The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes

A Tanenbaum Open Science Institute Initiative

The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes, sponsored by the Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation, is an initiative in its fifth year from The Neuro’s Tanenbaum Open Science Institute (TOSI). The Prizes recognize projects, services, tools, and platforms that unlock the power of open science in neuroscience to advance research, innovation, and collaboration for the benefit of health and society.

 

Deadline

Please note that any documents
must be uploaded by
Noon EDT, August 15, 2025 

Trainee Prizes

Available Prizes:

International Trainee Prize

Value: CAN$10,000 (CAN$5000 in salary support funds and CAN$5000 in fellowship funds)

About: This prize will go to a graduate or post-graduate trainee who has demonstrated, maintained, enhanced, valorized, and/or delivered Open Science practices, policies, and/or tools that have had a demonstrable impact on neuroscience research. The prize can be awarded in recognition of a single project or of a series of contributions to Open Science in neuroscience.

Canadian Trainee Prize

Value: CAN$5000 in salary support funds

About: This prize will be awarded to the highest ranked application for the International Trainee Prize from an applicant working at a Canadian institution.

If the International Trainee Prize (see above) is awarded to an applicant working at a Canadian institution, the Canadian Trainee Prize will go to the next highest ranked applicant working at a Canadian institution.

Runner-up Trainee Prizes

Value: 5 awards, CAN$1000 in salary support

About: These prizes may be awarded to a maximum of five runners-up for the International Trainee Prize (not including the recipient of the Canadian Trainee Prize).

The salary support funds for the International Trainee, Canadian Trainee, and Runner-up Trainee Prizes will be distributed through applicant’s institutions. It is the responsibility of the applicant to account for any taxation implications of receiving salary support funds.

Eligibility: Applicants must be a graduate or post-graduate trainee working in academic organizations around the world.

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