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NIH BRAIN Initiative launches projects to develop cell atlases and molecular tools for cell access

The NIH BRAIN Initiative announces awards for two-large scale projects that aim to transform neuroscience research and enhance our understanding of the human brain.  

  • Neuroscience News
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Workshop on brain-machine and related neural interface technologies

A virtual National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) workshop on September 22 and September 23, 2022 brings together experts to discuss scientific, technical, ethical, and regulatory issues around brain-machine interfaces.

  • Neuroscience News

Researcher spotlight: F32 recipient Dr. Preeya Khanna

Dr. Preeya Khanna is a F32 award recipient who used the funding opportunity to study motor control restoration after stroke. The F32 funding opportunity supports the research training of promising researchers early in their postdoctoral training period.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

August 2022 NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics and Multi-Council Working Group meetings

Last month, members of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) and Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) discussed research-related care needs for trial participants, emerging ethics themes, the annual BRAIN Initiative meeting, and more.

On August 23, 2022, the BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) held its 14th meeting. The NEWG ensures that neuroethics is fully integrated into the BRAIN Initiative as new tools and technologies emerge.

  • Neuroscience News

Researcher Spotlight: F32 Recipient Dr. Kate MacDuffie

Dr. Kate MacDuffie is an F32 award recipient whose research focuses on the neuroethical use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict autism spectrum disorder in infancy. The F32 funding opportunity supports the research training of promising researchers early in their postdoctoral training period. 

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

BRAIN issues Notice of Intent to create centers for engineering and optimization of molecular technologies for studying neural circuits

The centers will be created through a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) that is part of a family of NOFOs supporting the BRAIN Initiative Armamentarium transformative project. This NOFO is anticipated to be published in December 2022 with an expected application due date in June 2023 and an earliest start date in April 2024 

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Upcoming NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics and Multi-Council Working Group meetings

Please join us for two virtual NIH BRAIN Initiative meetings on Tuesday, August 23 and Wednesday, August 24. Videocast will be available for the open meeting sessions. 

Neuroethics Working Group Meeting – Tuesday, August 23, 2022 

  • Neuroscience News

The 8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting was held in June

The purpose of the annual, open BRAIN Initiative meeting is to continue to build the BRAIN community and provide a forum for discussing exciting scientific developments and potential new directions; and to identify areas for collaboration and research coordination.

  • Neuroscience News

Your feedback is critical: Deadline extended for input on advancing research in fundamental neuroscience

NINDS is inviting public input on the challenges and opportunities for supporting and enhancing research in fundamental neuroscience. The deadline for submission of input through a Request for Information is September 1.  

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN issues new funding opportunity for the development of cutting-edge tools to understand the neural basis of behavior in humans

This funding opportunity, with the next due date of February 17, 2023, supports the development of next-generation tools to quantify complex behaviors and integrate them with simultaneous recordings of brain activity in humans. 

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding