The Neal Miller New Investigator Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research recognizes an early-career physician or scientist for outstanding research in one or more of the following areas:
- Interaction between behavior and biological mechanisms in homeostasis, health maintenance, disease pathophysiology, or illness susceptibility.
- Development or evaluation of behaviorally based therapeutic interventions for the primary prevention, secondary prevention, or treatment of disease or injury.
- Basic theoretical or empirical studies in any scientific discipline with implications for behavioral medicine research, including mathematics, instrumentation, methods of analysis, studies of fundamental brain mechanisms including anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or pharmacology of regulatory systems.
Nominators must be ABMR members, and are encouraged to nominate outstanding junior faculty for this year’s award. The selection committee is particularly interested in nominees at the Assistant Professor rank, which might be eligible for membership in ABMR within a few years of receiving the award. Post-doctoral fellows, instructors, and candidates in other faculty positions (at a rank less than Associate Professor) are also considered.
The award consists of a plaque, a modest cash award, and the opportunity to attend the annual meeting of the Academy as its guest. The recipient will also be invited to present his or her work in a special Academy lecture.
Nominations close on October 31, 2025.