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Notices of funding opportunities for 2024: Bioethics and systems neuroscience

This week, we will highlight BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2024. Today’s post features funding opportunities for administrative supplements to support research on bioethical issues and the BRAIN Initiative’s Systems Neuroscience. 
  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Notices of funding opportunities for 2024: Neural recording and modulation

This week, we will highlight BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2024. Today’s post features funding opportunities for neural recording and modulation.
  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Notices of funding opportunities for 2024: Transformative projects and tools and technologies for cells and circuits

This week, we will highlight BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2024. Today’s post features funding opportunities for BRAIN Initiative transformative projects and tools and technologies for cells and circuits.
  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

From the BRAIN Director: Expanding the impact of neuroscience research

The BRAIN Initiative continues to fund cross-cutting and accelerated discovery in neuroscience across a diverse network of institutions and organizations, laboratories, researcher fields, and geographic locations. 
  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

August 2023 NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics and Multi-Council Working Group Meetings

On August 28, 2023, the BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) held its 16th meeting. The NEWG is a group of experts in neuroethics and neuroscience that promotes the integration of neuroethics in NIH BRAIN Initiative activities.
  • Neuroscience News

Join the BRAIN Initiative’s “Patient Recruitment in Deep Brain Stimulation Clinical Trials” virtual workshop

The workshop, taking place August 8, 2023, provides an opportunity to discuss and understand the current barriers to recruiting patients and diverse populations for clinical trials of deep brain stimulation (DBS). Registration is now open! 

Would you like to learn more about patient recruitment in DBS clinical trials? Join us for the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative’s virtual workshop on “Patient Recruitment in DBS Clinical Trials,” on Tuesday August 8, 2023, from 1-6 p.m. ET. 

  • Neuroscience News
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

NIH BRAIN Initiative funding opportunities for postdoctoral fellows

The NIH BRAIN Initiative offers several funding opportunities to support research training of postdoctoral fellows.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH issues Notice of Special Interest to develop informatics infrastructure for the Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization research program

This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) encourages new applications for developing informatics infrastructure for the Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization (BBQS) research program. The next application deadline is June 9, 2023. 

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH issues Notice of Special Interest to enhance capacity building efforts related to bioethical issues

This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) encourages applications for administrative supplements for research and capacity building efforts related to bioethical issues. Applications are due by February 17, 2023. 

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH to host upcoming workshop to help applicants understand the grants process

This virtual workshop, taking place February 1-2, 2023, is designed to help both new and experienced applicants understand the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants process. Registration is now open! 

The 2023 NIH Grants Conference is designed to help clarify the NIH grant application process and policies for both new and experienced applicants and administrators of NIH grants. This free, virtual workshop will include 25 sessions, organized into tracks for new administrators and investigators, as well as advanced and special topics.  

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding