This week, a series of daily blog posts will highlight 28 new and reissued BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for 2020. The five awards featured today focus on brain mapping and tool development. The goal of these NOFOs is to accelerate brain cell census research and promote the development, validation, and use of novel tools designed to study cell types and circuits.
Cell Census Research
This week, a series of daily blog posts will highlight 28 new and reissued BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for 2020. Today’s post highlights four awards that support the use of integrative, novel methods to elucidate neural circuits. The goal of these NOFOs is to enhance our understanding of neural circuitry by funding individual and collaborative brain circuit projects.
This week, a series of daily blog posts will highlight 28 new and reissued BRAIN Initiative notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for 2020. For the past five years BRAIN-funded scientists have developed astounding new technologies to study neural circuits, enabling a better understanding of the brain and complex disorders. Next year’s awards will accelerate the pace of neuroscience discovery by building upon this work and expanding the scope of the BRAIN Initiative. Today’s post focuses on data science, training, neuroethics, and small business opportunities.
The next application deadline for the BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00) is February 10, 2020 (resubmission deadline is March 10, 2020).
BRAIN Initiative investigators can now offer feedback on a new NIH-wide data sharing policy that will likely impact ongoing and future neuroscience research. The draft NIH policy for data management and sharing is open for public comment until January 10, 2020.
In a recent paper published in JAMA Neurology, a collaborative team of ethics and neuroscience experts highlight key ethical issues surrounding neural device research and provide points to consider for researchers and others working in this space.
NINDS Director Walter J. Koroshetz, NIMH Director Joshua A. Gordon, NICHD Director Diana W. Bianchi, NIA Director Richard Hodes, NIAAA Director George Koob, NCCIH Director Helene Langevin, NIBIB Director Bruce J. Tromberg, NIDCD Director Debara L. Tucci, NEI Acting Director Santa Tumminia, NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, ORWH Director Janine A. Clayton, and OBSSR Director William T. Riley.
The recent conference for the Society for Neuroscience gave many BRAIN Initiative-funded researchers the chance to showcase their newly developed technologies that are helping to drive neuroscience forward. Nearly 30,000 people from 75 countries attended the meeting, held October 19-23 in Chicago, Illinois.
Two BRAIN Initiative scientists – Dr. Jin Hyung Lee and Dr. James Eberwine – are recipients of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, originally established in 2004 to fund scientists from all career stages who propose “pioneering” research with broad scientific implications beyond their field.
BRAIN is collaborating with Addgene to develop a plasmid/virus collection that will showcase and promote the dissemination of the diverse molecular tools developed under the NIH BRAIN Initiative. NIH will be seeking investigators who are interested in having their plasmids/viruses featured in the collection.
