The BRAIN Blog

This funding opportunity supports research to answer high-impact questions in human neuroscience that capitalizes on unique intracranial surgical procedures.

The BRAIN Initiative Alliance is hosting Building Tools & Tech for an Innovative Future: A BRAIN Initiative Alliance Social at the 2024 Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Submit your application today! 

Neural activity recordings could help clinicians provide a precise prognosis to patients being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with deep brain stimulation (DBS).

The BRAIN Initiative is marking a milestone—10 years of advancing neuroscience and neurotechnology research by funding innovative projects. As part of a rotating series of blog posts, the directors of the BRAIN Initiative-partnering NIH Institutes and Centers share their voice and perspectives on the impact BRAIN has made on their respective missions—and vice versa. 

By Richard J. Hodes, MD, Director

How has the National Institute on Aging (NIA) participated in the NIH BRAIN Initiative?

A new device capable of measuring multimodal physiological data in mice is a promising advancement for better understanding neurological and psychiatric disorders in humans.

This funding opportunity supports the development or application of innovative tools and approaches to advance our understanding of behavior as a complex dynamic system.  

Register for the virtual OPEN house for graduate students, mentors, and sponsored grant officers to learn about resources available in preparing their application. 

This three-day, hybrid workshop, taking place August 5-7, 2024, provides an opportunity to learn about multiphoton characterization of fluorescent probes. Registration is now open! 

Dr. Christopher Lee Hughes is an F32 award recipient who used the funding opportunity to study how the brain processes sensory information. The F32 funding opportunity supports the research training of promising postdoctorates early in their postdoctoral training period.

Last month, members of the NIH BRAIN Initiative’s Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) reviewed BRAIN program updates and learned about new and upcoming projects.