INS Lifetime Achievement Award
INS recognizes lifetime achievement for contributions in research, education or service in the field of neuropsychology.
Award Qualifications
INS Lifetime Achievement Award For Research Qualifications:
| Eligible Period: | >25 years |
| Description: | Independent established senior researcher, international reputation, substantive research impact. May or may not be active in her/his career; impact transformative for the field; i.e. by the development of a significant body of knowledge within an area of neuropsychology; promotion of a theory. |
| INS Membership Required: | No |
| Requirements: | 1 nomination letter and 2 letters of support |
| Presentation Yes/No: | No |
| Annual/Mid-Year: | Both |
INS Lifetime Achievement Award for Education Qualifications:
| Eligible Period: | Senior |
| Description: | Recognition of a senior individual who has furthered the development of the field of neuropsychology beyond their own institution. Methods of educational impact are not limited (books, courses) with (intern)national impact. May or may not be active. |
| INS Membership Required: | No |
| Requirements: | 1 nomination letter and 2 letters of support |
| Presentation Yes/No: | No |
| Annual/Mid-Year: | Both |
INS Lifetime Achievement Award for Education Qualifications:
| Eligible Period: | Senior |
| Description: | Recognition of an individual who has made a significant contribution to INS through commitment and support of the goals of the society. Criteria for the service to INS award are wide (eg pioneer status in the development of INS, leadership at transformational times). May or may not be active. |
| INS Membership Required: | Yes |
| Requirements: | 1 nomination letter and 2 letters of support |
| Presentation Yes/No: | No |
| Annual/Mid-Year: | Both |
Application Materials: The application should consist of a nominating letter, a CV plus 1-2 letters of support (see criteria). The nominating statements should be written as relating to the specific award for which the member is being nominated (1-2 page max). Nominating statements should be written in English, letters of support may be written in other languages (although English is preferred). Anyone can nominate and write support letters, but we do not accept self-nominations. Please submit all application materials to ins@the-ins.org
Due Date: Nominations may be submitted at any time. Ideally, awards nominations will be received four months prior to the meeting where the award is to be given (either the Annual or Mid-Year Meeting). For an award to be considered for the INS Mid-Year Meeting, please submit nominations by March 31st. For an award to be considered for the INS Annual Meeting, please submit nominations by September 30th of the prior year. Nominations are typically kept under consideration for future meetings if not awarded at a certain meeting (unless the nomination is not eligible).
1 Terminal degree can be either a PhD degree, a master or a certified clinical degree (may vary across countries)
Award Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Research
INS 2021 Mid-Year Meeting
Melbourne, Australia – June 30 – July 3, 2021
Dr. Borod has created a scientific legacy through her own research and through the training of neuropsychologists who are now themselves leaders in practice, training, and research. The brilliance of her research and the humanity of her character have contributed to our field in ways that will reverberate well beyond her lifetime.
It is with profound appreciation for the many ways that Dr. Borod has touched our lives that we enthusiastically nominate her to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Research.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Research
INS 49th Annual Meeting
San Diego, Virtual Meeting – February 2-5, 2021
He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where he served as Director of the Charles G. Matthews Neuropsychology Section for 23 years. This position followed prior appointments at the Semmes-Murphey Clinic and Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, and the Department of Neurology at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. His primary work has characterized the cause and course of diverse neuropsychological and behavioral complications of the epilepsies as well as the impact of epilepsy on developmental and aging processes, with additional efforts in the areas of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular disease.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Research
INS 2020 Mid-Year Meeting
Virtual Event Meeting – July 1-2, 2020
He is recognized for his educational activities that have broadly impacted the development and dissemination of neuropsychological knowledge across disciplines.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Service
INS 47th Annual Meeting
New York City, New York, USA – February 20-23, 2019
When you talk with him he is fully present, focused, and engaged despite the swirl of issues he manages as Executive Director. He is a master of organizational detail, which makes for some of the longest emails any of us have ever seen! As a result, though, he leaves a legacy of clearer and more transparent society procedures, which will be the critical foundation for the society’s future growth. Gordon has always taken pride in representing INS in a positive way.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Research
INS 2018 Mid-Year Meeting
Prague, Czech Republic – July 18-20, 2018
He worked as a clinical psychologist in the Thomayer Hospital in Prague and in The Military Rehabilitation Facility Slapy. Before the fall of the communist regime, he organized seminars and lectures for many Czech psychologists in experimental and clinical neuropsychology. In his clinical practice, he was influenced by Luria and he is one of the main exponents of Luria´s work in the Czech Republic.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Service
INS 45th Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – February 1-4, 2017
No individual has ever been honored — or even nominated — to receive the INS Lifetime Achievement in Service Award, but it is difficult to imagine anyone in the history of the Society who is more deserving than Dr. Robert A. Bornstein.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Research
INS 41st Annual Meeting
Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA – February 6-9, 2013
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – For Research
INS 2009 Mid-Year Meeting
Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia – July 29-1, 2009