The Brain Prize

The Brain Prize, formerly known as The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize, is an international scientific award honouring "one or more scientists who have distinguished themselves by an outstanding contribution to neuroscience and who are still active in research". Founded in 2011 by the Lundbeck Foundation, the prize is associated with a DKK 10 million award to the nominees, the world’s largest brain research prize.

Nominees can be of any nationality. Prize winners are expected to interact with Danish brain researchers e.g. through lectures, master classes, seminars, exchange programmes for researchers or other activities agreed with and financially supported by the Lundbeck Foundation.

History
The Brain Prize was established by the Lundbeck Foundation in 2010 as a European prize and was awarded for the first time in 2011. Today the Prize is global.

Selection committee
As of 2019, the selection committee for the prize consisted of:
 * Richard G. Morris (chair)
 * Story Landis (vice chair)
 * Joseph T. Coyle
 * Geoffrey Donnan
 * Catherine Dulac
 * Ole Petter Ottersen
 * Mu-ming Poo
 * Philip Scheltens
 * Irene Tracey

Laureates

 * Source: Lundbeck Foundation