Artificial neural networks were once thought to be a dead end— until pioneering work in theoretical and computational neuroscience proved otherwise.

Discover how neuroscience paved the way for Artificial Intelligence: From Mind to Machine: brainprize.org/winners/comp...

Did you know that neuroscience played a key role in AI’s development?

Artificial Intelligence: From Mind to Machine explores how brain research led to artificial neural networks, machine learning, and modern AI.

Watch the documentary with #TheBrainPrize2024 winners: brainprize.org/winners/comp...

The Brain Prize 2025 winners, Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler have uncovered a profound connection between cancer and the nervous system, fundamentally changing our understanding of the biology of brain tumours – and paving the way for potential treatment strategies. Learn more: brainprize.org

Professors Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler have been honored with The Brain Prize 2025 for pioneering the field of Cancer Neuroscience.
Watch to hear from Prof. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Chair of The Brain Prize Selection Committee, on this year’s award and the winners’ discoveries: brainprize.org

Watch Lene Skole, the CEO of the @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social explain why The Brain Prize is awarded, and hear from the 2025 winners: @michellemonje.bsky.social @stanfordneuro.bsky.social, @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital. Watch the full film at brainprize.org