PGYI Award

Nominations Close:
August 26, 2022 at 5 p.m.

Winner Announced:
November 1, 2022

Award presentation and special lecture
During Sunposium^TM 2023 (March 6-8, 2023)

The Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award is given biennially to recognize a young neuroscience investigator for significant contributions to the scientific community through collaboration, creativity, and curiosity-driven research. In addition to recognizing outstanding achievements, it also serves to support research, inspire young scientists, promote collaboration, and acknowledge the outstanding legacy that Dr. Peter Gruss built throughout his honorable career at the Max Planck Society.

Nominations for the 2022-2023 PGYI Award are now closed. 

The Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award is sponsored by Ms. Raquel Rodriguez, a lawyer and the Chair of the Florida Offices of the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. Ms. Rodriguez is a long-time supporter of MPFI’s work and the life science industry and supports the award in honor of Dr. Peter Gruss’s legacy.

The Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award Winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and will be provided travel and lodging to the award ceremony at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience’s biennial Sunposium Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, March 6-8, 2023. The winner will also deliver a keynote address at Sunposium, following their award acceptance.

• Self-nomination is not permitted.
• No person may nominate more than one candidate.
• Members of the selection committee cannot be the nominees, and they cannot serve as nominators nor write letters of recommendation for this prize.

Include the following materials in the application package, which should be uploaded in PDF format:

• Nomination letter (a single nomination letter per candidate is preferred, maximum of 2 pages)
• Current nominee CV indicating date when independent faculty position began
• A list of up to five of the nominee’s most important publications
• After the initial nomination period, the nominators of the top five candidates will be contacted and asked to provide two additional reference letters.

Lesley Colgan, Ph.D.
Office of Scientific Communications
lesley.colgan@mpfi.org

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