Welcome to the Mahowald-Mead Prizes for Neuromorphic Engineering
Welcome to the Mahowald-Mead Prizes for Neuromorphic Engineering
Submission deadline: Oct 31 2025
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September 8, 2025: The prize directors are pleased to announce that Prof. Carver Mead (Caltech) has accepted the honor of associating his name to the Misha Mahowald Prize. With immediate effect, the prize is renamed to the Mahowald-Mead Prizes for Neuromorphic Engineering, which now honors their joint contributions to neuromorphic engineering.
The Mahowald-Mead Prize (MMP) recognizes outstanding research in neuromorphic engineering, worldwide. The Prize is named for the late Misha Mahowald and Carver Mead, the most influential pioneers of the field of neuromorphic engineering. The award is considered annually.
The Mahowald Early Career Award (MECA) has been established for individual Master's, PhD, and early postdoctoral students. It is open for submissions year-round, and evaluated once per year.
Individuals or groups are invited to submit a description of their work for consideration by the jury of world-leading figures in the field.
The annual prize submission deadline is October 31.
2024: award year was advanced to current year (2025)
2021: Prize awarded to two teams of researchers: Prof. Edmund Lalor and team, Prof. Silvestro Micera, and team
2020: Prof. Shih-Chii Liu and team, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Lifetime Contribution to Neuromorphic Engineering to Prof. Karlheinz Meier.
2018: No award
2017: Prof. Davide Scaramuzza and team, University of Zurich
The prize was created by iniLabs, an organization based in Switzerland dedicated to the promotion of research and applications of brain-like computation.
The prize is administered by iniForum, a Swiss association and events management company that promotes research and applications of brain-like computation.
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