Congress Awards

Science of Learning Symposium

The Science of Learning Symposium, sponsored by the Jacobs Foundation, highlights early career scientists who are identified based on merit and overall fit with the Flux mission.

2024 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

To Be Announced Shortly

2023 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

Iliana Karipidis - University of Zurich

Eun-soo Cho - Michigan State University

Rogier Kievit  - Donders institute/RadboudUMC

Marina Bedny - Johns Hopkins University

Nadine Gaab - Harvard University

Cassondra Eng - Stanford University

Eric Wilkey - Vanderbilt University

Amy Margolis - NYSPI, Columbia University

2022 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

Iliana Karipidis - University of Zurich

Eun-soo Cho - Michigan State University

Rogier Kievit  - Donders institute/RadboudUMC

Marina Bedny - Johns Hopkins University

 

2021 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

ALINA QUACH, Northeastern University
IRYNA SCHOMMARTZ, Goethe University Frankfurt
PHOEBE THOMSON, University of Melbourne

2020 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

MARIA ECKSTEIN, University of California, Berkeley
ANNA MATEJKO, Georgetown University
CHRISTY ROGERS, Texas Tech University

2019 Science of Learning Symposium presenters
STEPHANIE DECROSS, Harvard University
JULIA MOSER, University of Tübingen
RACHEL ROMEO, MIT & Boston Children's Hospital
2018 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

TERESA IUCULANO, Université Paris - Sorbonne
DUNCAN ASTLE, University of Cambridge
TORKEL KLINGSBERG, Karolinska Institutet

2017 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

GREGOIRE BORST, Paris Descartes University
JASON YEATMAN, University of Washington
CAROLYN JOHNSON, Harvard University
OLA OZERNOV-PALCHIK, Tufts University

2016 Science of Learning Symposium presenters

SAMANTHA DEPASQUE UCLA

ALYSSA KERSEY University of Rochester

WOUTER VAN DEN BOS Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Thank you to our sponsor the Jacobs Foundation, these awards are possible because of your generous support.

Trainee Travel Awards

During the abstract submission process, we invite post-doc and graduate students to apply for Flux Travel Awards. These awards will be reviewed by the Scientific Program Committee and will be allocated based on scientific merit and an evaluation of a written application.

Winners of the 2024 Flux Travel Awards

Alexandra Decker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Simone Dobbelaar, Leiden University
Carina Fowler, Duke University
Victoria Guazzelli Williamson, University of Oregon
Meike Hettwer, Research Center Jülich
Pauliina Juntunen, University of Turku
Maria Maza, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Alicja Monaghan, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Iryna Schommartz, Goethe University Frankfurt
Golia Shafiei, University of Pennsylvania
Michelle Shipkova, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anna Vannucci, Columbia University
Teresa Vargas, Harvard University
Chenyang (Akira) Wang, The University of Minnesota
Jennifer Warmingham, Columbia University

Winners of the 2023 Flux Travel Awards

Chiara Bulgarelli, Birkbeck College
Tianying Cai, Northwestern University
Nicolas Camacho, Duke University
Arianna Cascone, University of north Carolina at Chapel Hill
Felicia Hardi, University of Michigan
Stephanie Hartanto, University of Melbourne
Carly Lenniger, University of Pittsburg
Roxane Licandro, University of Montreal
Katie Paige, University of New York, Buffalo
Shinwon Park, Child Mind Institute
Matthew Peverill, University of Wisconsin
Jazelle Pilato, American University
Julie Sato, Hospital for Sick Children
Huili Sun, Yale University
Bing Xu, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

Winners of the 2022 Flux Travel Awards

Deaweh Benson, University of Michigan
Annie Brandes-Aitken, New York University
Sofia Cardenas, University of Southern California
Theresa Cheng, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kathy Do, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kayla Green, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Karina Grunewald, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Victoria Guazzelli Williamson, University of Oregon
Steven Kasparek, Stress & Development Lab / Harvard University
Arielle Keller, University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Lynn, Vanderbilt University
Matthew Mattoni, Temple University
Adriana Sofia Méndez Leal, UCLA
Madeleine Moses-Payne, University College London
Tehila Nugiel, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ashley Parr, University of Pittsburgh
Divyangana Rakesh, University of Melbourne
Maximilian Scheuplein, Leiden University
Lucinda Sisk, Yale University
Willa Voorhies, University of California Berkeley

Winners of the 2019 Flux Travel Awards

MICHELLE ACHTERBERG, Leiden University
MARJOLEIN BARENDSE, University of Melbourne / University of Oregon
LAURA DE LA FUENTE, LPEN
KATHY DO, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
SAMUEL FORBES, University of East Anglia
ARIANNA GARD, University of Michigan
KATIE INSEL,, Harvard University
BART LARSEN, University of Pennsylvania
ASHLEY NIELSEN, Washington University in St. Louis
MATTHEW PEVERILL, University of Pittsburgh
GIORGIA PICCI, Pennsylvania State University
LAURA QUINONES-CAMACHO, University of Pittsburgh
KRISTINA RAPUANO, Yale University
CHIARA SACCHI, University of Padova
ELINA THOMAS, Oregon Health & Science University
JIN WANG, Vanderbilt University 

Winners of the 2018 Flux Travel Awards

ELOISE CAMERON MURDOCH, Childrens Research Institute/University of Melbourne
LIA FERSCHMANN, University of Oslo
DELIA FUHRMANN, University of Cambridge
JOAO GUASSI MOREIRA, University of California, Los Angeles
TERESA IUCULANO, Universite' Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris
EDUARD KLAPWIJK, Leiden University
KATHERINE LOPEZ, Washington University in St Louis
SCOTT MAREK, Washington University in St. Louis
ROSEMARIE PERRY, New York University
CHRISTINA ROGERS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NOELIA SÁNCHEZ PÉREZ, University of Murcia
MARION VAN DEN HEUVEL, Tilburg University
QIJING YU, Wayne State University

Winners of the 2017 Flux Travel Awards

LM WIERENGA, Leiden University
JONATHAN HOLM-SKJOLD, University of Copenhagen
KATE NUSSENBAUM, University of Oxford
AMALIE EKSTRAND, Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance
ANITA MONTAGNA, King's College London
BARBARA BRAAMS, Harvard University
SCOTT MAREK, University of Pittsburgh
SYLVIA RUSNAK, Georgetown University
JULIET DAVIDOW, Harvard University
CHARLOTTE HELENIAK, University of Washington
KRISTEN TUMMELTSHAMMER, Brown University
DAVID PIEKARSKI, University of California Berkeley
WAN CHEN LIN, University of California Berkeley
SUNG JUN JOO, University of Washington
CHELSEA HARMON, Columbia University

Winners of the 2016 Flux Travel Awards

MICHELLE ACHTERBERG Leiden University

LAUREN DEMERS University of Minnesota

SILA GENC Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

MARIA JALBRZIKOWSKI University of California, Los Angeles

BART LARSEN University of Pittsburgh

CORINNA LAUBE Max Planck Institute for Human Development

LUCIA MAGIS-WEINBERG University College London

CHARLES MALPAS Murdoch Children's Research Institute

JANESSA MANNING Wayne State University

LILLIAN MATTHEWS Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

DUSTIN MORACZEWSKI University of Maryland, College Park

JASON NOMI University of Miami

ZDENA OP DE MACKS UC Berkeley

DAVID PAGLIACCIO Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience

JEROD RASMUSSEN Univ. of California, Irvine

Note: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 Congress Meetings were held virtually; as such, travel awards were not awarded during that time.