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Data Sharing Notice for Research Funded by the NIH BRAIN Initiative

A new data sharing policy will require BRAIN Initiative researchers to submit their data to BRAIN data archives, develop a resource sharing plan, and include costs for data preparation and archiving in grant applications.

  • Neuroscience News

Neuroethics Guiding Principles for the NIH BRAIN Initiative

The Journal of Neuroscience recently published two commentaries on neuroethics for the NIH BRAIN Initiative: a set of eight guiding principles for neuroethical considerations in neuroscience research, as well as an accompanying commentary on neuroethics strategy and operationalization from NIH Institute Directors involved in BRAIN. 

  • Neuroscience News

Reminder: BRAIN Initiative Is Soliciting Input

The NIH BRAIN Initiative continues to seek input through a Request for Information (RFI) from key stakeholders on how to best accomplish the ambitious scientific vision of the Initiative.

  • Neuroscience News

Upcoming BRAIN Events at the Society for Neuroscience Conference

Please join us for exciting BRAIN-relevant events at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA (November 3rd-7th).

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN Publication Roundup – October 2018

Multiscale structural mapping of mouse hippocampus … Bayesian inference and variability in a songbird model of learning … Single-fluorophore biosensors enable sensitive detection of kinase dynamics …

Integration of gene expression yields comprehensive, multiscale map of mouse hippocampus

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Three Re-Issued Notices of Funding Opportunities for Team Projects Seeking to Advance Human Neuroscience and Understand Circuit Function in the Nervous System

NIH announces three re-issued Requests for Applications (RFAs) for team-based interdisciplinary projects using advanced and innovative technologies to examine high-impact questions in human neuroscience and address overarching principles of circuit function as they relate to behavior.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Registration Open: Upcoming Workshops for the ACD BRAIN Initiative Working Group

Videocasts will be available for the open sessions of two upcoming BRAIN Initiative workshops on August 24 and September 21, 2018.

  • Neuroscience News

Upcoming Meetings for the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group and Neuroethics Working Group; Upcoming Workshop for the ACD BRAIN Initiative Working Group

Videocasts will be available for the open sessions of three upcoming BRAIN Initiative events on August 13, August 14, and August 24, 2018.

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN Initiative Is Soliciting Input

NIH BRAIN Initiative seeks input through a Request for Information (RFI) from key stakeholders on how to best accomplish the ambitious scientific vision of the BRAIN 2025 report.

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN Publication Roundup – June 2018

First demonstration of adaptive DBS for Parkinson’s disease using motor cortex sensing… Coordinated articulator movements discretely encoded in sensorimotor cortex… Ethical considerations for guidelines on continued access to investigational brain implants…

Adaptive DBS for Parkinson’s disease detects and responds to adverse treatment effects

  • Neuroscience News