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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

Upcoming deep brain stimulation meeting to focus on contributions of women scientists

Register now for the 10th annual Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank on August 17-19, 2022. The theme for this 3-day virtual event will be “Women in Neuromodulation” and all sessions will be chaired by women. 

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN reissues notice of funding opportunity for multi-disciplinary teams to conduct neuroscience research in humans

The next application deadline for the BRAIN Initiative®: Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (U01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) is September 23, 2022.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Beyond BRAIN: Highlights from the 8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting

In June, we hosted the 8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting. I relish this yearly event as an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the incredible progress from this foundational Initiative as we anticipate the next set of discoveries and innovations. Planning this meeting is an enormous exercise logistically. I am deeply grateful for the tireless efforts of the NIH staff and program committee who made it not only possible, but also successful despite all the curveballs thrown at us by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

NIH issues funding opportunities for the development of next-generation non-invasive imaging technologies

The NIH announced this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with interest in team-centric non-invasive imaging technologies to understand brain function and connectivity. The earliest submission date is September 13, 2022, and the subsequent application deadline is October 13, 2022.  

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

The White House to host a virtual event: The Future of mental health treatments and neuroscience

The Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House will host a virtual event on Thursday, July 28, 2022, that will cover promising areas of research to address the Nation’s mental health crisis.  

  • Neuroscience News

Upcoming virtual workshop on data submission and visualization

The Brain Image Library will be hosting a virtual Data Submission and Visualization workshop on July 27 and 28. Registration is now open! 

  • Neuroscience News

NIH reissues Notice of Special Interest to encourage the translation of BRAIN Initiative-supported technologies to marketplace

This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) encourages the translation of BRAIN Initiative-supported technologies developed by academic and small business sectors for commercial dissemination. The next application deadline is September 5, 2022.  

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Registration for the 16th NanoNeuro 2022 Symposium is OPEN!

The Neuro Technology Center (NTC) at Columbia University and the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) are co-hosting an interdisciplinary symposium to explore the intersection of nanoscience and neuroscience on July 21, 2022.  

Columbia University created the Neuro Technology Center (NTC) in response to the founding of the BRAIN Initiative. The center is a network of interdisciplinary tool-building laboratories that aims to develop next generation neurotechnologies to better understand how the brain works.  

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Funding opportunity for the Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs

The next application deadline for the BRAIN Initiative: Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs – Team BCP is Friday, September 16, 2022. 

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding