Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1992
Klingenstein Foundation, 1993
Beckman Foundation, 1994
Whitehall Foundation, 1994
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1994.
Merck Foundation, 1995
McKnight Foundation, 1995
NIH-R01, 1995
NIH-P01, 1996
VW Foundation, 1996
Neurofibromatosis Consortium, 1996
Neurofibromatosis Foundation, 1996
Perkin Fund, 1997
Neurofibromatosis Foundation, 1997
NIH-RO1, 1998
UCLA, 1998
Robert Michaels, 1998
Dorothy and Leonard Strauss Fund, 1998
Neurofibromatosis Inc, 1999
Carol Moss Spivak Scholars Award in Neurobiology, 1999
UCLA Alzheimer's Research Center, 1999
Fragile X Foundation Award, 1999
NIH-SNRP, 1999
NIH-RO1, 1999
NARSAD, 1999
NIH-RO1, 1999
Neurofibromatosis Inc, 2000 (Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Mid-Atlantic, Mass Bay and Texas chapters)
UCLA MRRC, 2000
Neurofibromatosis Inc, 2001 (Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Mid-Atlantic, Mass Bay and Texas chapters)
NIH, NIA RO1, 2001
NIH, NINDS RO1, 2002
NF-CDMRP, 2002
Neurofibromatosis Inc, 2002 (Mass Bay and Illinois Chapters)
Tennenbaum Creativity Chair, 2004
NF-CDMRP, 2005
NF INC 2006
NIH, NIA Merit Award 2006
NIH, NIMH Conte Center 2006 (Director)
Tennenbaum Creativity Award, 2007
Order of the Golden Bruin, 2007
Adelson Foundation award, 2007
The Order of Prince Henry (Award from the Portuguese Government), 2008
Adelson Foundation award, 2008
Senior Roche Award For Translational Neuroscience, 2009
Discovery Neuroscience Research Fund, 2009
Medal of Science, Marco Canavezes, Portugal, 2009
NIMH RO1 2010
Richard Merkin Foundation, 2011
Leslie Chair in Pioneering Brain Research, 2011
Adelson Foundation Award, 2012
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012
Advisor to the Portuguese Government (Member, Diaspora Portuguesa), 2013
Best Leader Award in Applied Science and Technology, 2014
Adelson Foundation Award, 2014
UCLA Distinguished Professor, 2015
Adelson Foundation Award, 2015
NIMH RO1, 2015
Adelson Foundation Award, 2017
NIA RO1, 2017
NIMH RO1, 2017
NINDS, 2017
NSF, 2017
NIH, 2018