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IMBES Award Recipients

The IMBES Board is pleased to announce award winners for the 2022 award cycle. Thank you to all of the nominating individuals who shared an incredible list of scholars supporting IMBES goals. Among a competitive and highly talented pool of nominees, the following individuals were selected and are listed by award:

IMBES Early Career Award

This award is designed to recognize early career scholars who have made significant, original research contributions to the field of Mind, Brain, and Education.

2024 Recipients

Dr. Jason Yeatman,
Stanford University, USA

Dr. Elien Bellon, Honorable Mention

KU Leuven, Belgium


IMBES Translation Award

This award is designed to recognize senior scholars who have made significant progress towards strengthening the links between research and practice in Mind, Brain, and Education. Nominees' work can target translation of research into practice in traditional/formal or in non-traditional/informal contexts. (For example, the work can target formal learning environments such as schools and colleges, informal learning environments such as museums, community centers and rehabilitation programs, or science media intended for the broader public.)

2024 Recipients

Dr. Nadine Gaab,
Harvard University, USA

Dr. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Honorable Mention
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Exemplifying the Mission of IMBES Award

Recognizes Pre K-12 educators, institutions or programs demonstrating success in establishing, building and supporting infrastructure that enhances collaboration between themselves and MBE researchers for the purpose of improving educational knowledge and practice. We seek to honor the creators of infrastructure that models how productive collaboration can unfold in the field of Mind, Brain and Education.

2024 Recipient

Dr. Sylvia Gattas,
University of Oxford, UK

Past Recipients

IMBES Early Career Award

2022 Recipients

Dr. Ido Davidesco,
University of Connecticut, USA

Dr. Allyson Mackey,
University of Pennsylvania, USA

2020

Dr. Michael Skeide,
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

Dr. Courtney Pollack,
Boston College, USA

2018

Gavin Price, PhD.,
Vanderbilt University, USA

Elizabeth A. Gunderson, PhD.,
Temple University, USA

2016

Roi Cohen Kadosh, PhD, Professor
University of Oxford, UK

Kou Murayama, PhD, Associate Professor,
University of Reading, UK

2014

Melissa Libertus, PhD, Assistant Professor,
University of Pittsburgh, USA

Bert De Smedt, PhD, Assistant Professor,
University of Leuven, Belgium

IMBES Translation Award

2022 Recipient

Dr. David Uttal,
Northwestern University, USA

2020

Dr. Elena Grigorenko
University of Houston, USA

2018

Paul A. Howard-Jones, PhD,
University of Bristol, UK

Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD,
University of Connecticut, USA

2016

Adele Diamond, PhD,
University of British Columbia, Canada

2014

Dan Willingham, PhD,
Professor, University of Virginia, USA

Exemplifying the Mission of IMBES Award

2022

Brainwave Learning Center

2020

EF + Math Program
California, USA

2018

Anna Lucia Campos,
Child Development Lab

2016

Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning,
Maryland, USA

Child Haven,
Seattle, Washington, USA

Research and Learning Center,
Texas, USA

2014

The Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences


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