The BRAIN Blog

David Tank Awarded “The Brain Prize”

Friday, May 01, 2015

BRAIN Initiative awardee and Multi-Council Working Group member, Dr. David Tank, alongside three collaborators, recently received the European Brain Research Foundation “Brain Prize” for his contributions toward the development of two-photon microscopy.

Karl Deisseroth wins prestigious Albany Prize

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, will receive the 2015 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, in honor of his pioneering role in the development of optogenetics, a technology for using light to control the activity of neurons, as well as for CLARITY, a method for transforming intact organs into transparen

New Article Highlights How NIH BRAIN Could Catalyze Neuroscience Discovery

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

The Advisory Committee to the NIH Director BRAIN Working Group recently published an article in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B that discusses how the NIH BRAIN Initiative aims to produce neurotechnologies and tools that will support giant leaps forward in neuroscience research.

Brain Research through Advancing Neurotechnologies: Insights from The BRAIN Initiative℠ Multi-Council Working Group

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The BRAIN Initiative℠ goal is to develop neurotechnologies that will enable scientists “to map the circuits of the brain, measure the fluctuating patterns of electrical and chemical activity flowing within those circuits, and understand how their interplay creates our unique cognitive and behavioral capabilities.” On March 4, 2015 the NIH BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) met for the second time to disc

NIH Workshop Focuses on Ethical Considerations of Neuroscience Research

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

In 2013 President Obama asked the Presidential Commission on Bioethics to review the ethical issues associated with the conduct and implications of neuroscience research. Their report, Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics and Society, outlines many of the key areas for thought, dialog and planning. A major recommendation of the Commission was that neuroethics should be integrated into the planning and scientific activity of The BRAIN Initiative℠.

March 4, 2015, meeting of the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group

Friday, February 27, 2015

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group will meet at the Neuroscience Center Building (6001 Executive Boulevard Rockville, MD).

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2016 BUDGET PROPOSES INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE BRAIN INITIATIVE

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative^SM is a bold undertaking aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. Since its inception in April of 2013, it has grown to include five Federal agencies – the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).

New Notices of Funding Opportunities: Next-Gen Ideas, Early Phase Research

Thursday, February 12, 2015

NIH has released a number of exciting new Requests for Applications (RFAs) for The BRAIN Initiative^SM, and we are encouraging researchers from across the physical and life sciences, as well as engineering disciplines, to submit applications to these and other open BRAIN Initiative funding opportunities.

FNIH AWARDS KARL DEISSEROTH 2015 LURIE PRIZE

Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has awarded the 2015 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences to Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University. Dr.

Collaborations Develop Among First BRAIN Initiative Awardees Following Kickoff Meeting

Thursday, January 15, 2015

On November 20^th and 21^st, 2014, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, NIH brought together agency staff and the recipients of the first BRAIN Initiative awards for an Investigators Kickoff Meeting.