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Upcoming workshop on translating next-generation circuit therapies to humans

This workshop will bring together cross-disciplinary investigators to discuss the potential for human translation of next-generation circuit therapies for disorders of the central nervous system. Please join us on June 29-30!

  • Neuroscience News

Join us tomorrow for the 7th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting

The virtual meeting will feature a host of plenary sessions, symposia, research and trainee highlight talks, open dialogues, specialty sessions, networking opportunities, and more. It will take place on June 15-17, 2021. Register today!

Beginning tomorrow, the 7th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting will bring together BRAIN Initiative awardees, staff, leadership from participating federal agencies, the  public, and others to share exciting scientific discoveries and new directions for BRAIN.

  • Neuroscience News

May 2021 NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group Meeting

Recently, members of the Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) and Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) met virtually to discuss ongoing efforts to promote and enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience, and bridging basic research with human therapeutics.

  • Neuroscience News

Cast your vote for the Show Us Your BRAINs! contest winners

MRI pop art, sparkling fluorescent axons, digitally painted ancient prints, and colorful tractography journeys. Check out this year’s stunning contest finalists and vote for your favorites! Voting closes June 10, 2021.

  • Neuroscience News

From the BRAIN Director: Diversity as a Means of Achieving Research Excellence

“We stand on the verge of a great journey into the unknown – the interior terrain of thinking, feeling, perceiving, learning, deciding, and acting to achieve our goals – that is the special province of the human brain … No single researcher or discovery will solve the brain’s mysteries.” – BRAIN 2025 strategic vision

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding
  • Neuroscience News

Upcoming May meeting for the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group

Please join us for the next virtual NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Videocast will be available for the open meeting session.

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN issues notices for funding opportunities to advance brain cell atlases through centers, collaboratories and coordinating units

These Notices support the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, which aims to build reference brain cell atlas for wide dissemination throughout the community.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH issues Notices for funding opportunities on artificial intelligence and big data

BRAIN Investigators may be interested in the Bridge2AI program and Notices through the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy that will support artificial intelligence and big data efforts.

As the quantity and heterogeneity of datasets exponentially increase in neuroscience and related fields, the BRAIN community may be interested in the following NIH funding opportunities on artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Funding opportunities for analyzing, archiving, and modeling brain data

Interested in data mining, analysis, or theory? Check out these R01 funding opportunities for novel ways to analyze, archive, and computationally model BRAIN Initiative data.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

NIH issues funding opportunity to support Armamentarium-related resource production and distribution at historically under-resourced institutions

This notice of funding opportunity supports the establishment of facilities at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and Institutional Development Award (IDeA)-eligible institutions for scaled production and distribution of neurotechnology resources.

RFA-MH-21-180 Reagent Resources for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access and Manipulation to Broaden Distribution of Enabling Technologies for Neuroscience (U24; Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding