology and make knowledge more accessible through their innovative teaching.
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Neuroscience Course Director Excellence Award
This award recognizes a qualified Neuroscience course director or a pair of co-directors who have developed a robust educational program for pre-clerkship medical students.
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Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Early Career Investigators
This award recognizes early career investigators who have made significant contributions to movement disorders research. The award is named for Dr. Jon Stolk, a driving force in the drug development field for Parkinson's disease.
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Neurologist-in-training Clinical Ethics Elective (NITCEE)
This elective provides opportunities to develop the skills necessary to approach ethical problems during your education, research activities, and clinical practice, and prepare you to share what you have learned with your peers and patients.
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Mridha Spirit of Neurology Award
The Mridha Spirit of Neurology Award is a humanitarian award for a neurologist or neuroscientist working in an impoverished community of the world.
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Resident Research Scholarship
Designed for neurology residents who are interested in a career as clinician-scientists. This award is intended to be a springboard into the AAN's Research Program or other programs focused on early-career investigators.
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Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship
The award aims to recognize the importance of and encourage junior investigators in good laboratory or preclinical research.
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Practice Research Training Scholarship
This award aims to recognize the importance of good practice-based research or comparative effectiveness research (CER) and encourage junior investigators to use studies to improve health systems and services.
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Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Parkinson's Disease
This award aims to recognize the importance of rigorous clinical research and to encourage junior investigators in clinical studies in Parkinson’s disease.