The Brain Prize

The Brain Prize is an annual international prize for neuroscience awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation to one or more individuals who have made outstanding contributions in any area of neuroscience, from basic to clinical. Recipients are active researchers who are nominated by others. Winners are announced in March and are presented with their medals at a ceremony in Copenhagen in May or June.

Winners receive medals and are presented at a ceremony in Copenhagen. (Prize monetary details not stated.)

Recipients can be of any nationality and work in any country; they must be active in research and must be nominated by others.

Candidates must be nominated by others via an online submission system; nominations submitted through the programme's online portal.