"UBSN Best Paper" Award 2026 Is Now Open for Application!

UBSN has established an annual “UBSN Best Paper” award to acknowledge and honour UBSN users for their outstanding papers published in academic journals in the past year. The aim is to promote neuroscience research and help advance the quality of research conducted by UBSN PIs.

The details of the award are as follows:

Frequency:

Annually

Timeline:

Submission deadline: 31 March of each year
This year's results will be announced at the UBSN Neuroscience Conference on 27 June 2026

Eligibility:

The corresponding author of the paper should be both a PolyU and UBSN PI.
The paper should acknowledge UBSN in the “acknowledgment” section or list UBSN in the affiliation.
The paper should be published in the preceding calendar year (i.e., from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025).

Selection Criteria:

The publication should be published in Q1 journals.
The UBSN Management Committee will vote on all eligible applications.

Awards:

Gold Award (1 awardee): $2000 for using UBSN equipment (If the group plans to use Human MRI with an approved project, it will be upgraded to $16000)
Silver Award (1 awardee): $1000 for using UBSN equipment (If the group plans to use Human MRI with an approved project, it will be upgraded to $8000)
Bronze Award (1 awardee): $500 for using UBSN equipment (If the group plans to use Human MRI with an approved project, it will be upgraded to $4800)

Each awardee will receive a certificate of commendation signed by the UBSN Director.
Award results will be reported in the the UBSN Newsletter (June issue).
Awardees will be invited to present their work through a poster display at UBSN.  

Application Form:

You may download the application form by clicking HERE.
Submit the completed form to UBSN via wx.yu@polyu.edu.hk before 31 March 2026.

For any enquiries, please contact Dr. Eva YU (E-mail: wx.yu@polyu.edu.hk), Tel: 2766 5380