[visionlist] VSS 2026 | Ken Nakayama, Davida Teller, YIA Award Nominations Closing Soon!

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Nominations for VSS Awards are Closing Soon!


 

It's awards season at VSS! We're now accepting nominations for our three major honors, the Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence, the Davida Teller Award, and the Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award. Help us celebrate the scientists whose work continues to shape and inspire the field of vision science. Submit your nominations by January 22, 2026 and join us in honoring this year's awardees at the 2026 VSS Meeting in Florida.

 


Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science


The Ken Nakayama Medal was created in honor of Professor Ken Nakayama’s numerous innovations, leadership, and consistent excellence in the vision sciences. The Medal recognizes any vision scientist who has made exceptional, significant, or lasting contributions to the field. Contributions may be fundamental, clinical, or applied. This award is for senior investigators, defined as 25 or more years since earning their terminal degree. For full nomination instructions, see  <https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001V7Is_HOWFRI-kPyx9kVSnXe2aOEUshKWRA544FLqna9LwGRGxUICY0I8lh7DIqzPuAeZOnwaW6EnOQcWQigDqZ2cQNZ7075toZnAp-Wkfd_C5fz7PcScBBFmrqKZw39G1QA0FfEdynIAwaSSKHwEplcFV7q6hBiS6BWOB7XFHZc3mz6zxbgUDdfs1xeejcLX&c=UIfh3XCLhNmOD702KRdE69Re6-nYb4gn9QmzyFHo5Q0s9W9z88WHmA==&ch=3OGY9cs9gj1xwlhESePh0UXZpnK75Pvoy2BEb3uG5_cSA43_ZqmqzA==> Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science.

 


Davida Teller Award


The Davida Teller Award is in honor of Professor Davida Teller’s exceptional scientific achievements, commitment to equity, and strong history of mentoring. Beginning in 2026, the award will recognize a mid-career vision scientist who has made exceptional, significant, and/or lasting contributions to vision science and has also served as an outstanding mentor. The contributions may be fundamental, clinical, or applied. Mid-career investigators are defined as those with 10-25 years of active research/teaching since earning their terminal degree (excluding times that typically “stop the clock” in academic careers). For full nomination instructions, see  <https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001V7Is_HOWFRI-kPyx9kVSnXe2aOEUshKWRA544FLqna9LwGRGxUICYw4TyQ-SYnvy4odmOmQ-LU82i2LoGcbxsSTyvE7Y1m2wqNj4HyJWpSbzGcrJamC3AUj3b7KEB0Lu1Pk4b6AIV-4DLvxfM2G4FGAFtDmTjoPVxKkrQ92PICipxLmcMTIuekLbFIaGHeiI&c=UIfh3XCLhNmOD702KRdE69Re6-nYb4gn9QmzyFHo5Q0s9W9z88WHmA==&ch=3OGY9cs9gj1xwlhESePh0UXZpnK75Pvoy2BEb3uG5_cSA43_ZqmqzA==> Davida Teller Award.

 


Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award


Sponsored by Vision Research, the Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award recognizes an early-career vision scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the field. The nature of this work can be fundamental, clinical, or applied. The award selection committee gives highest weight to the significance, originality and potential long-range impact of the work. The selection committee may also consider the nominee’s previous participation in VSS conferences or activities, and substantial obstacles that the nominee may have overcome in their careers. The awardee will write a review to be published in Vision Research. For full nomination instructions, see  <https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001V7Is_HOWFRI-kPyx9kVSnXe2aOEUshKWRA544FLqna9LwGRGxUICYxEd4sWA6KM_0kAZOlGXCCqSfiM0DO-kUM2o_ar2zdjagv0Z9Y0bzKTXoamP1lsFRW0tjLlmH_NrOV6gCNk7sQCIh9Mj3j-zVrv1GtAld4k4tSyZZpZ3PwNKRovhqzG8rPqeUoeZuZGiqsou-P82css=&c=UIfh3XCLhNmOD702KRdE69Re6-nYb4gn9QmzyFHo5Q0s9W9z88WHmA==&ch=3OGY9cs9gj1xwlhESePh0UXZpnK75Pvoy2BEb3uG5_cSA43_ZqmqzA==> Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award.

 


Schedule


Nominations Open: November 24, 2025

Nominations Close: January 22, 2026

Recipients Announced: March 2026

 



Important Dates


January 15 - Deadline to Submit T-shirt Graphics

February 3 - Board of Directors Nominations Open 

February 9 - Notification of Accepted Abstracts

February 10 - VSS SPC Applications Open 

 

May 15-19, 2026 - VSS 2026 

May 20, 2026 - Applied Vision Science meeting



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