Imagine looking up on a clear night and instead of seeing the giant celestial smear that is the Milky Way, visualizing every individual star as a crystal-clear sparkle of light. That was my reaction 8 years ago when I laid eyes on the first data to emerge from the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Consortium.
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The 2022 BRAIN Initiative Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo and Video Contest is now open
Want to showcase your beautiful work? Our popular photo and video contest is back! Submissions are now open through April 20, 2022.
In the neuroscience community, we often mention the beautiful hand drawings of Ramón y Cajal and their ability to capture the delicate details of neurons and dendrites. Today’s innovative and ground-breaking technology continues to capture the wonder and complexity of the brain.
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8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting is going hybrid
The BRAIN Initiative’s yearly meeting will take place June 21-22 and will have in-person and virtual participation opportunities.
The 8th Annual BRAIN Meeting: Open Science, New Tools is going to be a hybrid event.
What does this hybrid decision mean for you?
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Congress passes budget bill: NIH BRAIN Initiative receives $60M in additional funds for fiscal year 2022
A message to the community from Dr. John Ngai, Director of the NIH BRAIN Initiative.
Dear BRAIN Community,
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
Addgene launches a new community resource to share recombinant antibodies for neuroscientists
BRAIN-funded Addgene catalog to disseminate antibodies for neuroscience research based on values of transparency, reproducibility, and community building.
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Five BRAIN Initiative scientists elected as AAAS Honorary Fellows
The prestigious AAAS Honorary Fellow class of 2021 includes five scientists whose research is supported by the BRAIN Initiative: Drs. Guoping Feng, Viviana Gradinaru, Susan Shore, Bing Ye, and Karen Zito.
- Neuroscience News
NIH issues Notice of Special Interest for supplements to promote research career re-entry and re-integration
The administrative supplements provided under this program may be for either part-time or full-time (equivalent to 12 person-months) support for the candidate.
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
NIH innovation education program provides tools for taking new technologies to the marketplace
The Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation Education Program is designed to help current BRAIN-funded investigators from a research institution or early-stage start-up better understand how to take their innovative technology and apply it to an unmet market need.
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- Neuroscience Research and Technology
NIH issues a change in due dates and eligibility criteria of supplements for BRAIN Initiative awardees to support resource dissemination
The new Notice of Change extends the current application due dates period and updates applicants’ eligibility regarding the previous Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to facilitate dissemination efforts from BRAIN Initiative-funded researchers.
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
BRAIN launches 2nd annual BRAIN Initiative Challenge: Ethical Considerations of Brain Technologies
The BRAIN Initiative® has recently launched an essay and video contest for high school students called the BRAIN Initiative Challenge 2.0, which seeks diverse perspectives on the ethics surrounding emerging brain technologies.
What would happen if humans could altogether stop the effects of aging on the brain? What if we could precisely map, record, and simulate the neural activity of memories? What if we could enhance brain function and intelligence?
- Neuroscience News