Awards News
Brainbox Initiative Awards Now Open
If you're a neuroscientist in the early to mid stages of your career, driven by a passion for non-invasive brain stimulation and imaging, these three prestigious awards are tailor-made for you.
Announcing our Young Investigator Award Winner 2023: Dr Joshua Brown
One of the most prestigious accolades in this field is the Young Investigator Award, and this year, it gives us immense pleasure to announce Dr. Joshua Brown from Harvard Medical School as the deserving recipient.
Brainbox Initiative Awards 2023: Deadline Approaching
If you're an early to mid-career neuroscientist with a passion for non-invasive brain stimulation and imaging, then these three prestigious awards are calling your name. The Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge Award, the Young Investigator Award, and the John Rothwell Award offer exceptional opportunities for recognition, support, and collaboration in the field. With the deadline for applications approaching on June 1st, you have less than a month left to seize these remarkable opportunities.
John Rothwell Award Winner 2022: Dr Nigel Rogasch
We are excited to announce that previous Brainbox Initiative Young Investigator Award winner, Dr Nigel Rogasch of the University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, and Monash University, has been awarded the John Rothwell Award for his exceptional research and contributions to the world of non-invasive brain stimulation.
Research Challenge Award 2022 Winner: Kevin Caulfield
We are excited to announce that Kevin Caulfield, Medical University of South Carolina has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative’s Research Challenge award 2022 for his enticing research proposal on Safety, Parameterization, and Mechanism of Out-Of-Scanner Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (tFUS).
Announcing Our 2022 Young Investigator Award Winner: Dr Syanah Wynn
Dr Syanah Wynn (University of Birmingham) has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Young Investigator Award for 2022. Read more about Syanahs's award-winning entry here.
Infinitome Award Winners: Dr Roisin McMackin and Professor Richard Carson
The Brainbox Initiative and Omniscient Neurotechnology are delighted to confirm that Dr Roisin McMackin and Professor Richard Carson (Trinity College Dublin) has been awarded the inaugural Infinitome Imaging Award.
John Rothwell Award Winner 2021: Professor Til Ole Bergmann
Professor Til Ole Bergmann (LIR Mainz) has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative's inaugural John Rothwell Award for the distinctive research that he has carried out throughout his career working with non-invasive brain stimulation techniques.
Research Challenge 2021 Winner: Ben Clennell, University of Bristol
Ben Clennell, University of Bristol, has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge 2021 for his ambitious application exploring transcranial focused ultrasound (TUS) neuromodulation techniques.
Announcing Our 2021 Young Investigator Award Winner: Dr Daniel Corp
Dr Daniel Corp (Deakin University) has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Young Investigator Award for 2021. Read more about Daniel's winning entry here.
Roisin McMackin Passes Her Viva
Congratulations to our 2020 Research Challenge Winner Roisin McMackin on passing her viva with no corrections.
Poster Presentation Winners 2020
Congratulations to all of this year's Brainbox Initiative Conference poster presentation winners: we were delighted to spread these prizes between seven fantastic posters and pitches for 2020.
Research Challenge Winner 2020: Kendra Kandana Arachchige
We are delighted to announce that Kendra Kandana Arachchige of the University of Mons has been chosen as one of the Brainbox Initiative's Research Challenge winners for 2020. Kendra is currently in the final stages of her PhD, 'Cognitive mechanisms involved in gesture/speech integration: the role of verbal working memory and visual attention', and hopes to begin work on her winning Research Challenge submission in mid-2021.
Young Investigator Award Winner 2020: Dr Davide Folloni
We are delighted to announce that Dr Davide Folloni of the University of Oxford has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Young Investigator Award for 2020 for the exceptional work that he is carrying out with Transcranial-focused ultrasound neuromodulation.
Research Challenge Winner 2020: Roisin McMackin
We are delighted to announce that Roisin McMackin of Trinity College Dublin has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge award for 2020. Roisin is currently in the final stages of her PhD at The Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, and hopes to submit her thesis Human Neurodegeneration: A Spectral EEG and TMS based Approach in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis later this year.
Dr Camilla Nord: Young Investigator Award Winner 2019
Congratulations to Dr Camilla Nord of the University of Cambridge who has been selected by the Brainbox Initiative’s esteemed Scientific Committee as winner of the 2019 Young Investigator Award for her exciting neuroscience research.
Poster Presentation 2018 Winner, Haya Akkad
Researchers were invited to submit abstracts for inclusion in the Brainbox Initiative Conference poster session, particularly in the area of non-invasive brain imaging and stimulation. All poster submissions were supported by a three-minute presentation to elucidate the findings of their research.
This year’s successful poster presentation winner was Haya Akkad of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, with her research on Improving motor learning via phase-amplitude coupled theta-gamma tACS. Professor of Neurophysiology Walter Paulus, University of Göttingen judged and awarded this year’s prize.