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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

New Notices of Funding Opportunities and a Pre-Application Webinar for the BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00)

Program for BRAIN Initiative K99/R00 Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity announces funding opportunities and webinar.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Re-issued RFAs to Support Research on Targeted Circuit Projects and Exploratory Team-Research Circuit Programs

Two re-issued Requests for Applications (RFAs) support innovative methodologically-integrated approaches and multi-PI, team science exploratory approaches within a broader suite of RFAs on brain circuits and integrated approaches.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding

Administrative Supplements to Embed Ethicists into BRAIN Initiative Supported Research

New administrative supplements integrate neuroethics perspectives and approaches into existing BRAIN Initiative awards.

  • Neuroscience Grants and Funding