The "http://www.scn.cat/index.php" Catalan Society of Neurology and the "Catalan Academy of Medical Sciences" Catalan Academy of Medical Sciences have awarded with the E. Beltran Rubio prize Dr. José Álvarez Sabín, head of the Neurology Service at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and researcher of the Neurovascular Diseases group at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR). Both entities have recognized his professional and academic career in the field of vascular and cerebral pathologies. For Dr. Álvarez Sabín, the prize “is an acknowledgement of the hard work that I have been indeed fortunate to develop in the best period of neurology, in an outstanding international country, and it gives me strength to continue to go forward”. The Catalan Society of Neurology has also awarded with the Antoni Subirana Prize the former presidents of the entity, Dr. Oriol de Fàbregues, researcher of the Neurodegenerative Diseases group at VHIR and responsible of the Parkinson’s Disease Unit at the hospital, Dr. Mercè Boada, former head of the Dementia Unit and the Alzheimer’s Disease research group at VHIR, Dr. Manel Roig, researcher of the Pediatric Neurology group at VHIR and former head of the Neuropediatric Service, and doctors Nolasc Acarin, Feliu Titus and Agustí Codina, former responsible of the Neurology Section, the Headache section and the Neurology Service. In the ceremony awards, hosted in Sitges the March 20, was also recognized La Marató de TV3 Foundation for its dissemination activities in neurological diseases, and its commitment to collect funds for the research in these pathologies.