Neuroscience Awards

The Canadian Association give awards yearly in the following categories

  • CAN New Investigator Award
  • CAN Outreach and Advocacy Awards
  • CAN-CIHR INMHA Brain Star Awards
  • CAN Travel Awards

View the CAN awards page for details


Awards announcements


The Brain Prize call for nominations: now open

The Brain Prize is currently the world’s largest prize for neuroscience and is awarded each year by the Lundbeck Foundation. The Brain Prize is awarded to one or more individuals […]


Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Brain […]


Caroline Ménard wins the 2024 CAN New Investigator Award for groundbreaking research on stress vulnerability and resilience.

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is very proud to announce that Dr. Caroline Ménard from Université Laval is the winner of the 2024 CAN New Investigator Award. Her innovative research […]


Drs. Arkady Khoutorsky and Bratislav Misic win 2023 CAN New Investigator Awards

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is very proud to present Dr. Arkady Khoutorsky, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences at […]


Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Brain Star Awards. The CIHR-INMHA […]


Boris Bernhardt wins the 2022 New Investigator Award from the Canadian Association for Neuroscience

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is extremely proud to present Dr. Boris Bernhardt, Assistant Professor in Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University, with the 2022 CAN New Investigator Award. Dr. […]


CAN Advocacy award: Montreal Neurological Institute Open Outreach Program

CAN is proud to support the development of the Montreal Neurological Institute Open Outreach Program Description of initiative The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s ‘Calls to Action’ #6-12 relate to removing […]


CAN advocacy award winner: Who can become a scientist?

CAN is proud to support the “Who can become a scientist?” workshop Description of event Who can become a scientist? is a workshop for a high school age audience. The […]


Announcing the 2020 CAN-CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Award Winners!

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Brain […]


Aaron A Phillips and Tabrez J Siddiqui win 2021 CAN Young Investigator Awards

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is very proud to announce that Dr. Aaron A. Phillips, Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary,  and Dr. Tabrez J. Siddiqui, Associate Professor in the […]