The Brain Prize

The world's largest brain research prize is Danish and is awarded and founded by the Lundbeck Foundation. Each year, we award 10 million DKK (approx. 1,3 million€) to one or more brain researchers who have had a ground-breaking impact on brain research.

Professor Larry Abbott, Haim Sompolinsky and Terrence Sejnowski

The Brain Prize Winners 2024

Larry Abbott, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky have made pioneering contributions to the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and have made seminal contributions to our understanding of the principles that govern the brain’s structure, dynamics and the emergence of cognition and behaviour.

The Brain Prize Announcement Film | 2024

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