About the award
The award was founded to raise awareness about the importance of publishing well-conducted studies, regardless of the outcome. By encouraging the publication of negative data, it aims to forestall the loss of scientific knowledge and the unnecessary duplication of research efforts and the potential loss of time and money that might result, and to advance scientific integrity and increase public trust in research.
Award ceremony
The award is conferred at the ECNP Congress.
Previous winners
| Year | Winners | Publications |
| 2024 | Karlijn Kooij, The Netherlands | Fecal microbiota transplantation in anorexia nervosa didn’t alter flexible behaviour in rats |
| 2022 | No winner | - |
| 2020 |
Jeremy D. Bailoo et al. |
Evaluation of the effects of space allowance on measures of animal welfare in laboratory mice |
| 2018 |
Laura Luyten |
A preregistered, direct replication attempt of the retrieval-extinction effect in cued fear conditioning in rats. |