Spring is finally here after a long and difficult winter for our country and the world. No matter where you live or what climate surrounds you, spring uniquely signifies a time of renewal and new growth. This is how I feel as we launch into the next phase of the BRAIN Initiative.
The BRAIN Blog
The 2021 BRAIN Initiative Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo and Video Contest is Now Open
Feeling creative? Help us celebrate the art of brain science! Our annual photo and video contest is open for submissions through May 9, 2021.
- Neuroscience News
Apply to the 2021 Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation (C3i) Virtual Summer Course
Does your new device have the potential to thrive in the commercial marketplace? We invite BRAIN Initiative investigators to apply for an online course designed to provide neurotechnology innovators with the business knowledge and tools to translate devices from the lab to the market.
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
BRAIN re-issues funding opportunities to advance understanding of neural circuits underlying cognitive processes
The two re-issued funding opportunities support both small targeted projects and large, team-research projects. They encourage the utilization of innovative tools, diverse species, and comparative approaches.
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
The Winners of the BRAIN Challenge
Last year, The BRAIN Initiative® proposed a challenge for students to describe their perspectives on the ethics and implications of emerging neurotechnologies. This month, Drs. John Ngai and Walter Koroshetz announced the winners live via an online broadcast.
- Neuroscience News
January 2021 NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics and Multi-Council Working Group Meetings
In January, members of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) and Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) met virtually to discuss emerging ethics themes in BRAIN and ongoing efforts to promote and enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience.
- Neuroscience News
Funding for Translating BRAIN Initiative Technologies to the Marketplace
A recent Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) will support the translation of BRAIN technologies from academic and non-small business research to the marketplace.
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
From the BRAIN Director: New Beginnings
Meet Dr. John Ngai, Director of the NIH BRAIN Initiative.
- Neuroscience News
Dr. Andrea Beckel-Mitchener Named Deputy Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
Dr. Beckel-Mitchener has been serving as acting deputy director of the BRAIN Initiative alongside Dr. John Ngai, who was named BRAIN Initiative director in January 2020.
- Neuroscience News
February Publication Roundup
Evaluating the validity of flexible models… Astrocytes control inhibitory neural synapses… The future of open source optogenetic data in non-human primates… A brain region that can predict the future…
An alternative strategy for identifying mathematical models with correct interpretations
- Neuroscience Research and Technology