The BRAIN Blog

Have you read the latest BRAIN Initiative Alliance newsletter? BRAIN scientists are invited to share their tools with the scientific community in the Toolmakers Newsletter. These newsletters spotlight BRAIN Initiative investigators with tools, technologies, or theories ready for distribution to the research community to advance neurotechnology.   

Last month, members of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) and Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) discussed health-related technologies that affect the brain, BRAIN updates, neural mechanisms of spatial attention, and more.  

Registration is now open for the 9th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting which will take place June 12-13, 2023 in Bethesda, MD and online. 

Registration is now open for the 9th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools. Join us on Monday, June 12 and Tuesday, June 13 and submit your scientific proposals today! 

Register and submit proposals here! 

BRAIN Notice of Special Interest (NOSI), which aims to support the dissemination of promising technologies and resources generated from BRAIN awards, fostering collaborations, and integrating these research innovations into research practice, will be closed on February 28, 2023.

The BRAIN Initiative will host its 9th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting as a hybrid event on June 12-13, 2023 in Bethesda, MD and online. 

Join us on June 12-13, 2023 for the 9th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting and be a part of a growing, dynamic, and collaborative BRAIN research community.  

Visit the website today! 

What will you find now?  

• Background information on the meeting 

• A preliminary agenda 

Highlights from this year’s BRAIN Initiative Alliance recap include BRAIN Initiative researchers participating in new collaborations, developing cutting-edge tools, and demonstrating exceptional talent as they aim to advance our understanding of the brain’s inner workings. 

This week-long, in-person workshop, taking place on June 26-30, 2023, provides attendees with an interactive course on neurobehavior. Applications are due March 3, 2023. 

This funding opportunity will support fundamental research to accelerate breakthroughs in support of the Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment (BRaVE) Initiative. Applications are due May 9, 2023. 

This two-day, in-person workshop, taking place on July 13-14, 2023, provides a hands-on opportunity to learn how to use software tools developed in part at the Allen institute. Applications are due February 15, 2023. 

Dr. Sumaira Zamurrad is an F32 award recipient who used the funding opportunity to study neural circuits in Drosophila models. The F32 funding opportunity supports the research training of promising researchers early in their postdoctoral training period.