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

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Upcoming webinar on funding opportunity to support resource dissemination and integration

The NIH BRAIN Initiative is hosting an informational webinar to discuss the aims and features of the Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (RFA-NS-22-011).  

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Notices of Funding Opportunities for 2022: Courses for Skills Development

Today’s post highlights a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) that supports short courses for skills development that will significantly advance the educational goals of the BRAIN Initiative.

RFA-EY-21-003 BRAIN Initiative-Related Research Education: Short Courses (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

‘The Art of the BRAIN’ series

We’ve collected stunning imagery as part of our annual Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo and Video Contest. In a series of five articles, we highlight the top artwork from the 2020 and 2021 contests and the scientific tools used to uncover the beauty of the brain.

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Save the Date for the 8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools

Your attendance at this open meeting June 21-22, 2022 will help us 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

New report from International Brain Initiative workshop outlines future of collaborative science

European Parliament hosted leaders from the International Brain Initiative this fall to discuss strategies that foster collaborative science across borders. A newly published report summarizes key takeaways.

Leaders from the International Brain Initiative (IBI)—of which BRAIN is a part—recently convened to discuss their efforts toward building neuroscience, neuroethics, data policy, and dissemination collaborations on a global scale.

  • Neuroscience News

NIH-funded study could help improve deep brain stimulation therapy for OCD

Recent BRAIN Initiative-funded study finds promise in the use of adaptive deep brain stimulation for treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Notices of funding opportunities for 2022: Technology dissemination and tools for studying cells and circuits

This week, we will highlight BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2022. Today’s post features NOFOs for establishing reagent production facilities and tool development and dissemination.

The NOFOs below aim to advance our ability to study specific cell types and circuits by developing, validating, and disseminating cutting-edge technologies to the broader neuroscience community. 

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Notices of Funding Opportunities for 2022: Human neuroscience and clinical studies

This week, we will highlight BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2022. This post features funding opportunities to develop, test, and utilize next-gen neural devices to advance our knowledge about the brain.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Notices of Funding Opportunities for 2022: Neural recording, modulation, and stimulation

This week, we will highlight BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2022. Today’s post summarizes NOFOs for neural recording, modulation, and stimulation tool development in animals and humans.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Notices of Funding Opportunities for 2022: Data science and standardization

This week, we will highlight BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for fiscal year 2022. Today’s post features NOFOs for data analysis and archival approaches.>

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding