CNS 2026 | The 15^th Annual Distinguished Career Contributions Award (DCC)

The nominations for the 2026 Distinguished Career Contributions (DCC) award are now open. The Distinguished Career Contributions (DCC) award honors senior cognitive neuroscientists for their distinguished career, leadership and mentoring in the field of cognitive neuroscience. The recipient of this prize will give a lecture at our annual meeting.

To submit your nomination, send an email to ktretheway@cogneurosociety.org with the following information by
September 24, 2025:

• The Nominee's name, affiliation and contact information
• A brief statement as to why you believe this person is deserving of this award

 

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Previous Winner of the Distinguished Career Contributions Award:

2025 Marie T. Banich, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
2024 Kia Nobre, Ph.D., Yale University
2023 Mark D'Esposito, MD, University of California, Berkeley
2022 John Jonides, Ph.D., University of Michigan
2021 Robert Desimone, Ph.D., McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
2020 Marlene Behrmann, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
2019 Daniel L. Schacter, Ph.D., Harvard University
2018 Alfonso Caramazza, Harvard University
2017 Marcia K. Johnson, Yale University
2016 James Haxby, University of Trento, Dartmouth College
2015 Marta Kutas, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
2014 Marsel Mesulam, M.D., Northwestern University
2013 Robert T. Knight, M.D., University of California, Berkeley
2012 Morris Moscovitch, Ph.D., University of Toronto