Director's Excellence Award

Purpose and Criteria: This award is supported by the CNLM Director’s Excellence Fund, which provides support to the CNLM’s most pressing research, training and community outreach priorities. The award will be presented to an outstanding graduate student or postdoctoral fellow to recognize their extraordinary achievement in research, mentoring and/or service to the CNLM.
Eligibility: Awardees are selected by the director and are not open to nominations.
Awards available: 1 or more $1,000 awards

2024 Recipients

(Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Fostering the next generation of puertorriqueños in neuroscience"

(Advisor: Dr. Susanne Jaeggi)
"Being absent does not mean being behind"

(Advisor: Dr. Kim Green)
"Targeting a specific microglial subpopulation in Alzheimer's disease"

(Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Can exercise support memory through improving sleep?"

(Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome: Breaking free from the catch-22"

(Advisor: Dr. Craig Stark)
"Investigating the role of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease"