The Mridha Spirit of Neurology Award is presented by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), sponsored by the American Brain Foundation, and endowed by gifts to the Dr. Debasish and Chinu Mridha Endowment Fund. The Award recognizes the work of a neurologist or neuroscientist who has demonstrated altruism, compassion, integrity, and leadership while providing quality neurological health care to a destitute, distressed, or marginalized population or in impoverished communities of the world. Nominees must be current AAN members in practice, academics, or retired who have demonstrated these attributes while serving a distressed population or impoverished community in the world. Nominators must be AAN members.
The award provides a certificate of recognition and a monetary prize of 1,000 USD.
Nominations close on October 21, 2025.