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2026 Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research

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Brain Canada and the Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research are pleased to launch the 2026 Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research.  

2026 Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research

The Turnbull-Tator Award aims to recognize an outstanding publication by a researcher at a Canadian institution in the field of spinal cord and/or brain injury research, including concussion, published in the last two years, with a $50,000 CAD prize.  

Nominees can be any author on an article published, or accepted for publication, between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2026, and affiliated with a Canadian institution at the time of publication.  Recognizing the important need to build capacity, the funds awarded through the 2026 Turnbull-Tator Award must be used to support the salary or stipend of full-time graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows conducting research in the nominee’s laboratory and contributing to the continuation of the excellent research exemplified by the awarded publication. 

Important dates

Deadline for Receipt of Full Applications: 17:00 ET, December 8, 2026