The BRAIN Blog

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.

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.

“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

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.

These newsletters spotlight different BRAIN Initiative investigators with tools, technologies, and/or theories ready for distribution to the research community to advance neurotechnology.

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

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.

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.

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)

The three re-issued funding opportunities and notices support new neural recording and modulation technology projects at multiple stages of development.