NIH has issued two new Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the BRAIN Initiative® to support critical research training needs of the Initiative, including a fellowship opportunity for early-stage postdoctorates, as well as a career enhancement opportunity for independent investigators…
NIH recently released two additional notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2017 to promote education and training that is essential for successfully deploying the tools, technologies, and methods developed under the BRAIN Initiative. Awardees will obtain mentored research training and career development in research areas that will enable them to contribute to or lead projects that advance the goals of the Initiative.
The first announcement, RFA-MH-17-250, is a BRAIN Initiative Fellows (F32) program. This is a new NOFO to enhance the research training of promising postdoctorates, early in their postdoctoral training period (from 12 months prior to completing terminal degree requirements to 6 months after starting postdoctoral training), who have the potential to become productive investigators in research areas that will advance the goals of the Initiative. Applications are encouraged in any research area that is aligned with BRAIN, including neuroethics. The receipt date for this RFA is March 15, 2017.
The second announcement, RFA-DA-17-022, is a mentored career enhancement (K18) program to support development of research capability for the Initiative. Specific emphasis is on cross-training independent investigators in a substantively different area of neuroscience, neuroethics, or in a quantitative and physical discipline (e.g., physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, mathematics); and vice versa, cross-training independent investigators trained in a quantitative or physical discipline proposing to gain in-depth training in a high-priority area of neuroscience. This is a new opportunity for independent investigators at any faculty rank or level to enhance their ability to significantly contribute to or lead projects that investigate questions central to the goals of the Initiative. The receipt date for this RFA is April 14, 2017.
Please visit our Active Funding Opportunities page for more details on these and other RFAs for the BRAIN Initiative.