Huda Zoghbi delivers Scolnick lecture

Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience

About the Scolnick Prize

The Scolnick Prize is awarded annually by the McGovern Institute to recognize outstanding advances in the field of neuroscience. The prize is named in honor of Edward M. Scolnick, who stepped down as president of Merck Research Laboratories in December 2002 after holding Merck’s top research post for 17 years. Scolnick is now at the Broad Institute, where he established the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research. He also served as a member of the McGovern Institute’s scientific advisory board. The prize, which is endowed through a gift from Merck to the McGovern Institute, consists of a $200,000 award, plus an inscribed gift. The nomination process is outlined below.

2024 Scolnick Prize Lecture

Harvard neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone has been named the winner of the 2024 Scolnick Prize. For more information, read the announcement.