For Outstanding Contributions to Neuropsychopharmacology

The Heinz Lehmann Award is designed to recognize outstanding contributions by a single individual in the field of research in neuropsychopharmacology in Canada. The Award consists of $2,000 honorarium, a $1,000 travel award for the recipient to attend the CCNP Annual Meeting and a suitably engraved plaque. The Heinz Lehmann Award shall be presented annually for work done primarily in Canada by Canada-based scientists (i.e., Canadian citizens or permanent residents), unless there is, in the view of the Awards Committee, no qualified nominee.

Eligibility shall include individuals from academic institutions, foundations, governmental, industrial and research organizations, regardless of age or sex. The decision of the Awards Committee shall be based on originality and uniqueness of approach to clinical or laboratory research that had led to new, significant neuropsychopharmacological knowledge of concepts, or to the development of new therapeutic agents for the treatment of mental diseases. This should be evidenced by contributions based either on a specific piece of research or on a large body of neuropsychopharmacological research done over a period of years. The Awardee is expected to give a lecture based on his/her research at the Annual Meeting of the CCNP, and to contribute a manuscript based on the lecture to the CCNP official journal, the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, no later than six months after the lecture.

Nomination for 2012 Heinz Lehmann Award

The names of nominees should be received by the CCNP Secretariat by November 30th, 2011. Supporting documentation must be received by December 31st, 2011. For each award, this documentation shall consist of:

1. A completed Heinz Lehmann Award checklist, signed by the nominee.
2. A two-page summary prepared by the sponsor describing the nominee's work and its importance in furthering the field of neuropsychopharmacology.
3. Up to 5 manuscripts or reprints considered by the sponsor to be pertinent to the nomination and which highlight the nominee's work.
4. The nominee's curriculum vitae.
5. A brief biographical sketch of the candidate prepared by the sponsor.
6. A 250-word abstract for a paper that would be submitted to the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience by the nominee, if he/she should be awarded the prize.

Formal presentation of the Award will be made to the recipient during the Annual Meeting of the College.

Note: The Heinz Lehmann Research Award may be given for basic research or clinical research in alternate years. The 2012 Award will be presented for basic research.

Please send the name of the nominee and a short supporting letter addressed to:

Dr. Marco Leyton
CCNP President

* Please send one copy of the above electronically to the CCNP Secretariat at rmena@ualberta.ca.

Deadline for receipt of initial nomination and short supporting letter is November 30, 2011.

2011 Heinz Lehmann Award Winner

Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Tyndale and Dr. Donald Weaver, the winners of the 2011 Heinz Lehmann Award. Read Dr. Rachel Tyndale's and Dr. Donald Weaver's biographies.

See the previous recipients of this award here.