For Outstanding Contributions to Neuropsychopharmacology by a Young Investigator

The Young Investigator Award is designed to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of research in neuropsychopharmacology by an individual young basic scientist or clinical investigator in Canada. Applications will be judged primarily on the basis of the candidate’s work as an independent investigator. The Award consists of a $2,500 bursary plus a $2,000 research grant and a suitably engraved plaque. The Young Investigator Award shall be presented annually for work done primarily in Canada by Canadian scientists, unless there is, in the view of the Awards Committee, no qualified nominee.

The major selection criterion is that the candidate be actively engaged in high quality neuropsychopharmacological research in Canada. There is no restriction concerning the field in which nominees have obtained their doctoral degree, but not more than ten years should have elapsed since the completion of their post-doctoral training (for example, PhD or residency) by July of the year of presentation. It is not required that the candidates be members of the College or have an academic appointment. 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.

2010 CCNP Young Investigator Award Winner

Congratulations to Dr. Jean Martin Beaulieu & Dr. Cecilia Flores, the winners of the 2010 Young Investigator Award. Read Dr. Jean Martin Beaulieu & Dr. Cecilia Flores biographies.

See the previous recipients of this award here.