THE SLOAN-MENNINGER-SHEVRIN PRIZE 2025
Call for Nominations and Submissions
In honor of the special friendship of three men – Alfred Pritchard Sloan, William Clare Menninger and Karl Augustus Menninger – and in honor of Howard Shevrin, who died in Ann Arbor on January 18, 2018, a $1500 prize will be awarded to an emerging researcher and a $2500 prize will be awarded to an established researcher at a special Award Ceremony at the next congress of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society.
Priority is given to research paradigms that connect to empirically testable areas of Freudian classical metapsychology. Emphasis should be placed upon the compelling evidence of the existence of unconscious processes/contents, and the importance of distinguishing them from conscious ones. Clinical as well as experimental and theoretical data are pertinent for jury considerations.
Application Procedure for Emerging Researchers
Scholars from all disciplines who believe that they conduct scientific work that is promising in making an outstanding contribution to neuropsychoanalytic knowledge can submit an application. Submissions must come from scholars who have obtained a PhD or an MD no more than 15 years ago (as of 28 February 2025).
Researchers must apply by submitting a file that consists of:
- A complete CV, including all publications.
- One page: Why do you consider that you qualify for this prize? What is your specific implication with Freudian metapsychology and/or with the topic of the unconscious/unconscious processes/contents?
- A copy of what you consider to be your best paper.
Nomination Procedure for Established Researchers
Scholars from all disciplines who consider themselves to be knowledgeable in neuropsychoanalysis may nominate an established researcher. This established researcher must have made an outstanding contribution to neuropsychoanalytic knowledge, either from within the field of neuropsychoanalysis or from a field vital to neuropsychoanalysis (e.g. neurosciences, philosophy, psychoanalysis, psychology, etc.). There is no age criterion for this category.
For the nomination, the scholar should submit, in agreement with the candidate, a file that consists of:
- A complete CV, including all publications.
- One page: Why does the scholar consider that the candidate qualifies for this prize? What is his/her specific implication with Freudian metapsychology and/or with the topic of the unconscious/unconscious processes/contents?
- A copy of what the scholar considers to be the established researcher’s best paper.
The deadline for applications and nominations is 28 February 2025.
Files should be submitted to: sloanmenningshevrin@hotmail.com
Please make sure that you receive a confirmation message upon submitting your file.
THE SLOAN-MENNINGER-SHEVRIN PRIZES
PAST WINNERS
2024
Established: Mark Solms
Emerging: Caitlin Ware
2023
Established: Cristina Alberini
Emerging: Jessica Tran The
2022
Established: François Ansermet and Pierre Magistretti
Emerging: Thomas Rabeyron
2021
Established: Michael Anderson
Emerging: Gerd Waldhauser
2020
Established: Linda Brakel
Emerging: Tali Marron
2019
Established: Vittorio Gallese
Emerging: Martina Wernicke
Please click here to learn more about these past prize winners and their work.