Evens Science Prize

The Evens Science Prize supports scientists by acknowledging their importance in exploring and finding out answers to the major challenges in our societies.

Since its establishment in 2007, the Evens Foundation has been focusing on Cognitive Neuroscience, that furthers understanding of our behavior and mental state, whether individual or collective, with special emphasis on research that has ethical and societal impact.

Neuroscience encompasses the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development and function of the nervous system, as well as the study of its chemistry and its impact on human behaviour. The Cognitive Neuroscience applies an interdisciplinary perspective that involves fields as varied as mathematics, linguistics, computer science, psychology, philosophy of mind, and anthropology.

Read more about the Evens Science Prize Laureates below.

The Evens Science Prize supports scientists by acknowledging their importance in exploring and finding out answers to the major challenges in our societies.

Since its establishment in 2007, the Evens Foundation has been focusing on Cognitive Neuroscience, that furthers understanding of our behavior and mental state, whether individual or collective, with special emphasis on research that has ethical and societal impact.

Neuroscience encompasses the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development and function of the nervous system, as well as the study of its chemistry and its impact on human behaviour. The Cognitive Neuroscience applies an interdisciplinary perspective that involves fields as varied as mathematics, linguistics, computer science, psychology, philosophy of mind, and anthropology.

Read more about the Evens Science Prize Laureates below.

2020

The Evens Foundation is pleased to announce that the laureate for the Evens Science Prize 2020 will be Professor Karin Roelofs of Radboud University (Behavioural Science Institute and Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour).

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The Evens Science Prize 2020
2016

A team of four researchers from London and Brussels - Prof. dr. Patrick Haggard (University College London), Prof. Cleeremans (Université Libre de Bruxelles), dr. Caspar (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and dr. Christensen (City University London) - was awarded the Evens Science Prize 2016 for their research bringing together neuroscience and philosophy and raises interesting questions for the organization of society.

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The Evens Science Prize 2016
2013

The international expert jury selected the project 'Upregulating the eural substrates of empathy via neurofeedback' of Prof. Gruzelier (Godsmiths, University of London) and Prof. Sander (University of Geneva) as the laureate of the 2013 Evens Science Prize.

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The Evens Science Prize 2013
2009

In 2009, the Evens Foundation asked the Youth Mental Health department of the Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, Antwerp University (CAPRI) to draw up European policy recommendations for implementing effective care in Europe for young persons who engage in serious violent behavior, based on an inventory of existing evidence-based care programs and on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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The Evens Science Prize 2009
2007

Prof. Patrik Vuilleumier, Dr. Gilles Pourtois and Roland Vocat from the Laboratory for Neurology & Imaging of Cognition (LABNIC) at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) won the 2007 Challenge with a research project proposal entitled:
“Brain correlates of intra- vs. interpersonal conflict appraisal“.

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The Evens Science Prize 2007