Winners
The 2026 winners are:
Kenneth Man, United Kingdom
Kenneth will present the Campfire Session CA12 'From big data to causal insight: rethinking neurodevelopmental risk across the lifespan', on Sunday 11 October, from 15.00 to 15.45 CEST, at the 39th ECNP Congress 2026.
Ziv Ben-Zion, Israel
Ziv will present the Campfire Session CA19 'Stress in the brain: toward objective markers and personalised interventions, with insights from AI', on Monday 12 October, from 13.55 to 14.40 CEST, at the 39th ECNP Congress 2026.
The award winners were honoured with:
An unrestricted prize of EUR 2,000 and a commemorative certificate to be presented at the ECNP Congress
An invitation to the ECNP Congress with faculty benefits for travel and hotel
Award talk
The winners delivered an award talk at the 39th ECNP Congress 2026.
Previous winners
View below previous ECNP Rising Star Award winners.
| Year | Winners |
| 2025 | Susanne Meinert, Germany |
| 2024 | Cristiana Cruceanu, Sweden Robert McCutcheon, United Kingdom |
| 2023 | Marieke Klein, The Netherlands Juan Pablo Lopez, Sweden |
| 2022 | Liubov Kalinichenko, Germany Nils Opel, Germany |
| 2021 | Covadonga M. Díaz-Caneja, Spain Dominique Endres, Germany |
| 2020 | Martine Hoogman, The Netherlands |