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The Mathematical Neuroscience Prize is a prize awarded biennially since 2013 by the nonprofit organization Israel Brain Technologies (IBT). It is endowed with $100,000 for each laureate and honors researchers who have significantly advanced the understanding of the neural mechanisms of perception, behavior and thought through the application of mathematical analysis and modeling.

Laureates

• 2013 Larry Abbott (Columbia University) and Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew University Jerusalem)
• 2015 Nancy Kopell (Boston University) and Bard Ermentrout (University of Pittsburgh)
• 2017 Fred Wolf (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization) and Misha Tsodyks (Weizmann Institute of Science)
• 2019 Naftali Tishby (Hebrew University) and John Rinzel (New York University)

See also

• The Brain Prize
• The Kavli Prize
• The Mind & Brain Prize
• List of mathematics awards
• List of neuroscience awards

External links

• Prize Programs at Israel Brain Technologies (israelbrain.org)