Awards and Scholarships

This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage junior investigators in clinical studies.

This award aims to support junior investigators engaged in clinical research focused on ALS, ALS-FTD, PLS, PMA, and HSP.

This award recognizes early career investigators who have advanced the field of autonomic disorders, or senior investigators that have made major contributions to the field.

The purpose of this award is to help stimulate medical students’ interest in pursuing the field of neurology by offering them the opportunity to attend the AAN Annual Meeting. Preference is given to students in their third year or above, and those involved with SIGN leadership.

This award recognizes major contributions to the understanding of the cause, prevention, treatment of, and ultimately the cure for Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and related diseases.

This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage early career investigators in FTD.

This award recognizes clerkship directors who have dedicated themselves to neurology education, not only creating future generations of neurologists but also teaching neurology to students choosing other disciplines.

The purpose of the Futures in Neurologic Research (FiNR) scholarship is to offer AAN Annual Meeting registration to medical students, residents, and early career fellows who are interested in careers in neurologic research.

This award recognizes a neurologist or neuroscientist who has demonstrated their commitment to health equity and addressing health disparities through their clinical research, service, or leadership role.

This program is geared toward 4th-year US medical students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds who plan to pursue a neurology visiting student rotation at an LCME/AOA-approved US medical school.

The AAN Health Care Equity Program cohort will participate in a multi-faceted program guided to continue personal development and to help the participants create a customized roadmap aimed at mitigating health care disparities.

This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage young investigators in clinical studies in multiple sclerosis.

This award is intended to acknowledge the coordinator's essential role and recognize those whose creativity and innovation contributed to the future of neurology.

The AINA Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a leader in neurology by their peers. The recipient will be a North American neurologist chosen based on their dedication to advancing the training of North American neurologists of Indian origin and promoting innovation and research in the field.

This two-year award supports clinical research training in the field of epilepsy. It is hoped that this program, targeting fellows and new faculty, will foster the development of investigators interested in pursuing careers in patient-oriented research.

This prestigious award recognizes exceptional clinical neurology educators, who are the lifeblood of neurology and is reserved for those who have distinguished themselves by devoting their practice to clinical neurology, seeing patients, and teaching clinical neurology.

This award recognizes an individual for outstanding work in the field of neuropathic pain for either a single contribution or for lifetime achievement.

This award is designed to encourage basic research in neuroscience by physicians in clinical neurology training programs.

The AAN is pleased to announce a three-year award to support junior investigators interested in an academic career in neurology.

The award aims to recognize the importance of and encourage junior investigators in, good laboratory or preclinical research.