Poster Awards at the 3^rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin and Schizophrenia Research will award poster prizes during the SIRS Business Meeting scheduled for Monday, 16 April at 6:15 pm.  The SIRS Awards Committee will collaborate with journal editors to select the awards recipients.  All three journals require that researchers be less than 40 years of age at the time of the conference for consideration.

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry:
We are pleased to sponsor a new poster prize at the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Conference. The prize will be for the best example of the Cognitive Neuropsychiatry approach to schizophrenia. Selection criteria include:

1. Is the research novel and creative?
2. Does the research make a significant contribution to understanding the cognitive basis of psychopathology?
3. Is the research characterized by rigorous and innovative scientific methods?

Professors Tony David and Peter Halligan will work with the SIRS Awards Committee to determine the top three prize winners.

The following prizes will be awarded to the top three posters:
 1^st:   $250
 2^nd:  $150
 3^rd:   $100

Prize winners are encouraged to submit their work for publication in the journal “Cognitive Neuropsychiatry” where if it is successful it will be specially highlighted.

Schizophrenia Bulletin:
Schizophrenia Bulletin is pleased to offer one poster prize in the amount of $500 USD to a young researcher

Schizophrenia Research:
Schizophrenia Research Editors-In-Chief, Drs. Lynn DeLisi and Henry Nasrallah, will present awards to three young researchers who present new data which advances the field.

 1^st:  $1,000
 2^nd:  $750 
 3^rd:  $500