Awards

Given to an outstanding graduating Neuroscience major with a GPA above 3.7 and who performed an exceptional research project. The awardee is selected by an undergraduate program committee and will receive a $500 honorarium.

Given to a neuroscience major who has completed an exceptional research project with a focus on cellular/molecular neuroscience and who is a Neuroscience major and has a GPA of 3.2 or higher. The awardee is selected by an undergraduate program committee and will receive a $250 honorarium.

• 2024 Honoree: Jason Whitehair
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ernesto R. Bongarzone
  Title of Research: Late-onset GALC Deficiency-Induced Susceptibility to Myelin Dysfunction: Insights into MS Pathogenesis.

Given to a neuroscience major who has completed an exceptional research project with a focus on systems and behavioral neuroscience who is a Neuroscience major and who has a GPA of 3.2 or higher. The awardee is selected by an undergraduate program committee and will receive a $250 honorarium.

• 2024 Honoree: Zainab Jabri
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Olusola Ajilore (CoNECt lab)
  Title of Research: Meteorological Influence on Neuropsychological Factors in Mood Disorder Patients

Given to a student who crafts a 2-3 minute video reflecting on his/her time as a neuroscience major at UIC. This award honors the memory of Dr. David Featherstone, an out-of-the-box, highly creative and fun faculty member. The video needs to be creative, quirky and spirited! The student who makes the video judged to be the best will receive a $250 honorarium.

• 2024 Honoree: Ashley Greene

Given to a student who is declared a neuroscience major with at least one year remaining in their studies at UIC and who plans to complete a novel, “out-of-the box” research project under the guidance of a UIC Neuroscience faculty member. Students must submit a no more than 5 minute video presentation about their proposed research. Two awardees will receive a $500 scholarship on Awards Day.

• 2024 Honoree: Hazal Su Ceylan
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kara Morgan-Short, Cognition of Second Language Acquisition lab (CogSLA)
  Scope of Research: The researcher will explore the relationship between domain-general auditory processing and second language acquisition proficiency.
• 2024 Honoree: Serena Ahmad
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaime Roitman (J.D. Roitman Lab)
  Scope of Research: The researcher will explore how brain stimulation reward supports high discriminability and stable responding in progressive ratio task

Given to a $1,000 scholarship for a continuing, full-time student majoring in Biological Sciences, Integrated Health Sciences, or Neuroscience at UIC who displays academic excellence and has a minimum GPA of 3.50.

• 2024 Honorees: Jason Whitehair & Serena Ahmad