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The BRAIN Blog covers updates and announcements on BRAIN Initiative research, events, and news. 

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

Please join us for two virtual NIH BRAIN Initiative meetings on Wednesday, August 21 and Thursday, August 22. Videocast will be available for the open meeting sessions.
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The 12th Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank Meeting and Rising Stars Challenge

Nearly 100 world experts will convene to discuss cutting edge research, technologies, and neuroethical issues within the field of neuromodulation.
  • Neuroscience News
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

BRAIN at 10: A View from the National Eye Institute

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 Institutes and Centers share their voice and perspectives on the impact BRAIN has made on their respective missions—and vice versa.
  • Neuroscience News
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Reflecting on a decade of BRAIN—10 Institutes and Centers, one mission

In its first 10 years, the NIH BRAIN Initiative has set the stage for accelerated scientific progress for generations to come. Driving this unique enterprise is a strong commitment to open, ethical, and inclusive research—and reliance upon the energy and diversity of team science to make game-changing discoveries.  
  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

BRAIN issues funding opportunity for exploratory intracranial human neuroscience research

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

Neural recordings predict the clinical outcome of obsessive-compulsive disorder

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

BRAIN at 10: A View from the National Institute on Aging

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?

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

NIH-funded lightweight, implantable device provides new insights into brain-behavior connection

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

BRAIN issues new funding opportunity for the development of transformative tools to understand the neural frameworks for natural behavior

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

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

OPEN House: Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative D-SPAN F99/K00 Award

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