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Registration now open for 8th annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting

Please join us on June 21-22 at the BRAIN Initiative’s 8th annual meeting and help us build a dynamic and collaborative BRAIN research community through your attendance and symposia submissions.

The 8th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools is now open for registration! We are thrilled to announce that our plenary speakers include:  

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From the BRAIN Director: New Perspectives

More than two years into a global pandemic, we’ve all had to figure out new ways of living and working. For many, including myself, days of the week and months of the year have seemingly blended together into one continuous blur. I remember, just after COVID-19 hit, trying to find a way to navigate this absurdly strange time warp with one of my enduring passions: photography.

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NIH launches first phase of $9.8 million competition to accelerate development of neuromodulation therapies

The initial phase of the competition aims to attract eligible participants to submit innovative proposals on target neuromodulation therapies.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

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

Please join us for two virtual NIH BRAIN Initiative meetings next Monday and Tuesday. Videocast will be available for the open meeting sessions.

Neuroethics Working Group Meeting – Monday, January 24, 2022

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Blueprint MedTech and BRAIN issue a notice and upcoming Q&A webinar on funding opportunity for translational neurotechnology

The notice encourages BRAIN applicants to apply to the NIH Blueprint MedTech program’s funding opportunities aimed at accelerating the translation of early stage neurotechnologies to first-in-human studies.  

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH BRAIN Initiative Director outlines new era of transformative projects in Cell commentary

BRAIN Initiative Director Dr John Ngai provides a Leading Edge overview of three ambitious “BRAIN 2.0 transformative projects” – a comprehensive human brain cell atlas project, the BRAIN microconnectivity project, and the precision access to brain cell types project – which promise to revolutionize how researchers study the brain.

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  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

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.

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