A Chance to Win $25,000 at the 2021 Science & PINS Prize from AAAS

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is now accepting applications for the 2021 Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation. This prize is awarded for innovative research that modulates neural activity through physical (electrical, magnetic, optical) stimulation of targeted sites in the nervous system with implications for translational medicine. Established in 2016, the prize is administered by Science and Science Translational Medicine and awarded annually for outstanding research as described in a 1,500-word essay based on research performed in the past three years.

Benefits:

The winner of the Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation is awarded US$25,000 and publication of his or her essay in Science. The Grand Prize essay and that of the Runner-up are also published on Science Online. The award is announced and presented at a ceremony usually in September each year. PINS will provide financial support to help enable the grand prize winner to attend the ceremony.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Entrants must be a Junior Investigator with an advanced degree received in the last 10 years and must be 45 years or younger as of 1 January  2021.
• The entrant's essay must describe their research and its implications for neuromodulation.
• The entrant must have performed or directed the work described in the essay.
• The research must have been performed during the previous three years.
• Employees of PINS, its subsidiaries, Science and AAAS, and their relatives are not eligible for the prize.

Judging Procedures:

Editors from Science will be responsible for the initial evaluation of the essays. The top 10 percent of the essays will be forwarded to the judging panel. The judging panel will be composed of prominent international researchers in the field of neuroscience. The essays will be rated in two areas: scientific quality and significance, and clarity and style of the writing.

About AAAS:

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journals, Science, Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, Science Advances, Science Immunology, and Science Robotics. AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 254 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science, founded by Thomas Edison, has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of more than 400,000.

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