This is a list compiled by Camilla Nord and the E&D Committee of awards and prizes students and early-career scientists at the MRC CBU might be eligible for (shared openly). Please get in touch with any new awards or prizes to add to the list.

(NB: (1) time since PhD typically excludes any career breaks, parental leave etc.; (2) this list does not include travel awards to attend specific conferences, since most societies have these, but does include travel awards to attend any conference; (3) this list may not always be up-to-date: these awards change frequently!

Prizes

APS rising star (APS fellow required)

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/aps-rising-stars-nominations

 

BACN award

http://www.bacn.co.uk/awards.html

 

BAP Psychopharmacology Awards (Junior category <6 years post-doc)

https://www.bap.org.uk/awardinfo.php?awardinfoID=2

 

BAP Public Communication Prizes (Junior must be PhD student; Senior post-PhD)

https://www.bap.org.uk/awardinfo.php?awardinfoID=10

 

BNA graduate and postgraduate award

https://www.bna.org.uk/members/student-prizes/

 

Sieratzki UK-Israel Prize for Advances in Neuroscience – Young Researcher’s Prize (<4 yrs post-PhD) and Early Career Researcher’s Prize (4-8 years)

https://www.fens.org/News-Activities/Awards/Awards-Directory/Awards-Directory/Sieratzki-UK-Israel-Prize-for-Advances-in-Neuroscience—The-Early-Career-Researchers-Prize/

 

ESCoP Early Career Publication Award

http://escop.eu/awards_funding/early-career-publication-award-8967/

 

Flux early investigator award

https://fluxsociety.org/young-investigator-award/

 

FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize

https://www.fens.org/News-Activities/Awards/FENS-Awards/FENS-EJN-Young-Investigator-Prize/2020/

 

CNS Young Investigator Award

https://www.cogneurosociety.org/young-investigator-award/

 

Cognitive Science Society Glushko Dissertation Prize

https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/glushko-dissertation-prize/

 

APA early career award (<~10 years post-PhD)

https://www.apa.org/about/awards/early-career-contribution?tab=3

 

Brainbox Initiative Young Investigator Award

https://brainbox-initiative.com/young-investigator-award-2/

 

British Psychological Society Cognitive Psychology Section Paper award

https://www.bps.org.uk/member-microsites/cognitive-psychology-section/awards-funding

 

British Psychological Society Neill O’Connor Award (<10 years post-PhD or student)

Award for paper on cognitive disorders that appear in development

https://www.bps.org.uk/member-microsites/developmental-psychology-section/awards-funding

 

British Neuropsychological Society (BNS) – Humphreys and Riddoch Prize (postgraduate student, no requirement for you or supervisor to be member). In theory they also have the Elizabeth Warrington Prize for ECRs, but there is no information on their website so perhaps follow their twitter if interested

http://www.the-bns.org/resources/Humphreys_Riddoch+prize+final+Sep+2018.pdf

 

British Neuropsychiatric Association – Alwyn Lishman Award (usually 2-3 given for abstract presented at meeting). No info on website currently but follow @The_BNPA for info.

 

BPS Spearman Medal (<8 years post-PhD)

https://www.bps.org.uk/about-us/awards-and-grants/research-board-awards/spearman-medal

 

BPS Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology (<3 years post-PhD)

https://www.bps.org.uk/about-us/awards-and-grants/research-board-awards/award-outstanding-doctoral-research-contributions

 

Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) – Innovation Award (for a paper) and Early Career Award (<10 years post-PhD)

https://socialaffectiveneuro.org/awards

 

European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) – Young Scientist Award

https://escaneurosci.eu/p/RDWFuU

 

Frith Prize (for PhD thesis)  – Experimental Psychology Society

https://eps.ac.uk/the-frith-prize/ Primary supervisor must be an EPS member

 

EPS Prize (up to 6 years post-PhD) – Experimental Psychology Society

Must be nominated by an EPS Member, but you do not have to be one yourself

https://eps.ac.uk/eps-prize-lecturer-early-career/

 

Society for Biological Psychiatry Predoctoral Scholar Fellowship Award

https://sobp.org/travel-fellowship-award-predoctoral-scholars/

 

Society for Biological Psychiatry Early Career Investigator Fellowship Award https://sobp.org/travel-fellowship-awards-early-career-investigator-domestic/

 

Society for Social Neuroscience Early Career Award (<10 years post-PhD)

https://www.s4sn.org/early-career-award/

 

Organisation for Psychological Research into Stroke (OPSYRIS) Rising Star Award

(No information about criteria found, but check twitter (@OPSYRIS1), only requires 250-word nomination.)

 

MDRS Cermak Award

(An award from the Memory Disorders Research Society (MDRS) for outstanding postdoctoral researchers – no public information about nomination)

 

Psychonomic Society  – Early Career Award

Requires nomination from society member/fellow and support letter from 2^nd member/fellow; ideally you must be involved in the society.

https://www.psychonomic.org/page/early_career_award

 

TRAVEL GRANTS (that you can take to any conference)

 

Guarantors of Brain Travel Grant

https://www.guarantorsofbrain.org/grants/travel-grants/

 

Robert Kerwin International Conference Bursaries

https://www.bap.org.uk/awardinfo.php?awardinfoID=7

 

Sparrho Early Career Research Prize (PhD or postdoc)

http://grants.sparrho.com/index.html

 

PLOS Early Career Travel Award (during or <5 yrs post-PhD, must be an author on a PLOS paper)

https://www.plos.org/ecr-travel-awards

 

eLife Early-Career Travel Grants (must be an author on an eLife paper)

https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/f8281f87/early-career-travel-grants-applications-open-for-2019

 

MDPI Journals Travel Awards – e.g. J. Intell; Brain Sciences. Changes regularly so check websites.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jintelligence/awards

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/brainsci/awards