The ANA Rising Star Award
The ANA Rising Star Award recognizes one (1) early career physician-scientist or researcher annually who has contributed significantly to the field of neurology (e.g., a body of research that is considered inspired, meritorious, and significant, which has the potential to have a major impact on the field nationally and/or internationally).
ANA Awards for Excellence
As the ANA evolves to better recognize the broad scope of academic neurology, our awards continue to evolve in parallel. In that spirit, the ANA offers series of awards to recognize individuals who have made exceptional and important contributions to the field of neurology and neuroscience.
ANA IDEAS Early Career Member Award
The ANA IDEAS Early Career Member Award supports outstanding early career physician-scientists and researchers who, through their outreach, mentoring, leadership, research, program-building, or educational scholarship, have demonstrated a commitment to addressing health-related disparities. The IDEAS Committee will select up to (3) awardees biennially.
ANA Persyst Professional Development Award
This award is provided to an early career academic neurologist or neuroscientist and is an ANA member specializing in the field of epilepsy. This award is made possible through the generosity of the Persyst Development Corporation, the leading producer of EEG software.
Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award
The Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award, ANA’s highest and most prestigious award, recognizes early- to mid-career neurologists and neuroscientists. This award honors those neurologists and neuroscientists in the first 12 years of their career at the assistant/associate faculty (equivalent) level who have made outstanding basic or clinical scientific advances toward the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of neurological diseases.
Distinguished Neurology Educator Award
The Distinguished Neurology Educator Award was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in teaching neurology to residents and medical students. The purpose is to encourage efforts to recognize and reward contributions by gifted and talented teachers in neurology. Each Neurology Department in the U.S. and Canada is encouraged to nominate one individual from the entire field of neurology each year.
The Audrey S. Penn Lectureship
The Audrey S. Penn Lectureship Award is provided to an ANA member who conducts outstanding research, program-building, or educational scholarship to promote health equity. The award is intended to recognize an ANA member whose novel and significant work has had or may have a far-reaching impact on: 1) improving equity in the prevention, detection, treatment, survivorship of neurological conditions. 2) building clinical programs to care for historically medically underserved populations, and/or: 3) commitment to diversity and inclusion in the medical workforce. The recipient is determined by the ANA IDEAS Award & Scholarships Workgroup.
The Grass Foundation - ANA Award in Neuroscience
The Grass Foundation - ANA Award in Neuroscience was established in 2007 to honor outstanding young investigators conducting research in basic or clinical neuroscience. The Grass Foundation was established in 1955 by Albert and Ellen Grass to advance research and education in neuroscience, with a special focus on investigators early in their careers.
Wolfe Research Prize for Identifying New Causes or Novel Treatment of Neuropathy and Related Disorders
The ANA is offering the Wolfe Research Prize to honor an outstanding investigator in the field of neuropathy or related disorders regardless of ANA membership. Candidates may include faculty at any career level, whether Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, who have made significant contributions to the understanding of pathogenesis or treatment of these conditions. The recipient is selected by the ANA Awards Committee.
F.E. Bennett Memorial Lectureship
The F.E. Bennett Memorial Lectureship, established in 1979 by Dr. Abram Elting Bennett, in memory of his son, Foster Elting Bennett, recognizes outstanding neuroscientists and educators in neurology. The award is open to both members and non-members and is selected by the Annual Meeting Programming Committee.
George W. Jacoby Award
The Jacoby Award in memory of Dr. George W. Jacoby, is given triennially to a member of the American Neurological Association who has conducted especially meritorious experimental work on any neurologic or psychiatric subject in the preceding three years. The recipient is selected by the Annual Meeting Programming Committee.
Raymond D. Adams Lectureship
Established in 2000 to honor Dr. Raymond D. Adams, emeritus Bullard Professor of Neuropathology at Harvard Medical School and emeritus Chief of Neurology Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The recipient is selected by the Annual Meeting Programming (AMP) Committee.
Soriano Lectureship
The first Soriano Lecture was delivered in 1987, commemorating Victor Soriano and his wife’s 40th consecutive year of attendance at ANA meetings. The couple established the lectureship to ensure their lasting connection to the ANA “through a brilliant lecture delivered by an outstanding scientist.” The lecture must be presented by an ANA member, with recipients selected annually by the Annual Meeting Programming (AMP) Committee.