NIH has released a number of exciting new Requests for Applications (RFAs) for The BRAIN InitiativeSM, 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.
The BRAIN Blog
New Notices of Funding Opportunities: Next-Gen Ideas, Early Phase Research
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
Collaborations Develop Among First BRAIN Initiative Awardees Following Kickoff Meeting
On November 20th and 21st, 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.
- Neuroscience News
NIH BRAIN INITIATIVE ISSUES REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR DEVELOPING HUMAN STIMULATING/RECORDING DEVICES
As delineated in the “BRAIN 2025: A Scientific Vision” report, crucial scientific knowledge of brain function comes from patients who voluntarily consent to the collection of research data as they undergo diagnostic or therapeutic brain monitoring with recording or stimulating electrodes. Researchers need to access the latest generation of devices to optimize the scientific value of this unique opportunity.
- Neuroscience News
INITIAL WAVE OF NIH GRANTS AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR BRAIN INITIATIVE
Separate events on Tuesday, September 30 highlighted the awardees of the first round of NIH BRAIN Initiative grants and the additional investments by companies, foundations, patient advocacy organizations, universities, and private research institutions to support the BRAIN Initiative.
- Neuroscience Grants and Funding
NIH BRAIN MULTI-COUNCIL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES FY14 GRANTS AND FUTURE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT CONCEPTS
The first meeting of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) took place on August 25.
- Neuroscience News
NIH Accepts Scientific Vision for the BRAIN Initiative!
The NIH BRAIN working group presented its long-term vision for the BRAIN Initiative to the NIH Director’s Advisory Committee on June 5, which was enthusiastically endorsed by the Committee and the NIH director. This vision, detailed in the working group’s final report, BRAIN 2025, focuses on mapping the circuits of the brain, measuring the fluctuating patterns of electrical and chemical activity flowing within those circuits, and understanding how their interplay creates our unique cognitive and
- Neuroscience News
President’s Bioethics Commission Issues Report Related to BRAIN INITIATIVE
On May 14, the Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues issued its first set of recommendations in response to President Obama’s charge to “identify proactively a set of core ethical standards – both to guide neuroscience research and to address some of the ethical dilemmas that may be raised by the application of neuroscience research findings.” The specific topic of the report is the integration of ethics into neuroscience research across the life of a research endeavor.
- Neuroscience News
President Obama’s Proposal to Double Federal Funding for the BRAIN Initiative
Last week, President Obama announced his budget proposal to double the Federal investment in the BRAIN Initiative from about $100 million in Fy 2014 to approximately $200 million in FY 2015. Read the fact sheet to learn more about the proposed investments at various agencies to support groundbreaking research and meet the audacious goals of this initiative.
- Neuroscience News
POTUS Bioethics Commission Requesting Public Comments on Neuroscience Research
When the President launched the BRAIN Initiative in April 2013, he charged his Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues with exploring the ethical, legal, and societal implications raised by both this research initiative and other recent advances in neuroscience to ensure that this research progresses responsibly.
- Neuroscience News