Rafaelsen Young Investigators Award

In 1986 Ole Rafaelsen and William Bunney were instrumental in establishing a CINP programme supporting the attendance of young scientists at the 15th CINP Congress. That programme was posthumously named the Rafaelsen Young Investigators Award to honour Dr. Rafaelsen, who died in 1987.

The recipients of the upcoming Award will be chosen by an international scientific jury in February 2026. Three awardees will be selected and presented with the award consisting of a certificate, a USD 200 cash stipend, three nights of accommodation during the Congress in Glasgow and complimentary registration fee for the CINP2026 Congress. 

Guidelines

• Each applicant should be sponsored by an active CINP member, who signs a letter presenting the candidate.
  Alternatively, the candidate may contact the CINP office to request that one of the Awards Committee members accept the candidature as a self-nomination.
• Applicants must be working within the area of neuropsychopharmacology.
• Applicants need to have obtained a PhD or MD within the last 10 years (not earlier than 2015).
• The applicant commits to participate with an oral presentation at the CINP2026 Congress, if selected as the recipient of the award.
• Notification on the Award Winners will be communicated in February 2026.
  
  

Requirements

• The applicant’s curriculum vitae including a list of publications
• 500-word statement which summarizes the applicant’s current work activity
• The supporter’s full name and signature on the 500-word statement.
  The supporter needs to be an active full CINP Member. (To be sponsored by one of the Awards Committee members please contact info@cinp.org)
• Copy of PhD certificate
• Submitted abstract
  
  

Applications are now open. here

Deadline for applications: December 15, 2025.