Julius Axelrod Award for Biochemical Mechanisms Underlying Drug Action and Mentoring
Forecasted
Julius Axelrod Award for Biochemical Mechanisms Underlying Drug Action and Mentoring recognizes investigators for advancing understanding of how drugs act and for mentoring other pharmacologists.
Funder: American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Nomination deadline)
Funding Amounts: Scientific achievement recognition
Summary: Recognizes established investigators for significant contributions to understanding biochemical mechanisms of drug action and mentoring pharmacologists.
Key Information: The award recognizes both scientific achievement and contributions to mentoring other pharmacologists.
Description
The Julius Axelrod Award for Biochemical Mechanisms Underlying Drug Action and Mentoring is presented by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). It recognizes established investigators for significant contributions to understanding the biochemical mechanisms underlying the pharmacological actions of drugs, alongside contributions to mentoring other pharmacologists. Its specialty area is general pharmacology, and it forms part of ASPET’s Scientific Achievement Awards.
Established in 1991, the award honors Julius Axelrod, an American pharmacologist who shaped neuroscience, drug metabolism, and biochemistry and mentored numerous prominent pharmacologists. ASPET assumed responsibility for the award from the Catecholamine Club in 2007. The program is scientific achievement recognition rather than a project-research funding opportunity.
